Safe as 26: Check out the Construction Safety Research Alliance’s concept of AC/DC (Alternative Controls and Direct Controls) in this quickisode – just 4 mins of your life.
Direct controls specifically mitigate hazardous energy and are effective even when people make mistakes.
Alternative controls are designed to, largely, reduce error, rather than reducing hazardous energy exchanges and should serve as placeholders for direct controls.
Let me know if it has helped you to target more effective, higher-order controls for addressing high-energy hazards.
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