The Recognized Hazard Test
Use recognized hazard reasoning to separate real legal exposure from vague safety concern.
The professional standard is proof of control, not proof of paperwork. The idea A recognized hazard is not limited to what has already injured someone in your site. It can be recognized through industry practice, manufacturer instructions, prior near misses, worker reports, standards, or plain observation. The mechanism is foreseeability. Once a serious hazard is knowable, the organization cannot hide behind luck or the absence of a prior injury. The legal trap in health and safety work is treating compliance as a binder exercise: a policy exists, a form is signed, and everyone moves on. Strong practice works the other…
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