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1. Unsa
afe Conditio
on
2. Unsa
afe Act
3. Nearr miss
4. Acciident
If we
e are able to spot
s the uns
safe conditio
ons there is a high likely h
hood that we
e can avoid tthe unsafe a
act, near
misss and accide ent
If we
e are able to alert
a each other and have
e a high safe
ety awarenesss we would b
be able to sto
op the unsaffe act,
avoid
ding the near miss and accident
a
If we
e miss the two
o first opporttunities we sttill have one more chance e to avoid thhe accident. Namely: rep
port and
discu
uss the near miss, in ordder to preventt the persona al injury or acccident to hu
ull and machinery.
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As w
we are fully aw ware that the
e way accidents are build up can be mmuch more co omplex than perceiving th
he series of
even
nts like this - but as a starrt we believe most of the reasons
r can be found byy spotting the hazardous w
working
proce
esses from the left
Invis
sible or "h
hard to see
e" conditions
Cou
uld be:
-ap poorly written procedure e, which don''t comply with h the way thiings are done e operationaally
-ab bad risk asse essments, which
w the ratin
ngs don't tak
ke ownership p upon
- fatiigue, which affects
a the way people reacts or think
- rec
cklessness, which devastates the ove erall safety
- commplacency. You have do one it many tiimes before without
w any a
accidents, soo why should d it be dangerrous?
- uns spoken acce ept. If the leaaders on boa ard don't interrfere with un safe acts, th
he behavior w would be
"the way people dod things aro ound here"
- bus syness whicch in many ca ases contribu utes to short cuts and don n't think a mo
oment before e doing the jo
ob
- badd radio discipline which can contribu ute to people gets too mu ch informatio on or not suffficient
- lack of training
g/education, which can contribute
c to people are nnot skilled to d
do the job an
nd therefore puts
themmselves and others
o in dan
nger
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