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Setting safety standards

Description

Setting safety standards involves establishing clear, enforceable criteria to minimize risks and prevent harm in products, processes, or environments. This strategy ensures consistent protection for public health, worker safety, and the environment by mandating compliance with best practices and technical requirements. It addresses hazards, reduces accidents, and facilitates accountability, providing a practical framework for inspection, certification, and continuous improvement to remedy unsafe conditions and promote overall well-being.This information has been generated by artificial intelligence.

Broader

Maintaining public safety
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Establishing standards
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Developing building codes
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Narrower

Setting safety standards for sea travel
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Setting safety standards for air travel
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Regulating safety at sea
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Establishing nuclear safety standards
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Facilitates

Promoting public safety
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Preparing disaster contingency plans for settlements
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Problem

Threatened species of Echymipera
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Value

Safety
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Reference

International Labour Organization: Measures to Overcome Obstacles to the Observance in the Construction Industry of ILO standards

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
  • Societal problems » Safety
  • Research, standards » Standards
    • Content quality
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    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J0606
    DOCID
    12006060
    D7NID
    197389
    Editing link
    Official link
    https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/setting-safety-standards
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024