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dc.contributor.authorDekker, Sidney
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-13T01:39:49Z
dc.date.available2018-04-13T01:39:49Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1477-3996
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14773996.2017.1374027
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/373120
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses the literature that shows that declaring a zero vision for everything bad (including unsafe behaviours, incidents, injuries) does not prevent fatalities or major accidents. In fact, parts of the literature show that a reduction in minor badness increases the risk of major accidents and fatalities. This is true in several industries. Two families of explanations are discussed. The first is the concern that declaring a zero vision can reduce operational knowledge. The second is the unsubstantiated assumption that minor injuries and fatalities have the same causal pattern. In general, evidence for or against the utility of a zero vision is dogged by confounding factors (other variables responsible for changes in safety outcomes) and what Giddens called the double hermeneutic, where the results of such studies are only as stable as the attributions the original reporter (e.g. OHS official, case worker) and the subsequent analyst (e.g. researcher) made about a particular event. The paper concludes that in a complex, dynamic, resource-constrained and goal-conflicted world, zero is not an achievable target, but a zero commitment may be worth some encouragement.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherI O S H Publishing Ltd.
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom124
dc.relation.ispartofpageto130
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPolicy and Practice in Health and Safety
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman resources and industrial relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3505
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440799
dc.titleZero commitment: commentary on Zwetsloot et al., and Sherratt and Dainty
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDekker, Sidney


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