Here’s one of (prob) several upcoming posts about Ivan Pupulidy, PhD and Crista Vesel, MSc’s book ‘Human and Organizational Potential’. This part looks at confirmation bias within investigations and uses the US Forest Service’s then current Investigation Guide: · “Confirmation bias is a tendency to search for information that confirms one’s preconceptions. When discussing confirmation bias… Continue reading Confirmation bias and priming in investigations: ‘Human & Organizational Potential’
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Failing audits and ‘comprehensively shallow’ evaluations of system performance
Do (some) audits focus too greatly on paperwork? Or is the paperwork focus a strength of audits? In our previous paper, we reviewed 44 major accident reports to assess the accident inquiries’ descriptions of pre-accident audit performance. We argued that: “many audits exhibited a ‘comprehensive shallowness,’ delving excessively into minor system details and paperwork rather… Continue reading Failing audits and ‘comprehensively shallow’ evaluations of system performance
Unveiling Untapped Potential: Leveraging Accident Narratives for Enhanced Construction Safety Management
This study explored the value and insights derived from investigation reports, comparing tabulated data vs extracted narratives. It was interested in what sorts of trends and insights about risk factors could be derived from either data stream. Their method to extract the info was tested against 400 OSHA reports. For context: · Tabular data is… Continue reading Unveiling Untapped Potential: Leveraging Accident Narratives for Enhanced Construction Safety Management
Attributing Cause for Occupational Accidents in Construction: A Descriptive Single Case Study
This thesis from Jennifer Serne explored how construction safety professionals attribute accident causes. 37 participants were included with 20 accident scenarios, 13 individual semi-structured interviews and 8 summative focus groups. For background: · Originally proposed by Heider in 1958, it’s said that people are “psychologically driven to determine the causes of others’ behavior” · And… Continue reading Attributing Cause for Occupational Accidents in Construction: A Descriptive Single Case Study
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