When a hazard is recognized at work, who has the authority to stop work and address the hazard? The manager, supervisor or a foreman on the job site? If the answer is not everyone and anyone, then it is time to rethink your procedures on
identifying hazards.
Hazards can happen anywhere and at any time. If your employees — all your employees — don’t feel the freedom to speak up and stop work to correct the hazards, then they are being put at risk.Our industry can have several different layers of danger, from less serious hazards like an unlabeled can of paint
