Tuesday, February 22, 2011

OH&S Chronicles: Confidence is another form of carelessness

So here we are at the second of the great* OH&S chronicles and this tale of misfortune comes from Queenslands own OH&S awareness website. A handy little resource that gives several accounts of accidents that have occurred in the workplace often highlighting that the cause of these accidents weren't actually things that you would typically be a factor to contributing to an accident.

In this example, a workers over confidence in his abilities lead to the incident, highlighting this important lesson to approach oh&s from any conceivable angle when it comes to assessing risks in the environment. If the proper steps aren't taken, you can never know if the next tractor+ that turns over and ruins a life is yours.

(*Great has many interpretations from great success to great failure, something to bare in mind when someone uses the word "great")
(+ If one replaces tractor with any other object that could hurt or fatally injure you in your relevant field of work)

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