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StandardsConsensus EPA MSHA OSHA Construction PPEEye, Face & Head Fall Protection Foot Protection Hand Protection Hearing Protection Protective Clothing Respirators Training Emergency Management Industrial Hygiene Leadership Advertisement Home > Safety > how to reduce human error in the workplace The Key to Managing Human Error at Work: Engagement The Key to Managing how to reduce errors and increase quality of work Human Error at Work: Engagement A worker makes a mistake on the job and causes an accident. He's at fault, causes of human error in the workplace right? Not necessarily. One expert suggests that instead of playing the blame game, employers can more successfully manage human error by engaging workers in safety practices. May 27, 2011 Laura Walter EMAIL Tweet Comments types of human error at workplace 0 Advertisement According to Jan Wachter, Ph.D., a professor of safety sciences at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, human error in the workplace might not always be preventable, but it can be better managed with tools that motivate and engage workers in the safety process. “While human error has been associated with the majority of incidents in the workplace, it can be managed through a variety of
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mechanisms. But motivation and worker engagement may be the keys to human-error reduction,” he said. Wachter will test this theory in a research project that he hopes could reduce lost workdays due to accidents by 20 percent. In the study, Wachter will investigate how well – or how poorly – workers are engaged, or buying into, a shared accountability for identifying at-risk situations and responding to them. For example, a worker may forget her safety glasses and get glass or metal shards in her eye. Wachter suggests that this type of accident could be prevented through methods of worker engagement. For example, before each work shift, employees may get together and remind each other of the specific PPE needed for that day’s task. “It is believed that actively engaged employees demonstrate a greater sense of personal ownership and compliance with safe work methods, adjust more quickly to needed changes in safety practices and act proactively to ensure that work is being done in the safest way possible,” said Wachter. Print reprints Favorite EMAIL Tweet Please Log In or Register to post comments. Sponsored Links Advertisement Related ArticlesA Simple Contract Can Motivate Employees to Create a Kinder, Gentler Workplace ASSE
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on Slideshare Security Intelligence Analysis and Insight for Information Security Professionals Toggle navigation Search for: Search Expand News Topics Industries X-Force Research Media Events & Webinars Home > Topics https://securityintelligence.com/how-to-reduce-human-error-in-information-security-incidents/ > CISO > How to Reduce Human Error in Information Security Incidents How to Reduce Human Error in Information Security Incidents January 13, 2015 | By Nicole van Deursen Share How to Reduce Human Error in Information Security Incidents on Twitter Share How to Reduce Human Error in Information Security Incidents on Facebook Share How to Reduce Human Error human error in Information Security Incidents on LinkedIn Share How to Reduce Human Error in Information Security Incidents on Twitter Share How to Reduce Human Error in Information Security Incidents on Facebook Share How to Reduce Human Error in Information Security Incidents on LinkedIn According to the 2014 IBM Chief Information Security Officer Assessment, 95 percent of information security incidents involve how to reduce human error. Human error is not only the most important factor affecting security, but it is also a key factor in aviation accidents and in medical errors. Information security risk managers and chief information security officers can benefit from the insights of studies on the human factor within these industries to reduce human error related to security. What Is Human Error? Human errors are usually defined as circumstances in which planned actions, decisions or behaviors reduce — or have the potential to reduce — quality, safety and security. Examples of human error involved in information security include the following: System misconfiguration; Poor patch management; Use of default usernames and passwords or easy-to-guess passwords; Lost devices; Disclosure of information via an incorrect email address; Double-clicking on an unsafe URL or attachment; Sharing passwords with others; Leaving computers unattended when outside the workplace; Using personally owned mobile devices that connect to the organization's network. Human-factor engineers in aviation assume that serious incidents are not caused by just one human error, but by an unfortunate alignment of severa