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Safety
measures are activities and precautions taken to
improve safety, i.e. reduce risk related to human
health. Common safety measures include:
* Visual examination for dangerous situations such
as emergency exits blocked because they are being
used as storage areas.
* Visual examination for flaws such as cracks,
peeling, loose connections.
* Chemical analysis
* X-ray analysis to see inside a sealed object such
as a weld, a cement wall or an airplane outer skin.
* Destructive testing of samples
* Stress testing subjects a person or product to
stresses in excess of those the person or product is
designed to handle, to determining the "breaking
point".
* Safety margins/Safety factors. For instance, a
product rated to never be required to handle more
than 200 pounds might be designed to fail under at
least 400 pounds, a safety factor of two. Higher
numbers are used in more sensitive applications such
as medical or transit safety.
* Implementation of standard protocols and
procedures so that activities are conducted in a
known way.
* Training of employees, vendors, product users
* Instruction manuals explaining how to use a
product or perform an activity
* Instructional videos demonstrating proper use of
products
* Examination of activities by specialists to
minimize physical stress or increase productivity
* Government regulation so suppliers know what
standards their product is expected to meet.
* Industry regulation so suppliers know what level
of quality is expected. Industry regulation is often
imposed to avoid potential government regulation.
* Self-imposed regulation of various types.
* Statements of Ethics by industry organizations or
an individual company so its employees know what is
expected of them.
* Drug testing of employees, etc.
* Physical examinations to determine whether a
person has a physical condition that would create a
problem.
* Periodic evaluations of employees, departments,
etc.
* Geological surveys to determine whether land or
water sources are polluted, how firm the ground is
at a potential building site, etc. |
