Failure to Follow Standard Procedures can Lead to a Serious Incident: Copyright Material IEEE, Paper No. PCIC-2018-54

摘要

Proper communication is a key to performing any task safely. Following standard procedures is absolutely essential for that to work. There is no room for complacency when performing a task based on standard instructions. This paper will discuss the importance and failings of proper communication. First, a simple experiment was conducted around following standard instructions. The results will then be summarized. The paper will then examine two incidents that happened in the low voltage world and the high voltage world as a result of failing follow standard procedures.