Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as "PPE", is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses.

Engineering controls protect workers by removing hazardous conditions or by placing a barrier between the worker and the hazard.

Executing your Stop Work Authority to right safety wrongs and catch potential unsafe action before it actually happens is not responsible, it's also effective.

Job hazard analysis (JHA) identifies and analyzes hazards associated with the performance of various individual job tasks with the goal to make each worker as safe as possible.