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Accidents Don’t Just Happen, They Are Caused PDF

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Accidents Don’t Just Happen, They Are Caused PDF

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Student Name:Student ID:Module Code: BHM356Module Name: Workplace Design and HealthModule Leader: Dr Matthew Carter1 | P a g e
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TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction............................................................................................3Active and Latent Failures in an organization.....................................4Reasons Model...................................................................................................................4Active Failures....................................................................................................................5Latent Failures....................................................................................................................6Suggestive measures to prevent accidents........................................7Conclusion..............................................................................................9References............................................................................................102 | P a g e
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Introduction The statement “Accidents don’t just happen, they are caused,” it is true to a large extent in organizations. There are various reasons which are responsible for accidents in the workplace organizations. Some accidents are minor, whereas others can be quite fatal, causing injuries and damage to the employees and equipment (Mauro et a. 2018). The employees need to be alert in an organization at all times to prevent accidents. Moreover, the top line managers of the organizations need to ensure that there is utmost safety maintained at the workplace to avoid accidents and damage. A conducive working environment in an organization is a must for smooth daily operations in an organization.Accidents are mainly the cause of two conditions, namely latent and active failures in the organizations. The active failures are those who have an immediate consequence. These are errors caused by the front-line staff members, such as control room staff or machinery operators. These errors cause immediate accident and damages as a result of it.Latent failures are those which are made by the top-level managerial staff such as decision-makers (Ashcroft 2019). These are usually caused by failure to appropriately apply safety and management in the organizations, such as lack of training to use dangerous machines appropriately, leading to active failures. Both active and latent failures in the organizations are the result of human errors, which is the central cause (Richardsen., Martinussen and Kaiser 2019). It is shown in the diagram below.3 | P a g e
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Figure 1: Human as main cause of active and latent failuresSource: (Richardsen., Martinussen and Kaiser 2019)Active and Latent Failures in an organization James Reasons - Swiss Cheese Model When one hears of an accident in an organization, one instantly blames the organization for being completely unsafe. Many such organizational accidents are explained with the aid of the Reasons model. James Reason, a popular psychologist, proposed the Reason model, also known as the ‘Swiss Cheese model’ of error. (Larouzee and Coze 2020). He explicitly states his view that all complex organizations are a harbor for latent failures. He categorizedthat failures fall into two main categories latent failures and active failures.Active failures are violations and errors, which have an immediate negative impact. Latent failures are caused by conditions created by top-line managers such as inadequate training or lack of resources in an organization that results in active failures. Considering the Reasons model of error analysis, everyone in the organization plays a key role in preventing these errors. When an organization has an accident, various human factors causes the incident. Bot latent and active failures interact and create the way for an accident to happen. Latent failures set the base, and active failures cause the actual accident (Franklin 2020).The Reasons model also illustrates several defences one can take to prevent such failures in an organization. They suffer that to prevent latent errors bursting into active failures 4 | P a g e
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