This study investigated how workplace accidents are affected by who manages occupational safety – owner/partner, managing directors, branch managers, OHS officers or safety representatives. They control for company size. Survey data was collected was across the EU (at least 32 countries and >44k companies). For context: “Operations managers are responsible for ensuring workers are safe,… Continue reading Who should manage worker safety to reduce occupational accidents?
Tag: tradeoffs
The ETTO principle as ETTOing–or Occam’s Razor redux
A 2014 conference paper from Hollnagel discussing ETTOing. Not a summary as the full paper is available. Some points: “The Efficiency-Thoroughness Trade-Off (ETTO) principle is a convenient way to characterise the adjustments that are an essential part of everyday performance in complex socio-technical systems Despite resource/time limitations, “People nevertheless in most cases manage to do… Continue reading The ETTO principle as ETTOing–or Occam’s Razor redux
