... Introduction Eliminating or reducing risk of injury or illness in the workplace is critical to maintaining a safe and healthful environment. It is already known that the most beneficial risk-reduction solutions are implemented according to Prevention through Design (PtD) hierarchy of controls...

... and opportunities alike have been experienced. Data collected from over 60,000 risk assessments has provided a rich opportunity to tease out leading indicators of both performance and quality of risk reduction programs. The strategy that our company has adopted to deal with infrequent yet severe incident outcomes...

... system of continuous improvement as it relates to hazard identification and risk reduction. One subset of workplace hazards are those hazards associated with machinery. Control of these hazards alone requires a major management initiative. Even today in the year 2017 we find production equipment "home...

... LOP, safeguards and controls is used to define the most effective and efficient improvement strategy when gaps are identified. When improvement steps have been completed, a final hazard risk characterization is performed so that overall risk reduction can be quantified. Corporate policies in all...

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... analysis as the basis for predicting the future trends in loss. In addition, many risk managers have been focusing on transfer of risk, rather than risk reduction. While incident trend analysis is a valuable exercise, as leading companies reduce the number of losses, the value in using this data...

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... manuele injury risk reduction ergonomics safety productivity investment Introduction Prevention through Design (PtD) addresses occupational safety and health needs in the design and redesign processes to prevent or minimize the work-related hazards and risks associated with the construction...

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... effectiveness of available controls for a risk, a percent risk reduction can be assigned based on the type of control. It has long been recognized among safety professionals that certain types of controls are much more effective than others. This is commonly referred to as the hierarchy of controls . Exhibit 2...

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... program operational metrics that increase the effectiveness of the fleet programs ability to address the "hidden fleet". In addition, I will introduce the concepts of Motor Vehicle Risk Reduction Metrics that can be applied to vehicle operations within the United States or on a Global basis. Key Learning...

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... Introduction Risk assessment and risk reduction may seem like foreign terms to many in the field of industrial safety. While many environmental, health, and safety (EHS) professionals are charged with the responsibility of providing a safe work environment for the employees...

... initiative of identifying machine hazards and exploring risk reduction options. The bottom line is that a machine hazard assessment will not get done properly, unless it is mandated from top management and resources are provided. A typical example may be an old, unguarded, widget machine with exposed...

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.... The organization shall apply the methods of risk reduction in the order prescribed. This is how the standard and the explanatory comments read: The organization shall implement and maintain a process for achieving feasible risk reduction based upon the following preferred order of controls: A. Elimination design...

... regulations, past events, industry standards and contractual requirements. Risk reduction efforts should generally follow the hierarchy of protective measures ("safety hierarchy") and be appropriate to the degree of risk reduction needed to achieve that acceptable level of risk. "Zero Risk...