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Human Performance and Latent Causes

Human Performance and Latent Causes

by Robert E. Statham, subject matter expert in Latent Cause Analysis for Human Performance.

Management Self-Improvement

Season 2026

The Root that Changes Everything

Latent Cause Analysis. This is the Failsafe edge: We don’t just give you better tools. We help you become better learners, leaders, and teammates.

HOP is good, but something Criticial is Missing!

Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) has earned well-deserved attention in recent years. It correctly shifts focus from blaming people to improving the systems in which they work. These are meaningful advances. Yet many organizations that have adopted HOP principles are still experiencing the same types of incidents. The reason is usually that something important is still missing.

Why Most RCA Training Fails: How LCA is Different.

At Failsafe Network, we’ve been in the trenches for over four decades, helping organizations learn from the things that go wrong. What we’ve seen over all those years is that most traditional RCA training doesn’t fall short because people aren’t trying hard enough—it fails because the approach itself has some pretty fundamental flaws. Let's walk through why that happens and how our Latent Cause Analysis™, or LCA, brings something genuinely different to the table.

Human Performance and Latent Causes: Case Study

Case study of catastrophic hydrotreater explosion.

Why Quick Fixes Become Deadly: Latent Cause Analysis of a Conveyor Crushing Injury

In this episode of Human Performance and Latent Causes, Robert E. Statham, President of Failsafe Network, takes a deep dive into a real crushing injury and partial finger amputation that occurred during a routine jam clearance on a high-speed wrapper conveyor in a food packaging plant.

Latent Cause Analysis Brings Leaders to Life: Real Leadership Lessons

Latent Cause Analysis (LCA) is an evidence-based method for investigating incidents that goes beyond fixing immediate problems to uncover deeper systemic, human, and cultural causes. LCA strengthens leadership at all levels and transforms organizational culture toward continuous improvement, better decisions, and fewer repeated failures.

Root Cause Analysis Is Not Enough – How Latent Cause Analysis Changes Everything

Traditional Root Cause Analysis (RCA) often falls short because it stops at surface-level issues—like equipment failure or individual error—and tends to become a blame-focused, checkbox exercise. As a result, organizations see the same problems repeat. Latent Cause Analysis (LCA) is a more powerful alternative because it examines the underlying systems and human factors that create the conditions for failure.

Human factors in Root Cause Analysis

The role people play in things that go wrong and the more important role people play in learning, improving, and growing in day to day business.

Blame free Root Cause Analysis

The problem with blame and how to effectively deal with it in the midst of an investigation .

Why Traditional Root Cause Analysis Fails—and How Latent Cause Fixes It

Failsafe 40+ years of experience using Root Cause Analysis and developing the more effective Latent Cause Analysis.

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