Overcoming Instincts: How to Improve Safety in Confined Spaces
Coming to the aid of a coworker in need could place you in danger yourself without the proper equipment.
By Dante Moore
Apr 01, 2021
No matter who you are or what you do, we all face one similar, major challenge: overcoming ingrained behaviors to change our actions. Sometimes, these ingrained behaviors make it difficult for us to remember to do something simple, like run an errand on the way home from work. Other times, our ingrained behaviors can put our lives—or the lives of others—at risk.
Our first instinct is usually an action we take without much thought. When someone around us is in danger, our instinct is to help. We tend to provide aid to others in emergency situations without thinking about the possibility of putting ourselves at risk. In some cases, this behavior is helpful, like when we catch a toddler before he falls and hits his head.