Lessons Learned Categories

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Lessons Learned Categories

These bins are intended to help lesson creators assign categories to their products so lesson

users can find information focused on their needs. The three sets of bins (Work/Function, Hazard,

and ISM Core Function) provide several avenues for zeroing in on applicable lessons. Some of

these bins are narrow (Hoisting and Rigging, Mechanical Injury) and some are broader conceptual

areas (Authorization Basis, Energy Conservation, Environmental Release). This division is meant

to help work planners looking for specific items, to help foremen looking for training anecdotes, and

to help managers looking for big-picture lessons. The Work/Function and Hazard bins were

developed by the Lessons Learned Process Improvement Team and extended by SELLS after

several years of experience, and are open for further improvement and extension.

Lessons Learned Hazards

Analyze Hazards

Develop/Implement Controls

Confined Space

Perform Work

Electrical/NEC

Feedback and Improvement

Elevated Work / Falling Objects

Environmental Release

Ergonomics / Lifting

Excavation and Trenching

Fire / Smoke / NFPA

Firearms and Explosives

Lasers

Natural Phenomena

Other

Personal Injury / Exposure

Airborne Materials

Ambient Temperature Extremes

Asbestos

Beryllium

Hazardous Material (General)

Infectious Agents

Mechanical Injury (Striking/Crushing)

Noise

Other

Radiation / Contamination

Slips and Tripping

Toxic Material

Plants/Animals/Insects

Power Tools

Pressurized Systems

Radiological Release

Traffic

Weather Related

ISM Core Functions

Define Work

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