Problem Solving Techniques
As a safety professional, you are or will be engaged in the process of solving safety management system problems for your employer or client.
Safety committees solve problems!
It's important to have a general understanding of the basic steps involved in acquiring adequate skills. This module will cover the basic steps in problem-solving and some proven techniques to efficiently and effectively solve your organization's safety management system challenges.
Solving Safety Problems
Solving safety-related problems centers on two key strategies:
- Solving surface-cause problems: Eliminating or reducing unique hazardous conditions and unsafe work behaviors that represent the surface causes of accidents.
- Solving root-cause problems: Improving inadequate or missing safety and health programs, policies, plans, processes, procedures, and practices that represent the root causes contributing to hazardous conditions and unsafe behaviors.
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6-1. Solving safety-related problems centers around which two key strategies?
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