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the potential for serious incidents must balance the desire for projecting a
confident image with a mindset of never being fully satisfied in the search
for safer methods. All in the organization must recognize the true nature of
the safety war—in reality, incident prevention is a long, hard-fought guer-
rilla struggle with no final conclusive victory. 6

References

1. J. Hassan,. 1997 Information Please Sports Almanac (Boston: Houghton-
Mifflin, 1997), 365.
2. P. M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning
Organization (New York: Doubleday, 1990), 218–225.
3. T. Burns, Characteristics of an Outstanding Safety Culture (SIP Management
Systems Inc., 2001). Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
4. P. M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning
Organization (New York: Doubleday, 1990), 139.
5. J. S. McClenahen, “It’s No Fun Working Here Anymore,” Industry Week; 4
March 1991, 20–22.
6. J. Reason, Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents (Aldershot,
Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1997), 114, 214.