BASIC Engineering Ltd.

Hazard
Identification and
Risk Control
Procedure

Updated: December 2014

 BASIC ENGINEERING LTD.
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION & RISK CONTROL PROCEDURE

Purpose:
To ensure that there is a formal process for hazard identification, risk assessment and control
to effectively manage workplace hazards and safety within the Chevron premises & other
worksites.

Hazard:
Anything (e.g. condition, situation, practice, behavior), that has the potential to cause harm,
including injury, disease, death, environmental, property and equipment damage. A hazard
can be a thing or a situation.

Risk:
The likelihood, or possibility, that harms (injury, illness, death, damage of human & property
etc.) may occur from exposure to a hazard.

Risk Assessment:
Risk assessment is defined as the process of assessing the risks associated with each of the
hazards identified, so the nature of the risk can be understood. This includes the nature of the
harm that may result from the hazard, the severity of that harm and the likelihood of this
occurring.

Risk Control:
Taking actions to eliminate health and safety risks so far as is reasonably practicable. Where
risks cannot be eliminated, then implementation of control measures is required, to minimize
risks as far as is reasonably practicable. A hierarchy of controls has been developed and is
described below to assist in selection of the most appropriate risk control measures.

Steps for hazard identification & risk control:

BASIC Management always ensures that one of competent Official will complete the
Hazard/Risk Identification and Control Plan.

The Plan is reviewed annually and whenever there is a change in operations or procedures or
there has been an incident.
BASIC follows the following steps to completing assessment of hazard/risk and control plan:
Step 1 – Identify potential hazards
Step 2 – Assess the risk associated with each hazard
Step 3 – Select appropriate hazard controls
Step 4 – Implement the selected controls
Step 5 – Assess the effectiveness of the selected controls

Step 1 — Identify Potential Hazards

Hazard Identification: This is the process of examining each work area and work task for
the purpose of identifying all the hazards which are “inherent in the job”. Work areas include
but are not limited to machine workshops, laboratories, office areas, stores and transport,
maintenance and grounds. This process is about finding what could cause harm in work task
or area.

Hazards can be identified by such means as review of the manufacturer’s manuals,

inspection, interviews with persons who work/ perform similar work and review of incidents
in this or similar work areas.

Common hazards include exposure to chemicals, biological agents (bacteria, viruses, dust),
equipment in motion, electricity, extreme temperatures, noise, vibration, and violence. Other
hazards may arise from work design (ergonomics), working alone, unattended processes,
unplanned loss of air, power or water, animals, fire, spills and other emergencies.

When hazardous materials will be used for the work, the following questions should be
considered:
 What are the materials and in what quantities will they be purchased and used?
 Is the work to be conducted once, or will the hazardous materials be used repeatedly?
 Are any materials to be used toxic, corrosive, irritants or sensitizers?
 Will any carcinogens or potential carcinogens be used?
 Have flammability and environmental toxicity been considered?
 What are the potential routes of exposure (inhalation, absorption, ingestion,
injection)?

It is expected that BASIC’s all employees and its sub-contractors will utilize the Hazard
Identification Tool when identifying hazards associated with work to be completed.
This tool should be used anytime from the initial planning phase to the Permitting Phase
during the work group's pre-job onsite Job Safety Analysis (JSA), from the Implementing
Phase with the individual's ongoing effort to Think Incident Free (TIF).

The Hazard Identification Tool is critical to indentifying potential hazards and enables the
development of actions and strategies to prevent incidents from occurring.

To prevent incidents, workers must recognize and effectively identify the hazards associated
with the tasks they perform.

By focusing on the principles of hazard recognition workers are not asked to memorize a list
of thousands of possible hazards, but rather to understand the broad categories of hazards.

The Hazard Identification Tool:

The Hazard Identification Tool provides a method to identify energy sources in our work
environment, their potential risks and options to eliminate the risks before work commences.
Requirements:
1. Before starting work evaluate all potential energy sources.
2. Remove the energy source if possible.
3. Prevent the release of energy through control of work activities.
4. Protect against the release of energy using appropriate lockout/tag out procedures.

