What if your safety rules conflict with how the job is actually done

Описание: In this video, we’re digging into a problem that shows up in a lot of “compliant” workplaces: what happens when your safety rules do not match how the job is actually done. On paper, the procedures exist and the training records look complete, but out in the field people still have to get the work done, so they adapt, modify, and sometimes bypass steps because the written rule does not fit the real task. The biggest risk is not the one-off shortcut, it is normalization, because once the workaround becomes routine the procedure turns into background noise, and that is how incidents develop slowly without anyone noticing the risk has been stacking up.

We also cover why this drift happens and how to spot it early, including quiet “small exceptions,” shortcuts everyone knows but nobody talks about, and training that teaches one method while experienced workers demonstrate another. Instead of enforcing harder, the fix is smarter alignment: observe the real task under normal conditions, ask what makes the rule hard to follow, and then update the hazard assessment, the procedure, and the critical controls so they are practical and trusted. If your rules look good on paper but feel disconnected in the field, Calgary Safety Consultants can help you close the gap between work-as-imagined and work-as-done at https://calgarysafetyconsultants.ca