{"id":9439,"date":"2026-03-16T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/?p=9439"},"modified":"2026-03-16T21:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:27:18","slug":"why-your-best-operators-are-sometimes-the-most-exposed-to-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/blog-en\/why-your-best-operators-are-sometimes-the-most-exposed-to-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Best Operators Are Sometimes the Most Exposed to Accidents ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9439\" class=\"elementor elementor-9439 elementor-9437\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc5133e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc5133e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0608be6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0608be6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Human error, workplace accidents and neuroscience: why are experienced operators often the most at risk? Understanding autopilot mode to strengthen occupational risk prevention.<\/em><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c5458f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c5458f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a persistent belief in companies: the more experienced an employee is, the safer they are. So when a workplace accident affects a seasoned professional, the incomprehension is total. Their manager doesn&#8217;t understand it. They themselves don&#8217;t understand it. Yet neuroscience applied to occupational risk prevention offers a precise explanation \u2014 and once understood, it&#8217;s hard to forget.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc42f56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc42f56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Brain: An Energy Manager, Not a Danger Detector<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ad771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19ad771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The brain faces a permanent challenge: it accounts for 2% of our body mass but consumes nearly 20% of our energy. Its solution? Delegate as much as possible. It creates automatisms \u2014 those &#8220;neural highways&#8221; that allow complex tasks to be carried out without conscious effort. Driving, typing on a keyboard, climbing stairs: everything that is learned and repeated eventually shifts to autopilot. This mechanism is brilliant. And it is also where the trap for workplace safety lies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53b3f85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53b3f85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Paradox of Experience: Routine as a Blind Spot<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc8a47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dc8a47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is what most safety training programs have not yet incorporated:<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The brain does not activate conscious vigilance in the face of danger. It activates it in the face of novelty.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first time an operator manoeuvres a forklift, their brain is fully alert: it analyses, anticipates, checks. After the hundredth manoeuvre in the same environment? Everything happens without conscious effort \u2014 and therefore without active vigilance.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 80% of workplace accidents linked to human error, the person involved is experienced and in a routine situation <em>(Rousset, Moll &amp; Amalberti, 2011)<\/em>. This is no coincidence. It is a neurological property \u2014 a structural human factor, not an individual failing.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The formula coined by neuroscientist Dr. Isabelle Simonetto has become a reference in risk prevention:<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Experienced person + routine activity = autopilot = tenfold risk.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b8ddd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b8ddd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marc and the Manhole: The Invisible Human Error<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daf6dd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"daf6dd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/patient-with-brain-scan-discussing-with-researcher-neurological-doctor-while-adjusting-brainwave-scanning-headset-examining-diagnosis-disease-explaning-eeg-results-health-status-brain-functions.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9458\" alt=\"Neuroscience applied to workplace safety \u2014 brain analysis and autopilot mode for occupational risk prevention\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/patient-with-brain-scan-discussing-with-researcher-neurological-doctor-while-adjusting-brainwave-scanning-headset-examining-diagnosis-disease-explaning-eeg-results-health-status-brain-functions.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/patient-with-brain-scan-discussing-with-researcher-neurological-doctor-while-adjusting-brainwave-scanning-headset-examining-diagnosis-disease-explaning-eeg-results-health-status-brain-functions-1080x608.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fbbe4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71fbbe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marc is managing an unplanned electrical intervention \u2014 his brain is fully engaged. A colleague nearby opens a manhole cover. Marc finishes, turns around\u2026 and falls in. The hole was visible. He didn&#8217;t &#8220;see&#8221; it.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is what neuroscience calls focused attention: when the conscious mind is saturated by a priority task, the rest of the environment is filtered by automatisms \u2014 that is, by habit, not by vigilance. A form of human error that neither sanctions nor instructions alone can prevent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b80ac4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b80ac4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"I Only Perceive What I Have Learned to Perceive\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9764ce0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9764ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A seasoned operator does not scan their environment like a novice. They see what they expect to see. Whatever falls outside their usual patterns may not be registered \u2014 even if it is visible to the naked eye.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This also fuels overconfidence bias: after years without a workplace accident, the brain learns that &#8220;things go fine&#8221; and unconsciously lowers its alert level.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-326379e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"326379e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What This Means for HSE, HR and Managers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd239e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd239e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This paradox is not meant to blame experienced workers. It is meant to rethink occupational risk prevention \u2014 which is too often calibrated for novices.<\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Target experienced workers too \u2014 and especially \u2014 in safety talks<\/strong> They are the ones who operate most on autopilot. Messages that acknowledge their expertise while pointing to the human factor of routine will have far greater impact.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Introduce breaking points into routine tasks<\/strong> Checklists, self-questioning, formalised key actions: these human reliability tools force a return to conscious awareness where the brain would otherwise rush ahead.<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Encourage the reporting of near-misses<\/strong> A senior worker who reports a near-miss demonstrates that their safety culture is still functioning. This should be actively encouraged.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e3b47f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e3b47f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Good News: The Brain Is Adaptable<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c7d92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38c7d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dangerous automatisms can be reprogrammed. Safe behaviours can become new reflexes, provided they are practised regularly and intentionally. This is the aim of approaches such as BBS (Behaviour-Based Safety).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The challenge for HSE professionals is not to monitor experienced workers. It is to design environments and routines that keep their brains active where the risk of a workplace accident is real \u2014 even when everything seems familiar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4cfc43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4cfc43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bec519b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bec519b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to integrate neuroscience into your occupational risk prevention approach? C2D Pr\u00e9vention offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c2dprevention.com\/en\/workshops\/\"><strong>workshops and support programmes<\/strong><\/a> to sustainably embed safe behaviours.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b277423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b277423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources :<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99cc4c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99cc4c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Simonetto, I. (2020). <em>Neurosciences et s\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u2014 \u00c9viter les erreurs humaines au travail.<\/em> \u00c9ditions Mardaga.<\/p><p>Rousset, Moll &amp; Amalberti (2011). <em>Study on human errors in professional environments.<\/em><\/p><p>Prevenscope.com \u2014 <em>Neuroscience in the service of good safety practices<\/em> (2022).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human error, workplace accidents and neuroscience: why are experienced operators often the most at risk? Understanding autopilot mode to strengthen occupational risk prevention. There is a persistent belief in companies: the more experienced an employee is, the safer they are. So when a workplace accident affects a seasoned professional, the incomprehension is total. 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