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Eliminate Before Managing
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Eliminate before managing = remove unnecessary danger before you stack procedures, warnings, supervision, and protective gear on top of it.
Those safeguards can cut risk, but they still need correct human action every time. When a dangerous activity isn't required, swap it for a safer alternative and the failure never gets a chance to happen.
Example
Replace an open-water endurance drill with a controlled pool set or land-based conditioning. Same training goal — none of the drowning exposure.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| alternative | Risk Management | Eliminate the hazard vs manage residual risk when the activity must stay |
| contradicts | Risk Management | when layering controls beats asking whether the activity is necessary |
| extends | Develop, Don't Endanger | Same duty-of-care lane — challenge without keeping lethal exposure |
| extends | First Principles Thinking | Strip to basics — is this dangerous step required at all? |
| extends | Hierarchy of Controls | Elimination sits at the top — remove before you manage |
| extends | Safety by Design | Build the safer path in from the start |
