“The root cause of an accident is our imagination”
Published on: 16/09/2021
Have you ever really sat down and thought about how accidents and incidents occur? Have you thought about how we decide what was the cause? What if we looked further?

Have you ever really sat down and thought about how accidents and incidents occur? Have you thought about how we decide what was the cause? What if we looked further?

We are biased to judge events with a more severe outcome than those without. In addition, we find it easy to jump to conclusions, focusing on a simple answer. It isn't that simple!
Human factors, non-technical skills and learning from emergent outcomes for the divers who refuse the bad-apple story.
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