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HAZARD IDENTIFICATION
(Risk Assessment & Operational Control)
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REVIEWED BY:

Name: MR. DONNIE G. CARIAGA

Position: PROJECT IN CHARGE

APPROVED BY:

Name: MR. OTHMAN SAAD ALZAHRANI

Position: GENERAL MANAGER
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this procedure is to ensure that effective management system is in place to identify the
Occupational Health & Safety risks for new and existing Areas / jobs and existing facilities to reduce the risk
to acceptable levels. Therefore, this is to define the methods for ongoing hazard identification, risk
assessment and determination of necessary controls.

2. SCOPE
This procedure is applicable to all activities covered by SOC within Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

3. RESPONSIBILITY
It shall be the responsibility of the Company Management Representative, Sub-MR and Area In-Charge to
conduct the Hazard Identification, Risk assessment and define the risk control measures in accordance with
the procedure requirements.

4. DEFINITION
 Event: Event is Exposure to hazard.
 Hazard: the potential to cause harm.
 Risk: Combination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event or exposure(s) and
severity of injury.
 Hazard identification: process of recognizing that a hazard exists and defining its
Characteristics.
 Risk Assessment: it is the technique of evaluating not just the likelihood of an event occurring,
but also what the outcome will be in terms of injury, loss damage or harm.

5. PROCEDURE
5.1. This procedure regulates the responsibilities and actions to be taken with regards to perform,
systematically, work place Hazard Identification & Risk Assessments. Following are the steps for
performing Hazard Identification & Risk Assessments;

a) Identify various tasks within the process or activity.

b) Identify hazards for the individual tasks.
c) Assess Risk for the identified hazard.
d) Identify controls to eliminate, reduce or sustain hazards.
e) Complete the documentation and records.
f) Implement the risk control measures.
g) Review the process at least annually, or when changes happened, as applicable.
h) Re-assessed for the reduced risk when required.
i) Further review, identify and implement controls to eliminate, reduce or sustain hazards.

5.2. Hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control measures for all the activities undertaken by
the company are carried out and recorded in Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Form
(SOC-HSF-001) in accordance with the steps given in clause 5.1 of this procedure. This document
shall be distributed and explained to all the employees at different levels of the organization,
contractors and other visitors as applicable.

5.3. Employees working for or on behalf of Company, visitors and any other person in the workplaces
shall be considered while assessing the risk involved and implementation of risk control measures.

5.4. All applicable local authorities Approvals, Licenses, and Permits for Risk assessments shall be
identified. Local regulatory requirements on Risk assessments shall be included in the relevant
management system(s) procedures and shall be complied. (Reference document # Legal
Requirements identification and Compliance Evaluation Procedure (SOC-HSP-02).
5.5. Especially for chemical substances the fundamental requirement is must to decide whether
chemicals are hazardous, we have to:
a. Decide what kinds of hazard the chemical has; and
b. Describe the hazard by allocating a risk phrase.

All chemicals to classify before proceed with anything else.

5.6. The level and extent of derail of the risk assessment process will be proportionate to the risk i.e. the
higher the risk, the greater the derail.

5.7. IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS: In order to ensure that all hazards are considered, relevant
information will need to be examined, and this can be obtained by:

 Referring to relevant legislation, supporting approved code of practice and guidance.

 Examining product information, local or international standard, industry or trade guidance.
 Reviewing job description, and checking the accident information.
 Consultation and discussion with the employees who under take the activity / task.
 Directly observing the activity / task to address what actually happened in the work place
during the work activity.

Look for hazard that could results harm in an area, activity, process or equipment that are being
used. Hazard may be physical, chemical, biological or agronomical in nature.

Physical Hazard: Hazards include the potential to hard pose by inadequate or excessive lighting,
temperature, height, noise/vibration, pressure, humidity, and radiation.

Chemical Hazard: Hazards are associated with those solids, liquids, gases, fumes...etc. The
potential to cause inquiry or hard to those exposed.

Biological Hazard: Hazards are more specialized but include moulds, fungus, spores…etc.
(legionella, wails, disease…)

Ergonomics Hazard: hazards are the potential to harm due to poor work place design. The
consideration of the man/machine interface e.g. computer workstations, lifting and handling,
slipping and tripping…etc.

5.8. EVALUATION OF THE RISK: After the hazards have been identified by the working group,
judgment on task will be made based on knowledge and experience of the activities within the work
place. They identify relative importance of the risk by determining:

 What is the severity of injury could be.

 The likelihood of an incident occurring when faced with the specific hazards.
 What existing control, measures are in place to reduce those risks.

