Here Heinrich speaks to the critical role employees play in THEIR safety process. This is where he speaks to keeping interest in safety high and how businesses should go about doing this. He points to employee participation as the critical piece of this effort.
“Of course, keeping guards in place is but one of the many phases of industrial-accident prevention in which the work of creating and maintaining interest is a vital factor. Even more important is the part that an employee plays as a member of a safety committee, or a leader in safety meetings, in accident investigation, in finding and reporting unsafe practices and conditions, and in many other activities. The necessity for individual interest, however, and the methods of creating and maintaining it, are fundamental with respect to all phases of industrial safety. Naturally a person who is keenly interested in accident prevention will play a more constructive part in a safety program and will be less likely to be injured or to cause injury to others than one who is indifferent.”
Industrial Accident Prevention – A Scientific Approach, H. W. Heinrich, Assistant Superintendent Engineering and Inspection Division, The Travelers Insurance Company, 1941
