One of my favorite safety sayings came from Dr. William (Bill) Corcoran from the USA’s Nuclear Safety Program. He firmly believed that latent failures were more to blame for accidents than human errors. And he proved this over a distinguished career of 50+ years in nuclear engineering with a major slant towards nuclear safety through engineering. I use many of his sayings/phrases from his articles as e-mail signatures for the many e-mails I send each year. His comments are in the top 5 of those that generate the most discussions with friends and clients. Here is my favorite from Dr. Corcoran…
Things are the way they are because:
