Work Practice Controls
Work practice controls are developed using OSHA standards, industry guidelines, and job hazard analyses. Safe work practices and be successful in reducing employee exposure to hazards when the higher-level controls fail.
Ultimately, when employees are properly trained and work safely, work practice controls can stop unsafe actions that cause most workplace accidents.
But here's the thing: Work practice controls work best only if the support from the safety management system is strong. It's better if we can lower the risk to an acceptable level using higher order controls (elimination, substitiution, and engineering) so we don't have to depend as much on employees following the rules.
Keep in mind, work practice controls usually work together with other hazard control strategies.
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8-7. Any system that relies on human behavior is inherently _____.
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