Decoy phenomena What can offer some insight into managing risk at the thin edge of the wedge? One is “decoy phenomena.” Barry Turner identified these in the 1970s in his studies of industrial disasters and accidents (he was, as you might recall, the founder of man-made disaster theory). Decoy phenomena are apparent safety issues that take up a lot of the organization’s attention. They may have been singled out as a safety priority. Your organization may have labeled them as one of the “top five” or “top three” risk priorities that needs to be controlled in order to prevent an accident. Such
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