b'THE OFFICIAL NFBA MAGAZINECOMPLACENCY AND THE WORKPLACESAFETYBy Andy SawanSedgwickI n todays fast-paced work environment,potential safety hazards.This many employees find themselves settling intodaily routine occurs for months routines that can often lead to complacency. even years without incident.But, Complacency can be defined as, doing the samebecause an incident has never task for so long without incident that you assumeoccurred, the employee decides nothing will ever happen.While familiarityto skip an inspection one day and no injuries with tasks can create a sense of comfort, it canresulted.So, the employee skips another one, also pose significant risks, especially concerningthen another, and soon inspections are rarely being workplace safety.Its crucial to understand howconducted.Until something happens.Skipping complacency can lead to accidents and what canimportant safety steps due to complacency could be done to mitigate these risks. Complacencyresult in serious injury to the employee or fellow can affect anyone at any age, regardless ofworkers.their experience, so it is important to train allUsually, the best person to spot complacency is the employees on how to spot complacency amongemployee themselves, but complacency can mean themselves and other employees. they dont see the dangers right in front of them.Lets take an example of a person who performsTo overcome this, teach employees to spot signs of a daily safety inspection before production starts. complacency in their co-workers first.The more The purpose of the inspection is to identify anythey learn how to recognize these signs in others, 32 / FRAME BUILDER - VOL6 6'