Not all safety measures are created equal. Some are more effective than others!
In this episode of One Energy’s Engineering Safety series, Head of Construction Chelsea Bumb introduces us to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Hierarchy of Controls. This triangle helps workers identify how to isolate hazards at work and prevent accidents.
Follow along as Chelsea explains the elements of the triangle from the most effective measures to the least effective: elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment (or PPE).
This hierarchy is foundational in our risk elimination. In future Safety Minute episodes, we’ll describe actions One Energy takes to control workplace hazards according to these principles – so keep this triangle in mind and try to identify which element is being discussed in each video! ! (If you haven’t watched the previous episodes in our Engineering Safety series, you can get caught up here and here.)
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