Problem solving safety decision hierarchy

Annex G provides a pictorial and verbal display of the Hierarchy of Controls listed in Section 5.1.1 with application examples for each element. In Chapter 12, Hierarchy of Controls The Safety Decision Hierarchy, the state-of-the-art is moved forward through extensions that this author believes are now necessary in the first step within the hierarchy Elimination. Also, the hierarchy is enveloped within a sound problem-solving technique. The chapter includes a section titled The Logic of Taking Action in an Order of Effectiveness. ... 

Place the hierarchy of controls within good problem-solving techniques, as in The Safety Decision Hierarchy... 

In every problem-solving method reviewed, the first steps are to identify and analyze the problem. Also, they end with a provision requiring that evaluations be made of the effects of the actions taken. Figure 1, The Safety Decision Hierarchy, presents a logical sequence of actions that safety professionals should consider in resolving safety issues identify and analyze the problem consider the possible solutions decide on and implement an action plan and determine whether the actions taken achieved the intended risk reduction results. Note that such a sequence of actions also fits weU with the PDCA concept. 

Encompassing a hierarchy of controls within a sound problem-solving technique furthers the ability of management and safety professionals to achieve effective risk reduction, and to meet the requirements of certain provisions in ZIO. Adopting well-established problem-solving techniques to address hazard and risk situations is a fundamentally sound approach. That is the purpose of The Safety Decision Hierarchy. 

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