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OSHA CHALLENGE - CONSTRUCTION TRACK - STAGES AT A GLANCE

ELEMENT: Hazard Elimination and Control

3 .  Hazard Prevention & Control >>  Hazard Elimination and Control

Stage I

 

Stage II Stage III VPPAC.org suggestive
best practices
  • Establish systems to prioritize and implement controls for identified hazards, through the baseline S&H study, trend analysis of OSHA logs, and accident investigations.
  • Identify options and selection most appropriate option or combination for hazard elimination and control.
  • Require subcontractors to adopt company hazard elimination and control system or implement equivalent
  • Develop an action plan to prioritize and implement controls for hazards identified through self-inspections, employee reports of hazards, and near-Miss investigations.
  • Selects most appropriate control methods.
  • Implement hazard controls (or interim protection) for top priority hazards before moving onto Stage III.
  • Subcontractors implement equivalent systems for hazard elimination and control methods.
  • Complete long term abatement projects from Stage II.
  • Continue to identify, prioritize, and implement control for hazards identified through all means (hazard analysis, trend analysis, accident and near miss investigation, self-inspections, employee reports of hazards, pre-use analysis, etc) so that there is a continuous loop of hazard identification and control.