August 20, 2025 | Mark Paradies

Do “Re” Corrective Actions Cause Repeat Failures?

What Are “Re” Corrective Actions?

What are “Re” corrective actions? Here are some bad examples…

Re-train

Re-emphasize

Re-place a part

Re-mind people about rules

Re-qualify (after you disqualify)

Re-write the procedure

Think about this …

Instead of using a “re” corrective action, why not fix the problem?

What caused the first training, emphasizing, part, rule, qualification, or procedure to fail?

Consider a more effective Safeguard.

Remove the Hazard or remove the Target. (This Re corrective action is a GOOD example.)

Then you might not have REpeat incidents/failures.

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