Focus on organizational and human factors impacting risk
Hit the reset button
Changes in safety and health approaches are needed both in and outside of government. Many established beliefs and assumptions concerning government operations currently are being re-evaluated and questioned. This reset presents an opportunity. New, preventive approaches rely on learning more than punishment, assess capacity and resilience rather than simply track failure, and focus on the organizational and human factors likely to impact the risk of fatalities and serious injuries.
The current OSHA model has been in place for more than four decades, with relatively little modification. Times have changed, business processes have changed, and workers have changed. OSHA’s approach to prevention has not kept up.