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Having such a wide range of people,
including management and workers, in
the same room sharing their personal
experiences is powerful."
—Michael Williams, Health, Safety & Environment
Manager, THK Rhythm Automotive
RANK CATEGORY PRIMARY CAUSAL FACTOR WORKSHOP AVG
1 Process Inadequate training 6.65
2 Process Lack of hazard identification/risk assessment 6.43
3 Process Lack of/inadequate documented program 6.20
4 People Lack of worker competency 5.98
5 Culture Accepted work norms 5.92
6 People Taking shortcuts 5.83
7 Tools & Machines Inadequate equipment 5.70
8 Process Lack of monitoring 5.65
9 Tools & Machines Inadequate maintenance 5.32
10 Culture Peformance evalution 5.20
Kristin notes that the top three causal factors have many connections. "If a workplace does not have a
documented procedure on how to complete a risk assessment, then risk assessments are often not done
well, or at all," she explained. "Similarly, if a workplace does not have a documented hazardous energy
control program (general and workplace-specific), it can be challenging to complete proper training because
they do not have a standard program to train on."
Top Primary Causal Factors
The top ten primary causal factors that were identified for the automobile manufacturing industry are listed
below with their rankings. The scale was from 1 to 7, with 1 indicating least importance and 7 indicating the
most importance.
