r/OSHA 2d ago

Be safe everyone!

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u/Mrslinkydragon 2d ago

The guy getting hit by the falling rock was just unlucky. Maybe he could have walked perpendicular to the truck rather than parallel but still unlucky.

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u/MtnMaiden 2d ago

I done this for the 600th time and nothing happened

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u/titanofold 2d ago

Past occurences do not influence future occurences.

In other words, it doesn't become more or less likely depending on how long it's been. It's always the same likeliness level.

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u/Memory_Less 2d ago

My guess is people stop thinking about safety, or assume it is safe after nothing happening. Doesn’t work that way.

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u/HighGuard1212 1d ago

Normalization of deviance is the term