Serious injury prevention human error reduction

The following excerpts from Reason s Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents bear directly on the history of behavioral safety, human error reduction, and the prevention of serious injuries. 

Several references were made in Chapter 3, Serious Injury Prevention, to human errors as the causal factors for accidents. And it was said that many serious injuries result from recurring but potentially avoidable human errors, and that organizational, cultural, technical, and management systems deficiencies often lead to those errors. Emphasizing human error reduction above the worker level, although proposed many years ago as a preventive measure, is not prominent in the work of safety professionals. 

Comments on the relationship between behavioral safety, human error reduction, and serious injury prevention. 

Another of James Reason s books—Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents—is a must read for safety professionals who want an education in human error reduction. It was published in 1997 and has been reprinted five times. Reason writes about how the effects of decisions accumulate over time and become the causal factors for incidents resulting in serious injuries or damage when all the circumstances necessary for the occurrence of a major event come together. This book was referenced in Chapter 3, Serious Injury Prevention, because it stresses the need to focus on decision making above the worker level to prevent major accidents. Reason writes this ... 

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