hazard-mitigation

Hazard-mitigation is maintained for the sake of risk-management. It implements the concrete strategies and controls that risk-management prescribes — removing mitigation would leave risk-management with no operational means to reduce hazards.

Safety-training is maintained for the sake of hazard-mitigation: it equips workers with the skills and awareness needed to implement mitigation controls in daily practice. Law 8d: servant→master.

Safety-signage is maintained for the sake of hazard-mitigation: visual indicators are engineered controls that mitigate hazards by warning of dangers and directing safe behavior. Law 8d: servant→master.

Safety-reporting surfaces incident and near-miss data that hazard-mitigation uses to prioritize and target interventions. Law 8d: servant(safety-reporting)→master(hazard-mitigation). Reporting is maintained so that mitigation strategies are informed by actual events and trends.

Safety-management is maintained for the sake of hazard-mitigation: it systematises the identification, assessment, and implementation of controls that directly mitigate hazards. Its designed purpose is to advance hazard-mitigation outcomes.

lockout-tagout is a specific hazard-mitigation method: it is a structured procedure that physically isolates energy sources to prevent unexpected startup during maintenance — a concrete instance of the broader hazard-mitigation practice.

hierarchy-of-controls is a specific hazard-mitigation framework: it ranks mitigation strategies from most to least effective (elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, PPE). It is a systematic approach within the broader practice of hazard-mitigation.

Safety isolation is a safety practice designed for the sake of hazard mitigation — its purpose is to isolate people, equipment, or processes from identified hazards, thereby reducing harm risk. The removal test doesn't apply (SERVES not DEPENDS_ON); the 'for whose sake' test: safety isolation serves hazard mitigation, not the reverse.

Safety interlock is a device designed for the sake of hazard mitigation — it prevents equipment operation until safety conditions are satisfied, thereby preventing harm. The designed purpose (Law 8d) is to further hazard mitigation: servant (safety-interlock) points at master (hazard-mitigation).

Safety barrier is a physical or administrative control designed for the sake of hazard mitigation — it creates separation between hazards and people. Its designed purpose (Law 8d) is to further hazard mitigation: servant (safety-barrier) → master (hazard-mitigation).

A safety control is designed and deployed specifically for the sake of hazard mitigation. Its entire purpose — to eliminate, reduce, or mitigate a hazard — exists to further the operation of hazard-mitigation practice. For-whose-sake test: safety-control points AT hazard-mitigation as master.