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Complacency deserves a place on osh as top 10
1. One of the most experienced CSPs I know has a story that he
likes to tell about a facility where he used to work. He calls it “the
darling of OSHA” because the government used it as a model
for new inspectors to get an understanding of what a compliant
worksite should look like.
Duringtheirregularvisitstheinspectorswouldinevitablydiscover
a few issues, but overall the site was an excellent example of the
proper application of OSHA’s rules. Employees who worked at
the site couldn’t imagine feeling safer. After all, it might have
been the most frequently inspected site in the United States.
And then someone at the facility died on the job.
Every year OSHA outlines its list of the top 10 serious safety
violations, and while the awareness this provides is excellent, it
doesn’t highlight the fact that compliance alone is not enough
to prevent all injuries. After all, folks who take the time to read
publications like Safety Decisions probably aren’t negligent
when it comes to actually following the rules, but I would bet that
9 out of 10 people reading this article are still struggling with tons
of back injuries, sprains, strains, slips, trips, and falls.
Still, the belief persists that if you strive to follow the rules you’ll
be safe from violations and free from injuries. But the numbers
seem to indicate otherwise. While it’s true that last year the single
biggest fine was handed out to a company that knowingly exposed
workers to asbestos (and certainly punishing companies like this
is important), these infractions are a relatively small portion
of OSHA’s citations. In fact, in 2014 only 375 of the 39,560
violations in OSHA’s top 10 list were classified as willful, that is,
“committed with an intentional disregard of or plain indifference
to” OSHA’s requirements. To put it another way, approximately
95% of serious safety violations committed last year weren’t
committed willfully.
It’s not like injuries that occur at OSHA-compliant worksites are
only occasional “freak” accidents, either. The fact is that injuries,
big or small, are difficult to prevent with compliance alone as
they are largely the result of worker actions—usually fuelled by
complacency and other human factors like rushing, frustration,
and fatigue—that lead to inattention and unintentional errors.
Some safety professionals feel that following the letter of the
Occupational HealthAdministrationAct is enough. Unfortunately,
as my CSP friend discovered, that’s not the case—you also have
to address the human side of the safety equation.
COMPLACENCY DESERVES
a Place on OSHA’s Top 10
by: Ray Prest
This article was published in BLR`s Summer/Fall 2015 issue of Safety Decisions
95 PERCENT
OF SERIOUS SAFETY VIOLATIONS LAST
YEAR WEREN’T COMMITTED WILLFULLY