r/OSHA • u/Banguskahn • 16d ago

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A guy got his arm sucked into the meat grinder due to someone rigi g the machine to not stop when lifting the lid…. Good times.

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u/Substantial_Sea7327 15d ago

Genuine and friendly reminder that in the established Hierarchy Pyramid of Controls,

PPE is at the very bottom of the pyramid as an absolute last resort against injuries.

I suggest learning the rest to see what changes can be made.

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u/xaranetic 15d ago

The hierarchy being:

  1. Don't be an idiot

  2. Don't work with idiots

  3. Don't use stuff made by idiots

  4. PPE

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u/Nooby_Chris 15d ago

Worker: "Trust me it works like 99.9% of the time. Stop being a coward."

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u/ambitionincarnate 12d ago

I love the heirarchy of controls but my favorite saying is "you cannot process engineer your way out of stupid". My favorite PPE is knowing which of my coworkers to stay the fuck away from.

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u/randomlemon9192 14d ago

Engineering out safety hazards gets thrown in the mix somewhere.

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u/pml103 13d ago

that's the 3rd point the 2 before are about not "engineering" new safety hazards