- Making Safety Simpler
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Work Organization Hazards
Work organization factors involve planning how a work process is to be completed and the context in which the work process will be performed. It includes the way work is structured, supervised and carried out. Work organization hazards are circumstances or facilitation of variation in circumstances that in turn can lead to the occurrence of a hazardous event.
Construction Industry Examples
- Work overload from inadequate work recovery cycles, extended work hours or overtime, excessive work pace or duration, or lack of task variability.
- Also from poorly maintained equipment or environments or lack of well designed protective systems.
- Also considers persistent disturbances and interruptions, or lack of available personnel including suitably trained personnel, as well as lack of available equipment or supplies needed to safely perform the work.
Tips on Identifying
- Throughout the project management cycle: implementation of standards of work and work area.
Control Method Examples:
More Effective
Substitution
Engineering Controls
Administrative Controls
Operational or project planning or feedback and correction of course of operations
PPE
Less Effective