Whats the most common inappropriate behavior rewarded today?
You may have guessed it….the most common employee inappropriate behavior is withholding incident and injury reports. When companies set up reactive incentive programs that reward a group of workers for zero accidents over a given period, peer pressure to withhold injury reports may develop. This occurs because the injury may be seen by others as a threat to their own success. “Hey, we want our pizza party (or some other reward)…don’t mess up my chances.” You can tell when your company may have a reactive incentive program when the banners go up declaring “80 Bazillion Work-hours Without a Reported Injury!” However, you and I both know there are likely people at work who are really hurting, but will not report their injury because they want to be loyal co-workers who don’t want to ruin it for everyone else. The problem with this situation is that, yes, you do may reduce the number of OSHA 200 log entries, but each recorded injury is usually more severe. Consequently, you may have fe
