Discuss a type of hazard control that you have applied or that has been applied to reduce the risk of a job you perform at work or at home. Explain what that control is and describe where it fits within the hierarchy of controls (elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, or PPE). Explain how successful, or unsuccessful, it is at eliminating or reducing your risk while performing the job.
When commenting on another student's post, offer suggestions on controls that could be applied from an additional level (or levels) of the hierarchy.
ALSO PLEASE REPLY TO ANOTHER STUDENTS COMMENT BELOW WITH A POSITIVE COMMENT RESPONSE
DEXTER:
Not so long ago, I was in charge of Safety for a fleet of vehicles and drivers. The trucks always had a "team", i.e. 2, and sometimes 3 to a truck to perform delivery duties. There always seemed to be accidents that were minor (damage) to the vehicles with no injuries to the driver team. These accidents would mostly occur while backing. Prior to my managing of fleet safety, technological advancements had "SUBSTITUTED" the job of a good old-fashined "spotter". Back up cameras, sensors and additional mirrors had replaced a person simply disembarking the vehicle and positioning themselves in a safe location to make eye-contact with the driver; and usher the driver/truck into the parked position. Seeing that "ENGINEERING CONTROLS" were already in-place, I needed to affect "ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS" and revise the drivers current Standard Operating Procedures, SOP's, (outlining backing) to incorporate the passenger performing duties as a spotter. This also necessitated a training component for the entire fleet of drivers as to expectations around both critical functions of driving and acting as the spotter. This change was implemented successfully and minor-backing accidents, without a spotter, reduced significantly and the engineering controls were present as an additional measure in lieu of ELIMINATING the spotter.
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1. Discuss a type of hazard control that you have applied or that
has been applied to reduce the risk of a job you perform at work
or at home. Explain what that control is and describe where it
fits within the hierarchy of controls (elimination, substitution,
engineering, administrative, or PPE). Explain how successful,
or unsuccessful, it is at eliminating or reducing your risk while
performing the job.
When commenting on another student's post, offer suggestions
on controls that could be applied from an additional level (or
levels) of the hierarchy.
ALSO PLEASE REPLY TO ANOTHER STUDENTS
COMMENT BELOW WITH A POSITIVE COMMENT
RESPONSE
DEXTER:
Not so long ago, I was in charge of Safety for a fleet of vehicles
and drivers. The trucks always had a "team", i.e. 2, and
sometimes 3 to a truck to perform delivery duties. There
always seemed to be accidents that were minor (damage) to the
vehicles with no injuries to the driver team. These accidents
would mostly occur while backing. Prior to my managing of
fleet safety, technological advancements had "SUBSTITUTED"
the job of a good old-fashined "spotter". Back up cameras,
sensors and additional mirrors had replaced a person simply
disembarking the vehicle and positioning themselves in a safe
location to make eye-contact with the driver; and usher the
driver/truck into the parked position. Seeing that
"ENGINEERING CONTROLS" were already in-place, I needed
to affect "ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS" and revise the
drivers current Standard Operating Procedures, SOP's,
(outlining backing) to incorporate the passenger performing
duties as a spotter. This also necessitated a training component
2. for the entire fleet of drivers as to expectations around both
critical functions of driving and acting as the spotter. This
change was implemented successfully and minor-backing
accidents, without a spotter, reduced significantly and the
engineering controls were present as an additional measure in
lieu of ELIMINATING the spotter.
