Active and Passive Control Recommendation
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For this assignment, you are assuming a role as an occupational health and safety officer for a large paint manufacturer:
'When you review the company's records you notice that an unusual number of early 'middle aged' male employees (those between the ages of 28 to 38) who come into contact with the chemical seem to either have left the company or use more sick days on average each year when compared to other employees of the company who do not come into contact with the chemical'.
Identify 2 recommendations that you as a safety officer would want to put in place for managing the potential risks associated with employees coming into contact with Titanium Glycol. Have one of your recommendations use an 'active control' and the other recommendation use a 'passive control'. For each proposal cite a supporting reference and explain why your proposal will be effective. Also, cite another reference and describe a limitation of your proposal's effectiveness (4 references in total).
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The recommendations for managing potential risks associated with employees coming into contact with Titanium Glycol is the use of suitable control measures that is implemented to minimize the exposure to safeguard the safety and health of the workers. The control measures can take any form of engineering measures, safe work practices, and personal protection, administrative measures, training and education.
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Active and passive control recommendation for the employees coming in contact with chemical .
For this assignment, you are assuming a role as an occupational health and safety officer for a large paint manufacturer:
'when you review the company's records you notice that an unusual number of early 'middle aged' male employees (those between the ages of 28 to 38) who come into contact with the chemical seem to either have left the company or use more sick days on average each year when compared to other employees of the company who do not come into contact with the chemical'.
Identify 2 recommendations that you as a safety officer would want to put in place for managing the potential risks associated with employees coming into contact with Titanium Glycol. Have one of your recommendations use an 'active control' and the other recommendation use a 'passive control'. For each proposal cite a supporting reference and explain why your proposal will be effective. Also, cite another reference and describe a ...
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