Hazard Id Sheet Reporting
It our Policy
It’s the Law
Its just a good safety prevention check
It nice to have quantity but quality of
observation is better
• Hazard identification is a process used to
identify all possible situations where people
may be exposed to injury, illness or disease,
the type of injury or illness that may result
from these and the way in which work is
organised and managed. Your comment cards
are arguably the most important part of the
safety analysis effort.
Define is as a risk and write it down
• Hazard: a situation at the workplace capable of causing
harm (ie capable of causing personal injury, occupationally
related disease or death).
• Risk: the chance of a hazard actually causing injury or
disease. It is measured in terms of consequences and
likelihood.
• Risk Management: the overall process of risk identification,
risk analysis, control of risks and risk evaluation.
• Risk Control: that part of risk management which involves
the implementation of policies, standards, procedures and
physical changes to eliminate or minimise adverse risks.
You and Your Supervisor and Us the
Company
Hazard assessment is a thorough, ongoing examination of a
worksite for the purpose of identifying what actual and
potential hazards exist.
A hazard is defined as any circumstance or condition which
poses the risk of an accident, any unplanned and unwanted
event which results in damage or injury.
The Supervisor is responsible to ensure hazard assessments
are complete and to control hazards by elimination,
substitution, engineering or administrative controls.
Supervisors must assess worksites regularly to determine the
effectiveness of controls.
Employees are responsible to cooperate by identifying
workplace hazards.
Your three simple acts mean Zero
Incidents for others
Three essential steps you should take to make
sure those hazards in your workplace are
eliminated or controlled:
• Hazard identification (Spot the hazard)
• Risk Assessment (Assess the Risk)
• Risk Control (Make the Change)
• Identification and notification of hazards that may
affect staff and clients in the workplace or wherever
official duties are conducted is the responsibility of all
staff. This applies not only to hazards that may affect
physical health, such as musculo-skeletal injuries, but
also to situations that can lead to mental health issues
such as excessive workload, workplace conflict,
harassment and bullying.
• While staff should be alert to hazards at any time,
routine inspections of the workplace and work
practices should be conducted daily.
Small Item Correction
Prevents big time incidents and losses
When you write consider
• Hazards can be physical, chemical, biological or
psycho-social
• Look for possible hazards originating with people,
equipment, material or the environment
• Consider consequences of mis-use, lack of
maintenance, error, etc. Keep asking “What if?”
• Determine all items that need attention and any
additional items
Don’t forget Near Miss Incidents
Safety Event
• A failure condition, causal factor, threat or precursor
event which in isolation or in combination with other
safety events could result in an undesirable event.
Undesirable Event
• A stage in the escalation of an incident scenario
where the incident will occur, unless an active
recovery measure is available and is successfully
used.
Outcome
• A potential end point of an incident scenario which
can be assigned a consequence severity.
Not limited too
Can any part of the body be caught in or between objects?
• Is there a risk of injury from twisting or lifting?
• Is there a risk of tripping, slipping or falling?
• Does the use of any substance or tool create a hazard?
• Does task performance require awkward or static posture?
• Is there a risk of falling objects?
• Is there a risk of injury from pushing or pulling?
• Is the task tedious or repetitive?
• Is there extreme cold or heat present?
• Can any harmful contact be made with objects or substances?
• Are there any vapours, gases, dust, mist or fumes present? Are there any biological hazards
present?
• Are first aid supplies maintained and inspected, and are trained first aid personnel available?
• Are any hazardous by-products being generated?
• Are equipment and machinery maintenance inspections performed and repairs done on a timely
basis?
• Is all fire-fighting equipment serviceable and inspected regularly?
• Is lighting and ventilation adequate?
• Is noise or vibration present?
• Is the use of excessive muscular force required to perform the task?
• Can any variable factors affect the safety of the task performance?
• Is there an emergency response plan?
• What other questions need to be asked, relative to your particular workplace?
• Have the causes as well as the symptoms of the hazard been identified?
All Hazards and Near Miss Incidents
are a bow tie event
If we see it we must consider the
correction and control but one item
always comes first
Engineering Controls
Engineering controls involve the design of the
workplace and it’s related processes. These controls
include such factors as ventilation, isolation,
containment and process control.
Exhaust ventilation employed during welding
operations can be considered an example of an
engineering control. Other good examples would be
the enclosing of noisy machinery, or the isolation of
a worker from excessive noise by providing a noise-
insulated work booth.
Second Item to think about if the first
fails
Administrative Controls
Where the hazard cannot be eliminated and where
substitution and engineering controls do not
adequately manage the hazard, administrative
controls are frequently introduced to lessen the
risk.
These measures may include changing work
procedures, developing and implementing new
policies and requiring personal protective
equipment to be used.
Please rank them we need your eyes
and good judgment
Once the hazards have been identified or anticipated, they
must be ranked to identify which are the most in need of
developing controls. Priority should be to work on the
highest ranked hazard first.
Hazard ranking is done by the consequence of the incident
which could arise from the hazard and the probability that
an incident could occur, based on the degree of exposure to
the hazardous condition.
In ranking the hazards, attention must be given to control
methods which are already in place to eliminate or mitigate
the hazard. Such control methods include substitution,
engineering controls and administrative controls
Low Medium High
We Read and Review to Make thing
better or correct the action so other
are protected
• Identification and notification of hazards that may
affect staff and clients in the workplace or wherever
official duties are conducted is the responsibility of all
staff. This applies not only to hazards that may affect
physical health, such as musculo-skeletal injuries, but
also to situations that can lead to mental health issues
such as excessive workload, workplace conflict,
harassment and bullying.
• While staff should be alert to hazards at any time,
routine inspections of the workplace and work
practices should be conducted annually.
We all need your help ,Safety is a team
sport
Supervisors are responsible to provide safe working
conditions for all workers under their supervision, take
corrective action on any unsafe condition or stop the
work until safe conditions are restored, inform
employees of the hazards on the job and provide
appropriate training, maintain a housekeeping standard
and assign definite responsibilities to individuals to
meet these standards, enforce safety regulations,
policies and work procedures and take disciplinary
action as necessary to ensure compliance and, ensure
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is used as required
to safely carry out tasks.
Zero is Possible with your Help
• The classic safety pyramid is used to
illustrate the importance of seemingly
small and insignificant hazards.
Unchecked, and without recognition
and mitigation, they can stack up and
ultimately lead to serious injuries or
even fatalities. Recognition of a hazard
is only part of the solution and if not
addressed, leaves that hazard for
exposure to someone else. To fully
capitalize on the benefits of early
hazard recognition, one must also take
actions to eliminate the hazard. By
proactively identifying and eliminating
hazards, the potential for more serious
and severe injuries is reduced.
Positive Comments not always
Negative
• Coachable/Competent people already have at
least a fair amount of awareness about
themselves. Equally important, they use it to
reflect on their behavior and how it impacts
other people in the range of situations that
come their way. Lend a positive comment on
your cards note good behavior or actions. No
one does it wrong always, we all do great and
positive actions –tell some one!
Tell a Worker they Did it Right
Hmm. As a manager that
means, by definition, I need
your help