Blaming people not a robust method for learning and improvement in construction

Uh oh, spaghettio!

This study found that believing people are the primary cause of accidents is a barrier to effective learning.

I guess blaming people isn’t a solid approach for learning and improvement…

They also point out the cycle of shallow investigations focusing on immediate ’causes’ and error, “rather than the context where the incidents happened as well as the reasons for some actions”.

Which, therefore, result in “no structural improvement measures [being] taken”.

Check out yesterday’s article (link in comments) for a systematic review looking at the enablers and barriers for learning from incidents in construction.

[** Though some of the studies were narrative/discussion papers and not primary studies]