How does GM assess risks during the design of machine safety features?
Safety 21 uses task-based risk assessment to identify the hazards that employees face in their work and identifies ways to eliminate or reduce the exposure to injury for our employees. What is GM’s view of SH&E investment, and how does it promote good SH&E practices among its employees and contractors at all facilities? As part of our culture change initiative, safety managers from all regions share best practices with others through conference calls and regular visits. Safety is a value for us, and in fact, a 1994 policy made it a priority. We make investments where needed, and if we find a hazard or issue, we will spend the appropriate money to correct the problem. We analyze these problems and use the hierarchy of controls to determine the appropriate investment. These problems may require one of the elements we use to control or eliminate risks, but we work on a case-by-case basis as we analyze problems and find the most effective way to correct them. How does GM ensure that its fa
