Hazard Prevention and Controls

Hazard prevention and controls are triggered by a determination that a hazard or potential hazard exists. Where feasible, hazards are prevented by effective design of the jobsite or job. Where it is not feasible to eliminate than, they are controlled to prevent unsafe and unhealthful exposure. Elimination of controls should be accomplished in a timely manner once a hazard or potential hazard is recognized. 

So that all current and potential hazards, however detected, are corrected or controlled in a timely manner, procedures must be established using the following measures  

Procedures for safe work which are understood and followed by all affected parties, as a result of training, positive reinforcement, correction of unsafe performance, and, if necessary, enforcement through a clearly communicated discijjinary system. 

Effective planiung and design of the workplace or job task can help to prevent hazards. Where it is not feasible to eliminate hazards, action planning can help to control unsafe conditions. 

Elimination or control should be accomplished in a timely manner once a hazard or potential hazards are identified. The procedures should include measures such as the following  

Once hazards are identified, an action plan should be developed to help resolve the issues that can be used to come into compliance with applicable requirements. These plans can include setting priorities and deadlines and tracking progress in controlling hazards. Action planning will be discussed in Chapter 5. 

Select work settings to apply methods of reducing hazards. You will need to make use of general engineering concepts, specific engineering and administrative controls, work practice controls, and personal protective equipment as appropriate to control hazards. 

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World Health Organization, Hazard Prevention and Control in the Work Environment Airborne Dust, 1999. 

GOVERNMENT, ENTERPRISE AND AGENCY OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD PREVENTION AND CONTROL WORK... 

Thirty-four states and many nations around the world already require or encourage employers to implement such programs. The key elements common to all of these programs are management leadership, worker participation, hazard identification and assessment, hazard prevention and control, education and training, and program evaluation and improvement. 

DuPont s Commitment statement is believed by its employees to be sincerely presented, and it is applied by management as written. It establishes a proactive rather than a reactive posture and implies anticipatory hazard prevention and control and the allocation of the resources necessary for accomplishment. 

In all organizations where safety expectations are high, technical information systems exist to serve as resources on hazard prevention and control. Personnel at all levels come to rely on those resources. 

Serve as a means of communicating that hazard prevention and control is important within the organization s culture... 

In entities that have achieved outstanding safety records, all employees know that management is held accountable, is involved, and holds subordinates responsible for their results. If incident experience is considered to be unsatisfactory by management, safety professionals should promote, with great tact and diplomacy, the asking of the obvious but difficult questions. Has that experience resulted from an absence of management commitment to hazard prevention and control Has the adverse experience been programmed into operations, by implication ... 

With this knowledge, safety directors say they can more effectively draft their hazard prevention and control proposals, emphasizing their favorable financial impact on overall operations, including applicable aspects of productivity and cost efficiency, as well as risk reduction. 

Management policies, organization, and commitment are shown together as one element in some causation models. One could aigue that management commitment and involvement deserve separate and distinct consideration since they are the reflection and extension of the organization s culture, from which all hazard prevention and control decisions derive. 

B. Hazard Prevention and Control Examples of Engineering Controls... 

An effective ergonomics program should include the following four components worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, medical management, and training and education. 

B. Hazard Prevention and Control. Ergonomic hazards are prevented primarily by effective design of a job or job site. An employer s program should establish procedures to correct or control ergonomic hazards... 

Hazard prevention and control procedures or arrangements should be established and should ... 

Hazard prevention and control are triggered by a determination that a hazard or potential hazard exists. Where feasible, hazards are prevented by... 

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