Implementing Controls
Implementing Effective Control Strategies
You can get a lot of great ideas for effective ergonomic control measures from a variety of sources:
- employees/work teams who perform the jobs requiring control strategies
- OSHA agencies in some states have professional ergonomists that can evaluate and offer ideas for improving your ergonomics protection program
- trade associations may have information about good control practices for addressing different problem operations within an industry
- insurance companies that offer loss control services to their policyholders
- private consultants and vendors who deal in ergonomic specialty services and products
- networking with other safety professionals and visits to worksites and networking with other safety professionals know how to deal with similar problem operations
The process of implementing controls normally consists of the following steps:
- trials or tests of the selected solutions
- making modifications or revisions
- full-scale implementation
- follow up evaluation of control measures
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6-1. Which of the following is the first step when implementing control measures?
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