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UR Medicine / Employee Assistance Program / News & Events / UR Medicine EAP Blog / July 2023 / Danger of Complacency in the Workplace

Danger of Complacency in the Workplace

Complacency can sneak up on you. With complacency, you risk neglecting safety procedures and protocols, or you may overlook other dangers associated with a hazardous task. Complacency causes many unintentional workplace accidents and injuries. Think of familiarity and routine as the “birth parents” of complacency. To be on guard, understand that the more frequently an individual engages in an unsafe practice or disregards safety measures resulting from complacency, the higher the likelihood an accident will occur. Eventually, this risk rises to near certainty. This dynamic is also known as the “Law of Large Numbers.” Learn more by going to OSHA’s website.

7/13/2023

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