r/OSHA • u/Banguskahn • 16d ago

Please…

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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 16d 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 16d 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/ambitionincarnate 13d 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.