Cardinal Rules of Hazards Control

Three Cardinal Rules of Hazards Control 

When we discuss cardinal rules of hazards control we can mainly explain it under the three main cardinal rules and they are,

* Hazard elimination
* Safety devices
*Warnings and instruction  

Now I hope to explain these three topics one by one using suitable examples.

Rule 01- Hazard elimination or Inherent safety

First cardinal rule that we can identified in hazard control is hazard elimination or inherent safety. This process is involved, if practically, proper control prevents or reduces various hazards by designing them out of products and facilities on the analyzing board. This is achieved through the launching of such interrelated techniques such as

* Hazard removal
* Hazard substitution
* Hazard attenuation
* Hazard isolation


within the usage of different principles and technical methods of company system and product safety engineering, system and product safety management, and human factors engineering, operational management, human resources management, beginning with the concept and well organized initial planning stages of the system design process of work place. In the proper handling of hazards elimination techniques so, company can save employees heath and safely and can be saved additional costs such as insurance cost, hospital and medical cost etc.

Rule 02- Safety Devices or Safety features

Second cardinal rule that we can identified in hazard control is Safety Devices or Safety features. Under this rule industry fuscous on employee behavior and features .In the working time the most industries compulsorily advice to use personal protective equipments.

These personal protective equipments are always help to prevent form optional accidents therefore employee’s motivation will high. Then company can easily reach to high productivity. I can here list some personal protective equipment.

o   Hearing protection tools from prevent higher noise
o   Metal gloves for cutting operations
o   Metal layer based shoes for store labours
o   Eye protection tools for welding works
o   Masks to prevent from dust  

Some employee doesn’t like to wear these above I told personal protective equipments during their working time. So, company has to launch any programs to explain importance wearing personal protective equipments through the scheduling features of worker.



Rule 03- Warning and Instructions  




Third cardinal rule that we can identified in hazard control is warning and instructions. In the textile industry safely managers and engineers have to place instruction boards and warning boards of some dangerous places. For example if have higher voltage, employee doesn’t know about that. Then it is compulsory to place warning board instruction or diagram with high voltages. Now we know all occupants very essential to proper manage hazard control is warning and instructions of workplace. Following pictures will show you clear diagram about importance warning and instructions.



Clear pictures and colours and notices are help to easily identify hazard places. Then accident will be eliminated. This rule is very practical based and very effective one.