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reporting.and.investigation.procedure..Once.you.have.suficient.data.to.identify.your.
hazards,. determine. the. potential. interventions. that. will. prevent. the. occurrence. of.
injuries..The.interventions,.chosen.for.implementation,.are.the.accident.prevention.
processes. and. techniques. you. feel. will. help. prevent. mishaps.. These. interventions.
become.a.part.of.your.accident.prevention.program..They.may.be.processes.or.appli-
cations.of.accident.prevention.techniques.such.as.job.safety.observations.or.actual.
physical. changes. (engineering). to. equipment. or. facilities.. Your. safety. and. health.
program. should. culminate. with. follow-up. evaluation. procedures. to. determine. the.
effectiveness.of.your.loss.control.program.
knoW WIth Whom you Are deAlIng
You. must. understand. the. culture. of. the. work. environment. before. you. can. intelli-
gently.implement.any.type.of.program.aimed.at.the.workforce..You.need.to.know.and.
understand.the.values,.attitudes,.and.perceptions.held.by.the.workforce.relevant.to.
job.safety.and.health..This.will.afford.the.opportunity.to.place.into.action.a.motiva-
tional.plan.relevant.to.preventing.accidents.and.incidents.in.your.unique.workplace.
determInIng the cAuse oF AccIdents
The. causes. of. the. speciic. types. of. accidents/incidents. that. have. occurred. within.
your.workplace.must.be.assessed..The.approach.you.wish.to.use.in.the.assessment.
and.analysis.process.depends.greatly.on.your.familiarity.with.and.the.types.of.occur-
rences.that.have.transpired.in.your.workplace..Analyses.covered.in.this.topic.are.root.
cause,.causal.factor,.change,.and.barrier.analysis.
This.is.not.a.inite.listing,.as.other,.more.complex.approaches.such.as.Management.
Oversight.and.Risk.Tree.Analysis.(MORT),.failure.mode.and.effect.analysis,.and.the.
aspects.of.system.safety.engineering.are.not.covered.within.the.scope.of.this.topic..
These.approaches.can.be.found.in.many.other.topics.and.articles.
AccIdent PreventIon technIques
Accident. prevention. techniques,. such. as. job. hazard. analysis,. safe. operating. pro-
cedures,.and.job.safety.observations,.have.their.application.to.speciic.jobs.within.
the. workplace.. In. general,. they. aim. to. address. and. identify. existing. or. potential.
work-related. hazards.. These. types. of. accident. prevention. techniques. are. empha-
sized. in. this. topic.. Most. topics. addressing. accident. prevention. techniques. usually.
emphasize.speciic.job.hazards.and.their.prevention,.such.as.ire.safety.and.machine.
.guarding..This.particular.topic.places.only.minor.emphasis.on.speciic.job.hazards.
reFerences
Fine,. W.. Mathematical. evaluations. for. controlling. hazards,. in. J.. Widner,. (Ed.).. Selected
Readings in safety ..Macon,.GA:.Academy.Press,.1973.
Petersen,.D.. Techniques of safety management: A systems approach (3rd.ed.)..Goshen,.NY:.
Aloray.Inc.,.1989.