Customised Institutional Experiences’ Use in Curbing Unwanted Occupational Incidents and Accidents

Abstract

This paper illustrates the helpfulness of collecting intelligence from organisations’ occupational incidents into an inventory for use, proactively, to curb unwanted occupational incidents. Among other things, ethical illusions are brought out as pertinent underlying drivers of unconstructive occupational incidents. This documentation presents qualitative findings from mini-focus-group interactions with a collective of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) officers from nine Zimbabwean organisations. The OHS officers’ accounts substantiate the prevalence of recurrent unwanted incidents which can be attributed to ethical illusions pitfall. As a mitigation measure, the researchers propose and rationalise harnessing customised institutional experience. This information can then be developed and shared through conventional or virtual sharing platforms. Accordingly, it becomes imperative for employees and OHS officers to volunteer and gather knowledge, respectively, whenever ethical transgressions, unwanted occupational incidents, and occupational accidents occur. This can help organisations to build learning material for all to avoid recurrence of similar pitfalls.