Loss-producing events reducing activities

Roles and responsibilities will define the types of leadership skills that are necessary to support the safety management system and avoid or reduce the potential for active and latent errors that lead to loss-producing events. The following are examples of some assigned safety roles for each category ... 

JHAs provide an understanding of hazards at their point of beginning -the location where job actions are completed. JHAs communicate to the leadership team and employees the potential for injury and the controls that are required. The use of the JHA also improves the potential for removing obstacles hindering the effectiveness of activities that reduce the severity of loss-producing events. 

As discussed in Chapter 2, a combination of both active and latent errors creates potential loss-producing events. The potential for error is not just at the line employee level but involves all members of the organization. A decision made by a member of senior leadership team can directly impact the acceptance of risk. A purchasing manager may receive praise for reducing expenses but that saving be lost as cost of injuries and maintenance increase. 

Total loss control m be defined as those activities which are designed to reduce, prevent or otherwise control those events which produce economic or social loss. A total loss control prograrmne be designed to reduce the frequency and/or the severity of losses. 

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