Examining the asymptote in safety progress: a literature review

• Autorzy: Dekker, S. , Pitzer, C.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Many industries are confronted by plateauing safety performance as measured by the absence of negative events – particularly lower-consequence incidents or injuries. At the same time, these industries are sometimes surprised by large fatal accidents that seem to have no connection with their understanding of the risks they faced; or with how they were measuring safety. This article reviews the safety literature to examine how both these surprises and the asymptote are linked to the very structures and practices organizations have in place to manage safety. The article finds that safety practices associated with compliance, control and quantification could be partly responsible. These can create a sense of invulnerability through safety performance close to zero; organizational resources can get deflected into unproductive or counterproductive initiatives; obsolete practices for keeping human performance within a pre-specified bandwidth are sustained; and accountability relationships can encourage suppression of the ‘bad news’ necessary to learn and improve.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

organizacja ochrony pracy; stymulowanie bezpieczeństwa pracy; planowanie bezpieczeństwa; zachowanie się człowieka; absencja powypadkowa; niebezpieczeństwo wypadków

EN

asymptote; safety bureaucracy; vision zero; behavioral safety; resilience; accidents

• Czasopismo: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 22, No. 1
• Strony: 57--65
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 56 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Dekker, S.

• Griffith University, Australia,
• The University of Queensland, Australia

autor

Pitzer, C.

• Safemap International, Canada

Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy
812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.