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Long-Term
4) A team should be formed whose sole responsibility is to ensure that safe work
practices are being conducted and that the rules outlined in the new policy
statement on safety and loss management are being implemented.
This particular recommendation falls under the realm of two basic elements of the
suggested safety and loss management program: field safety practices and task
analysis, risk analysis, and risk management. The purpose of this team would be
to make sure that field safety practices are being followed on a regular basis and
that any possible risks associated with any given job are eliminated or reduced to
a satisfactory level.
6) The opinions of hired contractors and engineers must be held with the
upmost consideration and respect.
This mainly refers to the training element of a successful safety and loss
management program. All employees, including management, must be equipped
with the knowledge and training to be able to analyze a situation and determine
the best course of action. Management must be able to make decisions that will
ensure the safety of employees and customers when situations like this arise.
This recommendation falls under the category of task analysis, risk analysis, and
risk management. When a potential hazard is identified, a risk analysis should be
conducted, and if it is decided that a risk is acceptable, it should be managed in a
way that minimizes its impact should an incident occur. If a possible outcome of
any given risk is catastrophic, as was the case for this incident, the risk should not
be acceptable no matter how small the probability of its occurrence might be.
9) An evacuation plan should be created and tested so that all employees and
customers can safely exit the building in the case of an emergency.
In the case that all other basic elements of a risk management program fail, the
element emergency preparedness and community awareness is aimed at ensuring
an incident is dealt with in a safe and timely manner so that its damage to people
and assets is at a minimum. The above recommendation refers to this element,
and is ultimately the last line of defence in managing losses.
Short-Term
1) During the construction of a building, any changes that are made to the
engineering design must not jeopardize the integrity of the building and must
comply with government standards (i.e. changing the purpose of an upper
level floor from a roller rink to a restaurant).
Again, the above recommendation refers to the objectives, targets, and standards
and field safety practices elements of a safety and loss management program.
Building material standards are set by the government and should be followed at
all times. It is the responsibility of management that these standards are being
met.
3) Any additional changes after the original construction must not, in any way,
degrade, or render inadequate, any load-bearing structures (i.e. columns).
Similar to the above two recommendations, this falls under the categories of
objectives, targets, and standards and field safety practices. Again, any design
changes that might affect the stability of a building requires the recalculation of
engineering equations in order to determine whether or not it complies with
government standards.
The above recommendation exemplifies the safety and loss management program
elements field safety practices and task analysis, risk analysis, and risk
management. Before any task is performed, small- or large-scale, a risk analysis
should be carried out in order to determine whether or not completing the task is
worth the risk. In addition, as mentioned in one of the above recommendations,
management must show, through their actions, that safety takes priority over cost.
This recommendation mainly falls into the category of the Task analysis, risk
analysis, and risk management element of an effective safety and loss
management program. Proper risk analyses must be performed on any new
hazard that is identified so that the proper course of action can be carried out. A
risk should never be acceptable if it could potentially cause the kind of destruction
found in this incident, regardless of how improbable the event may be.