Stop-work authority

Hazards

• The explicit right and responsibility to pause work when a person perceives an uncontrolled hazard or material change.

Controls

• Production leadership must make reporting credible and retaliation-free, hold the area safely, reassess conditions with qualified people, and communicate authorization before resuming.

Personal protective equipment

• Select task-specific PPE only after hazards and higher-order controls have been evaluated.

Regional considerations

• Applicable law, permits, collective agreements, venue rules, and qualified-person decisions take precedence.

In practice

Production leadership must make reporting credible and retaliation-free, hold the area safely, reassess conditions with qualified people, and communicate authorization before resuming.

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