Pre-Accident Investigations

Time-pressed, professionals looking for practical guidance to shape their current or future safety programs should use this book. Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety helps to identify complex potential incidents before they take place. Based around the ’New View’ of human error, it offers established human performance theory in a highly practical context. Written in an engaging, conversational style, around several case studies, the book is grounded in reality, with examples with which anyone can identify. It is an ideal aid for senior safety executives who want to spread the safety message among their colleagues. It is also an excellent choice for course tutors looking for a narrative-led primer.

'The concepts outlined in this absorbing book are eminently practical and have been tested in the field. Pre-Accident Investigations might well not only enhance safety but save organizations money - and potentially lives too.' The RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal, December 2012 'Conklin slaughters many holy cows in this very readable book, including the notion of "cause", which he rejects as simply a retrospective construct. "Workers don't cause failure; what workers do is trigger a whole lot of weaknesses that exist in environments, processes, systems, job sites, and in the work or organization itself." Conklin's ideas are persuasive, challenging, crystal clear, and expressed with humility and acknowledgement of what he has learned from others.' Safeguard, July/August 2013 'In this book, Dr Todd Conklin provides a welcome insight into the state of play of contemporary workplace health and safety practice in America as well as some down-to-earth advice on work health and safety risk management. The author's use of case studies, workplace examples and a conversational tone to describe safety failures and successes makes reading the book an easy and quick exercise.' Australian & New Zealand Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, vol. 28, no. 3

Todd Conklin is a Senior Advisor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the world's foremost research and development laboratories, in the human performance and safety integration program. Dr. Conklin has been working on the human performance program at Los Alamos National Laboratory for the last dozen years of his 25-year career. It is in the fortunate position where he enjoys the best of both the academic world and the world of safety in practice. Conklin holds a Ph.D. in organizational behaviour and communication from the University of New Mexico. He speaks all over the world to executives, groups and work teams who are interested in better understanding the relationships between the workers in the field and the organization's systems, processes and programs. He has brought these systems to major corporations around the world. Conklin practices these ideas not only in his own workplace, but also in event investigations at other workplaces around the world. Conklin defines safety at his workplace like this: "Safety is the ability for workers to be able to do work in a varying and unpredictable world." Conklin lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and thinks that human performance is the most meaningful work he has ever had the opportunity to live and teach.

For decades we have thought that a good safety program was reflected on how many days an organization went without having an accident. Wrong! This is a myth and an antiquated concept. Accidents, incidents and potential disasters may lurk around every corner or may be staring you right in the face. Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety will help you to identify complex (the fatal and costly) incidents in your organization before they take place. Is this the safety silver bullet we all have looked for? Hardly. This book is a set of new skills written for the managers that drive safety in their workplace. It is human performance theory made simple. If you are starting a new program, revamping an old program, or simply interested in understanding more about safety performance, this book will be extremely helpful. It is packed with advice based on years of tested programs. This is not ethereal academics; these are tested and practical concepts; advice, tools and programs have been proven in the field. Pre-Accident Investigations will assist you in making your organization the safest in your industry. It will save your organization money and, more importantly, save lives.

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