Terms
An incident with highly undesirable consequences
What is an Event?
A type of psychological stress that occurs when a person has less time available (real or perceived) than is necessary to complete a task or obtain a result.
What is Time Pressure?
Excessively high opinion of one’s ability
The Sun
What is a type of Radiation?
An action that unintentionally departs from an expected behavior according to some standard
What is an Error?
A thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.
What is a Distraction?
Exaggerated sense of courage and boldness
What is Heroic?
Denatured Alcohol
What is a type of Chemical?
A task action that, if done incorrectly or not at all, results in an unrecoverable condition preventing successful job completion.
What is a Critical Step?
A psychological state when employees tune out, cease to think, and merely follow a routine.
What is Complacency?
Defeatist belief that events are predetermined and inevitable
What is Fatalistic?
Falling Objects
What is a type of Gravity?
Conditions that increase potential for errors due to oversights, slips, or mistakes.
What is an Error-Likely Situation?
Refers to the influence that peers can have on each other
Tendency to presume all is normal and perfect in the immediate surroundings
What is Pollyanna?
A Generator
What is an Electrical Hazard?
The gradual process through which unacceptable practice or standards become acceptable. As the behavior is repeated without catastrophic results, it becomes the norm for the organization.
What is Normalization of Deviance?
An individual is in a physical, mental, and emotional state which enables the employee to perform the essential tasks of his or her work assignment in a manner which does NOT threaten the safety or health of oneself, co-workers, property, or the public at large.
What is Fitness for Duty?
Belief that past performance is justification for not changing existing practices or conditions
What is Bald Tire?
SF6, Transformers, Oil Lines
What are Pressure Hazards?