A well used safety concept is root cause analysis. A series of questions are asked to determine the real cause so as to find a way to keep the event from happening again. A car crash is not just the result of sliding on the ice. It gets down to why the person was on the road during those conditions.
Root cause analysis, for lack of a better term, can also be used before any incidents occur. It baffles me why this is not done very often.
I just read an article about the restaurant designer Glen Coben. It tells of how he does what he does. One example I thought most interesting is that one of the first questions he asks is "How long will a diner be seated at the table?" He then supplies half-hour chairs (like stools and benches,) hour chairs (unupholstered and low-backed,) or pricier two to three hour chairs, which are well-cushioned and have armrests.
Design of safety is becoming more and more important.
David Sneed
Root cause analysis, for lack of a better term, can also be used before any incidents occur. It baffles me why this is not done very often.
I just read an article about the restaurant designer Glen Coben. It tells of how he does what he does. One example I thought most interesting is that one of the first questions he asks is "How long will a diner be seated at the table?" He then supplies half-hour chairs (like stools and benches,) hour chairs (unupholstered and low-backed,) or pricier two to three hour chairs, which are well-cushioned and have armrests.
Design of safety is becoming more and more important.
David Sneed
No comments:
Post a Comment