ABSTRACT
Surprisingly, the fatality and injury rates are not showing significant reductions despite government’s efforts and the efforts of the safety paternity. Working on the premise that at least 90% of all accidents can be prevented, we have a long way to go in our accident prevention efforts. One of the barriers to the achievement of a significant reduction in these rates may be that insufficient effort is leveraged by organizations to make the workplace safe. Too much time and effort is spent focusing on the consequences of accidents rather than their cause.
