The unthinkable has happened?

A life has been lost, an injury has occurred and/or an equipment has been damaged. Do you just commiserate with the family, comfort or sanction the employee/customer or replace the equipment and hope it never happens again?           
 
The purpose of an investigation into such an occurrence is to identify ALL the causes that led to the occurrence and putting up barriers or plugging the holes so it does not occur again along the same pathway.
 
Albert Einstein is credited as defining insanity as "performing the same actions and expecting a different result." The battle for a safe and secure workplace cannot be won by following the same thought patterns that created the problems in the first place.
          
If in the past accidents at the workplace were costly, then more so in our modern times. The costs of safety occurrences have taken on a myriad of dimensions some of which include:
           
LAWSUITS have become more common as the populace gets more educated and empowered to demand their rights.
           
DAMAGE TO REPUTATION in the presence of social media is an inescapable outcome of an accident.
           
LOSS OF LIFE is a constant probable outcome. We are moving faster, working with bigger and heavier machines and climbing greater heights. A misstep could easily spell doom.
           
LOSS OF REVENUE  due to all the associated costs. "If you think safety is expensive try an accident," is a very true axiom. Accidents have often led to bankruptcy.
           
CRIMINAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS is to be expected especially, if Management was trying to cut corners.
           
The GOOD NEWS is that further accidents and other occurrences can be reduced or even eliminated. 
           
The alternative is not an option!
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