Wolfe, Darrah E.M.2023-05-222023-05-222016-11-212016-11-21https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/38740With studies demonstrating mind-wandering to be associated with failure to perform monitoring procedural steps, a deficiency in being able to call information to mind, more false alarms, and a reduction in task performance, we cannot afford to continue to overlook the potential impact mind-wandering has on human behavior in high-risk environments within the Alberta oil and gas industry. This paper gives consideration to mindfulness-based interventions, a domain of positive psychology, for reducing the occurrence of mind-wandering and improving attention to a task. It is from a foundation of research explored in the literature reviews of mind-wandering and mindfulness, that I invite the oil and gas industry to incorporate the supplemental element of, what I am terming, Mindfulness-Based Safety, into their Health & Safety Management Systems. In support of this, I provide a suggested plan for creating awareness and implementing mindfulness into operations to reduce mind-wandering and therefore increase the amount of time employees spend with their minds on task.Literature Review, Business PlanMindfulnessattentionsafetysituational awarenessperformancehazardCognition and PerceptionCognitive PsychologyErgonomicsIndustrial and Organizational PsychologyIndustrial EngineeringOther Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial EngineeringOther PsychologyOther Social and Behavioral SciencesPerformance ManagementSocial Psychology and InteractionTraining and DevelopmentWork, Economy and OrganizationsDissertation/Thesis