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Achieving Situation Awareness
This tool uses a simple technique to help people recognise when a normal situation has the potential to become dangerous. The basic premise takes only a few minutes to understand, and is concurrent with the normal traffic light system:
RED = Stop
AMBER = Proceed with caution
GREEN = Go ahead
Importantly, the tool encourages the user to think carefully about the consequences of too many ‘ambers’ and when this means a necessary halt to operations. Accidents rarely happen because of a single catastrophic failure, except when that failure is at the end of a chain of non-catastrophic failures and organisational oversights. The Rule of Three (red, amber, green) means that risks are no longer considered in isolation, but together to minimise incidents.
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Related files
Booklet (PDF 988KB) - Contains sample pages for preview purposes only
Sample Rule of Three Presentation (Powerpoint 1.74MB)
(Additional resources are available to registered Hearts and Minds users)
