Violations of operating instructions

Violations of operating instructions or management procedures continue to cause accidents in high hazard industries, despite being regularly identified as a root cause during accident investigations. In part, this is because widespread awareness of the problem is not matched by awareness of the causes and cures.

1. Work-related injury
2. Unreported disasters
3. Transport accidents
4. Poor industrial safety standards
5. Occupational domestic accidents

1. Time consuming procedures
2. Inadequate standardization of procedures and equipment
3. Inadequate risk management
4. Ignorance of procedures

1. Violation
2. Mismanagement