WHAT’S AT STAKE

Doing two things at once sounds like efficiency. On a job site, it's one of the most reliable setups for an incident. The brain doesn't actually run two tasks at the same time. It switches between them rapidly, and every switch creates a gap in attention. The tricky part is that multi-tasking usually isn't a choice. It's the result of understaffing, interruptions, tight schedules, and a dozen competing demands.

WHAT’S THE DANGER

When your attention is split, here's what actually happens on the floor:

• Safety steps get left half-finished, like a lock applied but not tested, or a guard removed […]

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