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115 - The “Y” in SafetY (Room NSC Learning Lab Session, Expo Floor 5343)

11 Sep 19
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Tracks: Safety Management Systems

The causes of risky behaviors are a constant topic of speculation, fake models and fudged “research.” What is the ultimate “Y” in safety? In this session, we’ll identify six cognitive failures during worker engagement with risks: overlooking risks, misjudging them, pursuing risk/reward, following the path of least effort, balancing risk and tolerating risks. Each of these behaviors has subsets of cognitive sources, and all are waiting to be triggered. However, each of these behaviors is also a cause of productive behaviors! You’ll walk away with tools to balance safe and risky behaviors and apply the process of “rapid risk reduction.”