Develop Preventive Measures
Introduction
After reviewing your list of hazards with the employee, next consider using hazard control methods that will eliminate or reduce them.
There are two primary strategies to permanently or temporarily reduce the risk of injury.
- Eliminate or mitigate the hazard.
- Control exposure to the hazard.
Each of these strategies employs a number of prioritized methods within what's called the "Hierarchy of Controls". The rest of this module will discuss the various hazard control methods within the hierarchy.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
4-1. Which two primary strategies reduce the risk of injury in a task?
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