There’s a simple rule in safety procedure that sticks in most people’s minds. Before you use any piece of equipment, you check it to make sure everything is working correctly. Then, when you’re done, you check it again. Once you’ve done that and you’re ready to move on to another risk management step, you check it again.
This may sound like overkill but it is necessary, especially when that equipment is designed to save your life. In construction risk management, you can never be too careful. The risks are too great to leave anything to chance.
