Risk Management and Hazard Control

Summary

This video educates on risk management and hazard control, emphasizing the ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard for occupational health and safety. It outlines the importance of safety for humanitarian, legal, and cost reasons, and introduces principles of hazard control. The video also covers Heinrich's axioms, accident theories, and proactive vs. reactive prevention approaches. It concludes with strategies for financial justification of safety improvements and the hierarchy of controls.

Takeaways

• 📚 The ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard outlines a framework for an effective occupational health and safety management system, emphasizing management commitment, employee participation, risk assessment, and system evaluation.
• 🛡️ The main objective of ANSI/AIHA Z10 is to create a proactive approach to risk management, aiming to identify and address risks before they result in injury or harm.
• 🤝 Safety is crucial for humanitarian, legal, and cost reasons, ensuring the well-being of employees, compliance with regulations, and minimizing financial burdens due to accidents.
• 🔍 The principles of hazard control involve recognizing hazards and selecting preventive actions, which may include eliminating hazards, reducing severity, or installing safety devices.
• 🏗️ Heinrich's axioms of industrial safety highlight that most accidents are caused by unsafe acts and can be prevented by understanding the reasons behind unsafe behaviors.
• 🧠 Petersen's accident/incident theory extends the human factors theory by considering ergonomic traps, decisions to err, and systems failure as contributors to accidents.
• 🚨 The most common causes of accidents include personal beliefs, decisions to work unsafely, mismatch or overload, systems failure, traps, and unsafe conditions.
• 🔄 A reactive approach to accident prevention involves investigating accidents after they occur, analyzing the results, and implementing preventive measures.
• ⏫ A proactive approach to accident prevention focuses on analyzing potential accidents and implementing preventive measures to avoid their occurrence.
• 💹 Financial justification for safety improvements can be made by demonstrating the cost savings from reduced frequency and severity of injuries, as well as improved work processes.
• ⚙️ The hierarchy of controls suggests a top-down approach to safety, starting with elimination of hazards and moving to less desirable methods like personal protective equipment when necessary.

Q & A

What is the primary purpose of ANSI/AIHA Z10?

The primary purpose of ANSI/AIHA Z10 is to establish a framework for an effective occupational health and safety management system.

How does the ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard demonstrate management commitment?

Management commitment in ANSI/AIHA Z10 is shown through resource allocation, employee participation, risk assessment, planning, and evaluation with corrective actions.

What are the main objectives of the ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard?

The main objectives of ANSI/AIHA Z10 are to create a framework for a management system that evaluates organizational risks holistically and responds proactively to create a safe workplace beyond compliance.

Why is safety important from a humanitarian perspective?

Safety is important for humanitarian reasons as we have a moral responsibility to keep employees, co-workers, customers, and society safe.

What are the legal reasons for the importance of safety?

Safety is important legally because laws and regulations obligate meeting certain safety standards, providing common standards for everyone to follow.

How does safety relate to cost?

Safety is important for cost reasons as it includes the cost of human life, property, and the negative consequences of poor safety, as well as preventive measures to minimize safety problems.

What are the first two principles of hazard control?

The first two principles of hazard control are recognizing hazards and selecting preventive actions.

What does Heinrich's first axiom of industrial safety state?

Heinrich's first axiom states that injuries are the result of a completed series of factors, including the accident that caused the injury.

How does Petersen's accident/incident theory expand on the human factors theory?

Petersen's accident/incident theory expands on the human factors theory by including elements such as ergonomic traps, decision to err, and systems failure, which lead to human error and accidents.

What are the common causes of accidents according to Hartshorne?

The common causes of accidents according to Hartshorne include personal beliefs and feelings, decision to work unsafely, mismatch or overload, systems failure, traps, and unsafe conditions or acts.

What is the difference between a reactive and proactive approach to accident prevention?

A reactive approach to accident prevention involves investigating and analyzing an accident after it occurs to prevent it from happening again. A proactive approach aims to prevent accidents from occurring in the first place by analyzing potential accidents and implementing preventive measures.

What is the Energy Theory proposed by Haddon?

Haddon's Energy Theory suggests that accidents and injuries often involve energy transfer, and the severity of injuries is related to the amount, way, and speed of energy transfer.

How does the Domino Theory explain the sequence of events in an accident?

The Domino Theory compares the sequence of events in an accident to a series of five dominoes, starting with a social environment leading to undesirable traits, unsafe acts or conditions, incidents, and finally injuries. Removing any earlier domino can prevent an injury.

What is the hierarchy of controls in risk management?

The hierarchy of controls in risk management is a top-down solution starting with elimination, then substitution, engineering, administrative/work practice, and finally personal protective equipment (PPE) controls.

How does worker's compensation insurance work?

Worker's compensation insurance involves a company paying a premium to an insurance company that covers the costs of injured workers, providing a predictable cost structure while penalizing companies with high injury rates through frequency and severity measures.

What are the primary objectives of workers' compensation laws?

The primary objectives of workers' compensation laws are to replace lost wages, provide prompt medical treatment, save time and expense of litigation, prevent reliance on charities, encourage accident prevention, and provide rehabilitation for quick return to work.