5.9. Identified risks shall be evaluated as per the evaluation criteria given below and results shall be
documented in Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Form (SOC-HSF-001).
5.9.1. SEVERITY OF RISK: Severity can be classified in to three categories based on the effect on
Occupational Health & Safety of SOC. Thus, severities are based upon an increasing level of
severity to an individual’s health as following:

 Severity Rating (L) (1) - Minor Injury/ Minor Illness / No Injury/Property Damage:
No Affecting work performance, or causing disability; includes Injuries requiring
First-Aid Treatment.

 Severity Rating (M) (2) - Medical Aid Injury: Affecting work performance, such as
restriction of activities or requiring medical treatment which possible needs few
days to fully recover but while still at work.

 Severity Rating (H) (3) – Disabling Injury / Single or Multiple Fatalities: There is a
single case of Lost Workday or if there is single or multiple cases of fatalities.

5.9.2. FREQUENCY / PROBABILITY: Similarly, Severity can be classified in to three categories

based on the effect on Occupational Health & Safety of SOC.

The measures are:

 Intended to account for the frequency of the activity underway at the time of the
incident.
 The number of people or things exposed to a given hazard during the activity.
 The likelihood of an incident being triggered in respect of the hazard controls and
safeguards in place.
 Any other aspect, in respect of the specific circumstances of the incident. The three
distinct probabilities that shall be used are as per following:
H (3) - Occurs frequently (minimum once per six months)
M (2) - Could possibly or likely to occur sometimes (once a year)
L (1) - Unlikely to occur/rarely occurs (one in 5 years)

RISK RATING TABLE (figure 5.9.2.1)

PROBABILITY
R = S X P L(1) M(2) H(3)
SEVERITY

H(3) 3 6 9

M(2) 2 4 6

L(1) 1 2 3
RISK (R = S X P) DESCRIPTION ACTION

1-2 LOW Acceptable: No major further controls required.

3-4 MEDIUM Risk requires planned approach to control the hazard. Action
taken must be documented in Hazard Identification and Risk
Assessment Form (SOC-HSF-001/1)

6 HIGH Extensive Action required with planned approach. Action

taken must be documented in Hazard Identification and Risk
Assessment Form (SOC-HSF-002/1)

9 HIGH Not acceptable

RISK RATING TABLE

5.10. DETERMINATION OF CONTROLS

The risk control process starts by considering the highest ranked risks, working down to the least
significant. Each risk should be examined having regard to the "hierarchy of controls". This provides
a method of systematically evaluating each risk to determine, firstly, if the causal hazard can be
eliminated and otherwise, to find the most effective control method for each risk.

The "Hierarchy of Controls" should be used at all times when implementing controls to eliminate the
hazard or reduce the risk of a hazard causing loss. The hierarchy of controls is as follows:
 Eliminate the hazard.
 Substitute with a lesser hazard.
 Use engineering controls to reduce the hazard
 Administrative controls such as workplace procedures
 Personal Protective Equipment.
In many cases, it will be necessary to use more than one control method. Back-up controls (such as
personal protective equipment and administrative controls) should only be used as a last resort or
as a support to other control measures.

Both Elimination and Substitution control the hazard itself. They are, therefore, more effective in
reducing risk than controls which reduce exposure and which therefore do not reduce the hazard
itself (such as modification or isolation).

Engineering controls consider the question: 'Is it possible to use engineering controls such as
lockout procedures, process changes, presence-sensing systems, ventilation or machine guarding to
reduce the risk. Back-up controls may take the form of administrative controls or provision of
personal protective equipment.

Administrative controls involve the use of management systems to minimize risk and promote
workplace safety. At any workplace, the primary administrative control, which should be in place
 At all times, is the use of safe work practices. This should include the use of written procedures to
indicate:
 How tasks are to be undertaken;
 Who is permitted in the work area;
 What the requirements for operating different types of equipment are;
 Operator competencies; and
 Any training and supervision needed.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) involves some form of equipment being worn by workers
who may be exposed to hazards, to shield their bodies from harm. For the most part, PPE should not
be used as a primary means of protection, but only as a back-up to support other control measures.

Documenting risk control: The risk control process should be fully documented and these records
kept with other relevant risk management records.

5.11. Upon taking the risk control measures the severity and/or probability of the risk involved will be
reduced thereby the risk level will be minimized. The residual risk that would exist if all control
measures are implemented, is assessed using the Risk Rating Table (5.9.2.1.) and is recorded on
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Form (SOC-HSF-001). The severity and probability of the
residual risk are assessed but not recorded.

5.12. Client’s safety requirements, guidelines and legal requirements shall be taken into consideration to
finalize the control measures. SOC HSE department maintains the safety procedures / guidelines of
main Clients for reference.

6. ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS
 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Form (SOC-HSF-001)
 Legal Requirements identification and Compliance Evaluation Procedure (SOC-HSP-02)