Safety as a process looks at the entire issue of safety within a business operation. As explained in my last column (“Safety—a Process, Not a Program,” CryoGas, May 2012, p. 48), while a safety program encourages compliance with safety standards, a safety process goes beyond compliance and reporting and focuses on accident prevention.
In this article I examine the TAP Safety Process, which promotes incident prevention through the continuous management of a company’s safety effort using Accident Preventive Techniques (APT). APTs are designed to establish and promote individual responsibility for identifying substandard work practices and conditions and to encourage personal responsibility for taking corrective actions to prevent accidents.
The safety process builds hazard and error recognition and prediction skills in workers that enable them to see and correct potentially dangerous situations. APT aims to create in workers the habit of anticipating hazards and gives each employee responsibility for safety throughout the company. It also encourages the recognition and reinforcement of good safety practices.
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