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Breaking the blindness: Why stop work authority is your ultimate circuit breaker

Authored by: Sigrid Audrey-Richard

Have you ever driven home from a long shift and realized you do not remember the last three miles of the drive? Your hands turned the wheel, your foot hit the brake, but your brain was on autopilot. In the mining and heavy industry sectors, this mental autopilot is a silent killer. It is driven by two main culprits: (1) fatigue and (2) inattentional blindness (often called “workshop blindness”). W...


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