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Assessing Feasibility

FDR Safety

The answers can be determined but only after documented due diligence using Task Based Risk Assessment (past blogs) and assessing feasibility of hazard controls. A word of caution… You cannot simply declare that LOTO is infeasible and use control circuitry in lieu of isolating and locking the primary energy source(s).

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

load and improperly used a come-along attached to the load to align and install a precision shaft. Cases like this leave us asking “what can be done?”. However, the ability for any management to foresee the thousands of maintenance tasks where a skilled worker must deal with gravity is not practicable nor feasible. The 7500 lb.

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Is Gravity Part of OSHA’s LOTO Regulation?

FDR Safety

load and improperly used a come-along attached to the load to align and install a precision shaft. Cases like this leave us asking “what can be done?”. However, the ability for any management to foresee the thousands of maintenance tasks where a skilled worker must deal with gravity is not practicable nor feasible. The 7500 lb.

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All You Need To Know About Construction Project Management To Get Started

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Construction project management plays a vital role in ensuring that all the buildings around us are built safely and on time. The goal of every construction project management is to complete the project, and the balancing of resources, finances, time, and feasibility plays a crucial role in its completion. .

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A Wake-up Message for Employers or An Ounce of Prevention…

FDR Safety

What’s often missed and not understood is the in-between, where tasks are not minor servicing but LOTO is not feasible. In situations where LOTO is not feasible, an ALTERNATIVE METHOD is needed. For a FREE consultation, please contact us. Without a documented procedure, a serious injury is waiting to occur.

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Life of an Architect Podcast Ep. 145: Delegated Design

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Contractors, armed with their on-the-ground experience and expertise, take on specific design tasks to optimize construction processes and ensure the feasibility of the architectural vision. Welcome to Life of an Architect episode 145: Delegated Design (will it kill us all?) but I’m not sure I believe it yet.

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How to Achieve Acceptable Risk with TaBRA

FDR Safety

Key to learning how risk assessment and feasible risk reduction work together is to undergo experiential learning. Slides and presentation add value only after participants have had first-hand experience using the process on the factory floor. Presentation on risk assessment and feasible risk reduction. We learn by experience.

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