Identifying and Controlling Hazards
Course 101
Safety Certified Supervisor Series

MODULE SIX: PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES

Solving safety problems

Understanding the problems. (continued)

What is the nature of the problem?

• Leadership - Are supervisors or managers failing to demonstrate necessary leadership skills?
• Management - Do managers are lack the ability to design and/or carry out management processes?
  
• Relationships - Are there unproductive or harmful working relationship between employees?
• Process - Is there a failure to design or carry out safety processes and procedures?
• Environment - Is the physical or psychosocial environment healthful to employees?
• Is some form of distress (due to factors outside the control of the employee) causing injury or illness?
• Equipment - Are tools, equipment, machinery reliable is there a high rate of failure?
• Material - Are materials used in production or service processes hazardous in some way?

 

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