A Word about Common Sense
This topic may be a little controversial, and you may not agree, but in a word, common sense is quite "uncommon." It's common to hear someone say, "he should have used common sense about that," but it's never really appropriate to make that assumption.
Actually, everyone has either a unique "good sense" or "poor sense" about what is appropriate or safe. We each gain a certain sense about things be based on our unique personal genetics, previous personal experience, and training.
Using the "common sense" excuse for accidents makes it easy to prematurely blame the worker. It's also a way to quickly divert possible personal blame on oneself from being considered. Before making a judgment and blaming the worker, it is important for managers to first analyze the company's safety management system to rule out failures in planning, policies, programs, processes, procedures, and safe-practices that might have contributed to the accident. Only after system failures have been ruled out, should discipline for intentional non-compliance be considered.
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2-11. When should discipline for intentional non-compliance by an employee be considered?
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