【Safety is also essential in HaiChuan Chemical production】What is Heinrich’s Law?
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Heinrich was a renowned safety engineer in the United States; he proposed that for every 300 potential hazards or improper operations, there might be 29 cases of minor injuries or malfunctions, as well as one serious injury or death incident. This is the probability of an accident occurring. By continuously identifying and eliminating safety hazards and dangerous behaviors, the likelihood of major accidents can be effectively reduced.
In most companies, managers usually only evaluate employees based on the number of safety incidents. Setting such indicators is very dangerous. Because safety accidents usually do not occur subjectively; they are not under the control of employees’ awareness. If only the consequences of safety accidents are evaluated, it will lead to many employees trying to conceal such accidents even when they occur. In the end, this will only hide a large number of hidden dangers beneath the ice sheet, leading to serious accidents. Therefore, in practical management, we should encourage employees to try their best to identify potential hazards or risky behaviors. Assessment is based on the number of discoveries; the more, the better. Only in this way can we fundamentally eliminate the occurrence of safety hazards.
Observing safe behaviors is a good method. Managers should be regularly sent to the production stations to observe safe behavior, and employees should be encouraged and guided to conduct self-inspections; this is the best way to eliminate potential safety hazards and reduce the occurrence of accidents.
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From each setback, we learn; potential hazards will become smaller and smaller, and the probability of accidents will likewise decrease, becoming fewer and fewer.