Procedures and Practices
Introduction
Construction companies should make sure that safe job procedures and safe work practices are developed to address significant hazards that may present significant risks/liabilities to them.
To determine the need for safe job procedures and work practices, conduct a comprehensive hazard analysis prior to the start of work on each worksite. It's important to note that the Job Safety/Hazard Analysis is an excellent process for determining safe job procedures and safe work practices.
Create Safe Job Procedures
Safe job procedures are a series of specific instructions presented in steps that outline the preferred method for performing a task.
- They guide a worker through a job task from start to finish one step at a time in chronological order.
- They are designed to reduce the risk to employees by minimizing potential exposure.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
5-1. Safe job procedures are designed to reduce the risk to employees by _____.
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