HRM 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Chain Reaction, Public Safety Canada, Local Exchange Trading System
3 Apr 2017
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Control activities: source, path, worker control the hazards at the source = eliminating the hazard = most effective, least effective = ppe. Refers to the program or process used to establish preventative and corrective measures as the final stage of hazard recognition and assessment: pre-contact controls + post-contact controls. Goal is to eliminate, reduce or control hazards in order to minimize loss/risk. Engineering: lockout/tag out (control of hazardous, barriers (e. g. machine guarding, preventative maintenance, ventilation. Policies and procedures: hot work, confined space entry. Administrative controls: training/education, medical surveillance, new equipment approval. Moving parts have the potential for causing severe workplace injuries, including: crushed fingers or hands, amputations, burns, blindness. Any machine part, function, or process which may cause injury must be safeguarded. These can include rotating, transverse moving parts as well as feeding mechanism (get the part you"re using to the machine) Requirements for safeguards: safeguards must meet these minimum general requirements.
