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How to minimize unsafe act Reducing unsafe act condition is the first line of defense, human misbehavior can

shortcircuit even the best efforts. Employee have responsible to use appropriate way for machinery and managers also plays a centre role in reducing unsafe act, for example, the manager or supervisor can praise employee when they choosing safe behavior, listen when employee offer safety suggestions, concerns or complaints, and be good example by following every safety rule and procedure to encourage them following the rule. But they also need to identify potential distractions, such as noise, heat and stress. Proper employees screening and placement can reduce unsafe acts. Here, the employers aim is identify the trait (such as visual skill) that might predict accidents on the job in question, and then screen candidates for this trait. For example, a test like the Employees Reliability Inventory (ERI) can help employers reduce acts at work. The ERI purportedly measures reliability dimensions such as emotional maturity conscientiousness safe job performance and courteous job performance. Provide safety training is another way to reduce unsafe acts, especially for new employees. Supervisor should instruct them in safe practices and procedures, warn them of potential hazards and work on developing a safety conscious attitude. OSHA has published two useful booklets, Training Requirements under OSHA and Teaching Safety and Health in the Workplace. Reducing unsafe act through unsafe acts through motivation, poster incentives and positive reinforcement. Employers also use various tools to motivate workers to work safely. Safety posters are one. Safety posters can apparently increase safe behavior but they are no substitute for a comprehensive safety program .

Reducing acts through Behavior-based safety means identifying the worker behavior that contribute to accidents and then training workers to avoid these behavior. For example, Tenneco Corporation implemented a behavior based program by internal consultant to identified and modified 5critical behavior on employees task to maintain quality and safety. Reducing unsafe act through employee participation. Employee often your best source of idea about what the safety problems are and how to solve them. For example, International Truck and Engine Corp. began designing a Employee responsible checklist and also encourage employee committed to the idea of safety Reducing unsafe acts by conducting a safety and health audits and inspections. Manager should routinely inspect for problem using safety audit/checklist to investigate all the accidents near misses, for example, Process and Performance Measurements

(PPM) is a window application for designing and completing safety audits questionnaires. Furthermore, safety awareness program should be developed to train supervisor to orient new workers arriving at a job sites regarding common safety hazard and simple prevention methods.

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