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HAZARD MANAGEMENT

OSH law mandates that employers take steps to ensure that their employees’ working environments are as risk-free as feasible. The four-step Hazard Management approach is an effective tool for accomplishing this.

Step 1: Identify the hazard.

A hazard is something with the potential to harm the health and safety of people at work. Hazards can be identified in several ways, for example:

  • a review of illness and injuries occurring in the workplace identifies a problem
  • a workplace inspection or safety audit identifies a problem
  • someone at the workplace reports a hazard.

It may be difficult to identify a hazard for various reasons. Workers with little or no safety training could overlook a potential threat because they’ve become accustomed to it and see it as an expected part of the job. It is also possible that the harm caused by a hazard may not be obvious because it occurs over a long period.

Hazard Inspection Checklist for Training workshop

Contact Information
OSH coordinator  
Date of Inspection  
People Responsible for inspection  
Checked by: Manager  

 

Floors
Even surface – no holes  
Loose boards nailed down  
Dropped objects picked up  
Dust, dint etc. swept up  
Stock material out of the way  
Special attention to areas around machines  
Floor openings are covered when not in use, where required.  

 

Machines
Adequate work space  
Provision to store waste materials  
Adequately guarded  
Starting and stopping devices within reach of the operator  
Interlocks functioning correctly  
Clean  
Noise level satisfactory  
Lighting satisfactory  

 

Fire
Extinguishers in place, recently serviced and clearly marked for type of fire  
Adequate direction notices for fire exits  
Exit doors easily opened from onside  
Exit clear of obstructions  
Fire alarm system is functioning correctly  
Fire instructions are available and displayed  
Ladders/staircases are clear  

 

Windows
Safety or reinforced glass where appropriate  
Clean, admitting plenty of daylight  
No broken panes  
Ledge free of dust, tins or rubbish  

 

Ladders and steps
Stored in the proper place  
No broken or missing rungs or other deflects  

 

Storage
Storage designed to minimize lifting problems  
Materials are stored in racks and bins wherever possible  
Shelves free of dust and rubbish  

 

Electrical
No broken plugs, sockets or switches  
No frayed or deflective leads  
Portable power tools in good condition  
No temporary leads on floors  
Isolating transformers  
No strained leads  

 

Staff amenities
Washrooms clean  
Toilets clean; Lockers clean  
Newspapers, lunch papers etc. in rubbish tins  
Meal rooms clean and tidy  

 

First aid
Cabinets and contents clean and orderly  
No replacement materials needed  
Stretchers in position  
Emergency numbers displayed  

 

Rubbish
Bins located at suitable points around the plant  
Bins emptied regularly  
Oily rags and combustible refuse in covered metal containers  

Step 2: Assess the hazard

A risk assessment should be carried out after a hazard has been recognized. An injury or sickness can occur in a risky setting if the possibility of it happening is high.

You can use a risk rating to determine which dangers should be addressed first. Use this tool to find out if your efforts to fix a safety issue were successful.

A simple way of rating a risk from a hazard is to consider two questions:

  • how likely is it the hazard could cause an injury or illness? (likelihood)
  • how serious would the consequences be if an accident or illness occurred? (consequence).

It’s common for people to do risk assessments without even realizing it. An example of risk assessment is two pedestrians crossing a street.

Step 3: Fix the hazard

Controls must be put in place when a health and safety concern has been recognized.

Controlling hazards can be done in a variety of ways. There are those who are better than the rest.

The following is an example of hazard control:

Traffic signals and crossings have been installed in this case to reduce the risk of pedestrian injury. In order for these measures to be effective, pedestrians and automobiles must follow the rules.

Using a Level 1 control and turning the road into a pedestrian mall would be the most effective approach. Level 2 controls like pedestrian underpasses can be utilized in situations where this isn’t possible.

In this situation, people can avoid the level 2 control by using the underpass instead.

A good example of a level 2 and 3 control working together is putting up a notice to warn oncoming pedestrians of the dangers.

Step 4: Evaluate the results

Hazard control measures aren’t complete unless they’ve been chosen and implemented. It’s critical to double-check the control to make sure it’s working properly and hasn’t caused any new issues.

It is possible to protect an individual’s eyes by wearing safety glasses in a steamy or foggy environment, but the glasses will soon fog up and a new risk is created because the person cannot see.

After some time, the chosen control measure may no longer be as effective or there may be a better method of preventing or controlling the hazard that was previously unavailable.

 

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