A warehouse crew notices a frayed power cable under a pallet rack. For weeks everyone shrugs and says safety will handle it, yet no one files a report. What principle of risk responsibility is being ignored?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Risk ownership is not a game of hot potato. If you see a hazard, you report it—period—because “safety will handle it” is not a named assignment. Silence leaves the cable live while everyone assumes the other guy already called it in.
Full Explanation
Effective risk responsibility spans all organizational levels. Observing a hazard creates a duty to report through the defined channel rather than relying on informal assumptions about another function. Treating silence as assignment leaves exposure unmanaged and breaks the accountability chain the reporting system depends on.