Recognizing the Factors that Lead to Risk Tolerance

Reducing accidents requires that companies recognize not just hazards in the workplace but also the factors that lead workers to incorrectly respond to those hazards. Based on my own research following the crash, I was able to identify several conditions that lead to excessive risk tolerance in a work environment. Moments of Impact outlines 10 factors; for the purposes of this paper, we will explore just a few:

1. Perception of Control. Our own perception that we have control over our environment can lead us to take far greater risk than is justifiable. For […]

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