Identify visible controls that make preparation-room hazards easier to notice and escalate.
Preparation-room safety is a management system, not a personal toughness test. The teach OSHA frames formaldehyde and bloodborne-pathogen exposure as workplace hazards requiring recognition, evaluation, controls, training, and documentation. In funeral homes, the danger is that staff pride and family deadlines can hide weak controls. A fan that "usually works," a bottle with a faded label, or PPE stored across the room becomes a failure point when the case is urgent. Use a visible control chain: identify the hazard, check the engineering control, confirm the work practice, match PPE to the task, record the exposure-related step, and escalate if any…
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