I hate this meme!
This is an employee taking a shortcut and reflects the culture.
But in almost every depiction of this photo, the intent is that the employee(s) know best, and we need to suit their wishes.
Such garbage.
If we have the employees involved in writing the SOP(s) and we train them well in those SOPs and this is the result – their decision-making is the problem, NOT the engineering/design.
Of course, we must have our employees DIRECTLY and DEEPLY INVOLVED in their safety process. But they need guidance and leadership to keep them on course and out of the ditches.
And I am not saying we can’t improve our workplace/tasks design; hell, in my opinion, we have more to gain by improving the workplace/tasks more than trying to improve the workers in the workplace or doing the tasks.
Disagree with me? Wait until that worker slips in the mud or snow and is injured taking that shortcut and then let’s talk!