Fig.: HAZARD WHEEL

BASIC Officials/ supervisors analyze the job site hazards into above wheel’s 10 recognized
hazard source area.

Step 2 — Assess the Risks Associated with each Hazard

Risk assessment is important in the analysis and evaluation of risks associated with hazards.
Risk assessment helps the persons involved to determine appropriate ways to eliminate or
control a hazard.

Some risks associated with common hazards include:

 In the case of equipment: unintended contact with moving or dangerous parts,
electrical shock, electrical fire, emission of harmful airborne material during use or
maintenance, spills and leaks, sharps and burns.
 Animals pose a risk of physical injury and illness from improper restraint and hygiene
controls.
 In the case of work design: most commonly musculoskeletal injury from such factors
as lifting, awkward or repetitive movement and vibration. There may also be a risk of
hearing damage.

Risk is assessed by considering the probability of an event in combination with the severity
of harm of the event would cause to the community, the public and the environment if it
occurred.

Probability factors are ranked in the following descending order of importance:

Frequent – Probable – Occasional – Remote – Improbable
Severity factors are ranked in the following descending order of importance:
Catastrophic – Critical – Marginal – Negligible

Step 3 — Select Appropriate Hazard Controls

All hazards must be controlled either by removing the hazard or reducing its risk of harm to
an acceptable safe level, both proactively (to prevent its occurrence) and reactively (to
minimize its harmful effects in the event it does occur). Often more than one hazard control
method must be implemented. For example, chemicals require a combination of proper
storage, labeling, safe work practices, the use of PPE and emergency response equipment,
procedures and training.
Hierarchy of controls:
1. Remove the energy source
2. Prevent the release of energy
3. Protect from the release
4. Use Stop Work Authority

In selecting appropriate hazard controls the following standards apply:

 The control must comply with legislated or regulatory requirements.
 The control must comply with industry standard policies, procedures, rules and
practices
 The priority for selection of controls is:
o Eliminate hazards at their source (e.g. redesign the work process, substitute a
safer chemical for a hazardous chemical, and use different equipment).
o If it is not practical to eliminate hazards, control the hazard to reduce the risk
to workers by using engineering controls (e.g. machine guards, noise
enclosures, ventilation to dilute the concentration of a hazardous substance).
o If it is not practical to control the hazard, protect workers from the hazard
by using tools such as administrative controls, safe work procedures, effective
safety training, proper supervision, or personal protective equipment.
o Controls must be effective in reducing the risk of harm to workers and the
public to an acceptable level.

Step 4 — Implement selected controls

The persons performing the work and their direct reporting authority are responsible to
ensure that the hazard control measures selected to control the identified hazards are present,
maintained and implemented.
Implementation includes:
 The development of written safety control plans, and/or safe work procedures (SWP)
 The provision of information to personnel of the procedures, and
 A method of ensuring proper procedures is followed

Step 5 — Assess effectiveness of selected controls

It is also the responsibility of the persons performing the work and their direct reporting
authority to evaluate the effectiveness of the hazard control selected, and to make
improvements where deficiencies are identified. The persons performing the work and their
direct reporting authority will assess effectiveness of controls through regular inspections,
testing and monitoring, evaluations of complaints or concerns received and investigations
into near misses or other incidents.

Common symptoms of ineffective controls include:

 Repeated non-compliance: Non-compliance may be a consequence of lack of training
or consequence, or other problems in the control that cause persons to be reluctant to
implement them, such as the creation of another hazard.
 Failure to reduce risk: For example, testing may demonstrate that there has been no
change in the measured risk after the control has been implemented. In other cases,
workers or others may have a continued complaint.
 Near Miss/Injury: A near miss, a risk, or incident causing harm is the proof positive
that the control measures are ineffective in some way.

Monitoring and Review:

This involves ongoing monitoring of the hazards identified, risks assessed and risk control
processes and reviewing them to make sure they are working effectively. Hazard
identification and the steps taken to minimize the risks associated with identified hazards are
a critical component of working safely. A hazard/risk assessment and control plan will
provide the basis for the requirements needed to work safely. These plans require continuous
evaluation to ensure risk assessments do not change and that new hazards created by process
changes are identified.