My 5~10 minutes figure was for stopping work on the line. Yes, the equipment has e-stops but you still have to get the worker to notice and engage them. Jill d

My 5~10 minutes figure was for stopping work on the line. Yes, the equipment has e-stops but you still have to get the worker to notice and engage them. Jill driving the forklift in shipping and receiving will probably notice the alarms and stop quickly but she might not be able to just walk away, she might have to reposition so she is not trapping someone else. James doing candle wick QC with his headphones on might not notice as fast. People will often ignore alarms if they don't see others around them acting. >Another reason that people do not respond to disaster signs is that they do not want to deviate from what others are doing. Humans are very social creatures and we tend to take our lead from other people. If the majority of people are not responding to warning signs then we will tend to conform to that behavior and follow their lead - no matter how dangerous it is. For example during a fire at a restaurant diners continue with their meal as if nothing was wrong. One diner even commented that “it was a bit uncomfortable really. The smoke and the sirens of fire engines.” http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/9573/1/Human%20Behaviour%20Paper%202012.pdf http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/9573/1/Human%20Behaviour%20Paper%202... Factories are all about routine and repetition, this can lead to a failure to act.