In the world of manufacturing, there are inherent risks. These risks are often related to product manufacturing or are just everyday risks that exist throughout the organization. At any rate, to improve overall safety within the workplace, these risks must be identified and prevented.

In the past, organizations would typically take a broad safety approach when it came to increasing their workplace safety. Safety managers focused on an expansive range of hazards, applied those to the general work area of their employees, and put in place controls or personal protective equipment (PPE). These days, technology has evolved to the point where safety within the workplace can be more controlled with processes such as Job Safety Analysis (JSA).