Well-tested systems relying on in-depth defenses and supported by procedural requirements will protect employees and the public from OSH hazards. It is easy, therefore, for the workforce to develop the attitude that safe conditions are provided for them by others and that events at other plants are exceptional and isolated and could not occur at their plant. It is, therefore, essential that everyone connected with safety is constantly reminded of the potential consequences of failing to give safety absolute priority. Most incidents and accidents have occurred because someone has failed to take the relevant precautions or has failed to consider or question conservatively the decisions they have made or the steps are taken to implement them.
