Safety & Risk Management Flashcards
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In lean risk management, what is the purpose of a FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)?
Answer: To proactively identify potential failures and their impact before they occur
FMEA systematically evaluates potential failure modes in a process or product to prioritize risks and implement preventive actions before failures happen.
Which lean concept directly supports the idea that workers closest to the process are best positioned to identify safety risks?
Answer: Respect for People
The lean principle of 'Respect for People' recognizes frontline workers' expertise and empowers them to identify and report safety concerns in their own work areas.
What is 'risk appetite' in organizational risk management?
Answer: The amount of risk an organization is willing to accept in pursuit of its objectives
Risk appetite defines the level and type of risk an organization is prepared to accept, tolerate, or pursue in achieving its strategic goals.
A lean team notices that a safety checklist is frequently skipped because it takes too long. The lean response should be to:
Answer: Apply kaizen to redesign the checklist so it is faster without sacrificing safety
Kaizen (continuous improvement) should be applied to reduce the non-value-added time in safety procedures while maintaining their protective effectiveness.
In lean management, 'muda' related to safety most commonly manifests as:
Answer: Overproduction of safety reports that nobody reads
Producing excessive safety reports that are not used or acted upon is a form of muda (waste), specifically the waste of overproduction, within lean safety management.
What is the significance of 'lagging indicators' in workplace safety performance measurement?
Answer: They measure outcomes of past events such as injury rates
Lagging indicators measure past safety performance outcomes (e.g., injury frequency rates) and confirm whether safety programs have been effective after the fact.
Which approach aligns most closely with lean's proactive stance on safety risk management?
Answer: Identifying and eliminating hazards before incidents happen
Lean safety prioritizes proactive hazard identification and elimination to prevent incidents, rather than simply reacting after they occur.