Build Controls Above Training
Apply the hierarchy of controls to select stronger fire-risk interventions.
The maintenance shortcut A storage room door is propped open because staff carry supplies through it every hour. The fire door sign is ignored because the workflow fights the rule. The question is not “How do we remind people harder?” It is “Can we make the safer action easier than the unsafe one?” Framework Hierarchy of Controls Controls are stronger when they depend less on perfect human behavior. Elimination, substitution, and engineering controls sit above administrative rules and PPE because they reduce exposure at the source. Weak default More posters, same bad workflow A control stack that does not collapse…
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