Why workplace accidents tend to happen late in a project
We all know some jobs carry a higher risk than others. Often when we start a job, task or activity we are aware and cautious of this risk. As time goes on, many of us become comfortable, with a false sense of security of the dangers associated with the task we’re undertaking.
This is how mistakes and accidents occur. This behavior is described as “normalization” and is also known as habituation. Habituation defined: the diminishing of a physiological or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus.