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> From: Sarah Stegall
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 2:42 PM
> To: Kathleen MacDowell; McLauchlan, Kevin
> Cc: Combs, Richard; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Unsubstantiated and/or false allegations (was
> RE: Nobodyreviewedthe manuals)
>
> ... We can take a lesson from this, particularly if we write
> training manuals for hazardous situations. Most people,
> confronted with a decision that weighs the statistically less
> probable consequence of a fire, explosion and spill, against
> the absolute dead certainty of losing a well-paying job in a
> tough market, will save the job. The job is a real, actual
> thing; the disaster is a remote possibility. Most mature
> adults will bet on the sure thing and not the remote
> possibility...
>
At some companies, one way to lose your job is to intentionally skip a
required safety procedure, even if it protects against the most remote
disaster. Alternatively, one way to get promoted is to insist on
following the procedure when your immediate manager tells you to skip
it.
Even better if it doesn't take the threat of firing to get people to
follow procedures. A monetary reward for a perfect score during a
surprise audit of safety procedures *might* be just as effective.
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