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* We all perform risk analysis every day—merging onto the freeway, smoking a cigarette, or choosing to enter a confined space or an excavation without following the right procedures. Attention can be improved just like reading skills or other mental activities * Motivation…Final Thought “There are very few things that can build self-esteem (and motivate) within an individual, more effectively than the “powers of positive reinforcement” for desired habits and behaviors”. Recognize and reward safe behavior #3Attentionand Focus Attention—Nighttime Work Zone Safety Attention and Mental Focus Are the schedules being accelerated so quickly that people are being sloppy and not paying attention to detail? asked Louis Coletti, president of the Building Trades Employers Association, the largest contractor group in New York City. OSHA investigators concluded Hardrock didnt watch the rigging that maneuvered the girder closely enough, said John Healy, director of the agencys Englewood office. The company really didnt have a strong practice of training their people in following up and monitoring that they are paying attention to rigging at all times, Healy said. Attention and Mental Focus ENR report July 29, 2008 “Some see the project schedule as unrealistic. City Center ($9.4 billion, 76 acres), Las Vegas, is being built in the same time frame that it took to complete the adjacent $1.6 billion, 37 story Bellagio Resort which is only one building and 25% the amount of space.” Imagine the mental focus required for this fast-paced work scheduled especially when fatigue is a major concern. Some 13 workers have died on this project to date. Pay Attention! Easier said than done some times right? Attention and Mental Focus How many of you can honestly say that you mentally focus on specific tasks on a jobsite? Life would be a drag if we had to focus 100% of the time on everything we did. Skilled labor means, to a certain degree, that you have developed such an expertis