Identifying
and Controlling Hazards
Course 101
Safety Certified Supervisor Series
MODULE
SEVEN: EFFECTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
To develop effective
recommendations, perform the following key steps
- Write the problem statement
- Describe the history of the
problem.
- State the solution options that
would correct the problem?
- Describe the consequences
as a cost vs benefit analysis.
Describe the type of accident
that might result from inaction.
To help educate decision-makers
it's important to describe the type of accident that might result if corrective
actions aren't taken. The accident designations below are useful in describing
the types of accidents that might result if hazards are not corrected.
- Struck-by. A person is
forcefully struck by an object. The force of contact is provided by the
object.
- Struck-against.
A person forcefully strikes an object. The person provides the force or
energy.
- Contact-by.
Contact by a substance or material that, by its very nature, is harmful
and causes injury.
- Contact-with.
A person comes in contact with a harmful substance or material. The person
initiates the contact.
- Caught-on. A person or
part of his/her clothing or equipment is caught on an object that is either
moving or stationary. This may cause the person to lose his/her balance
and fall, be pulled into a machine, or suffer some other harm.
- Caught-in. A person or
part of him/her is trapped, or otherwise caught in an opening or enclosure.
- Caught-between. A person
is crushed, pinched or otherwise caught between a moving and a stationary
object, or between two moving objects.
- Fall-To-surface. A person
slips or trips and falls to the surface he/she is standing or walking on.
- Fall-To-below. A person
slips or trips and falls to a level below the one he/she was walking or
standing on.
- Over-exertion. A person
over-extends or strains himself/herself while performing work.
- Bodily reaction. Caused
solely from stress imposed by free movement of the body or assumption of
a strained or unnatural body position. A leading source of injury.
- Over-exposure. Over a
period of time, a person is exposed to harmful energy (noise, heat), lack
of energy (cold), or substances (toxic chemicals/atmospheres).
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