•UD-Safety Coordination Group

SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM

HAZARD IDENTIFICATION
Workplace Risk and Danger Identification

© SAP Training and Change Management

Define the Workplace

 Identify the total workplace environment

 Recognized the extent and type of functions required

 Evaluate available resources and personnel

 Inspect all facilities, equipment, and machinery in the workplace area

 Understand work and safety procedure

Identify Hazards

 Identify potential hazards

 Recognize the safe limitations of manpower,

equipment, and resources

 Analyze special risks

 Determine the potential causes of hazards

 Definition

Hazard
•Is a physical entity (i.e. an energy or an
environmental agent) which could produce injury or
disease in people (or environmental damage, damage
to property, etc.).
•Something that has the potential to cause
harm
Risk
•The probability (likelihood) of harm or damage
occurring from exposure to a hazard, and the likely
consequences of that harm or damage.

•A chance of something happening that will

impact on your objective.
What type of hazards are
present in your workplace?
 Types of Hazards

Health Hazards

•Micro biological energy –Viruses, bacteria and

fungi
•Muscle energy –Physical, striking and
inadvertent movement
•Social / Psychological, stressors and behavior
Safety Hazards
• Kinetic energy -Lifting equipment and use of motor vehicles
• Chemical bonding energies -Fire and or explosion
• Electrical energy -Electrical equipment or plant
• Acoustic and mechanical vibrations–Noise, jack hammers,
mobile plant (load shifting equipment).
• Mechanical power -Circular saw, shaft or blade turning
• Nuclear particle radiation –X-rays
• Chemical energy –Oxidizing reaction to spills
• Gravitational potential energy –Falling from heights
Hazard Identification

“Finding a hazard isn’t as easy as you think… Or is it?”

•It is widely recognized that the people doing the job know
the hazard/s better than anyone else………
Hazard Identification
•Consultation with employees
•Workplace Inspections
•Pre-Start Checks
•Incident Investigations
•Audits
•Your own experience
•Analysis of incident statistics
 Methods to identify the hazard

•Observation -

walk around the workplace, use

checklists as a guide, have hazard,
incident and injury reporting
mechanisms in place and most
importantly ensure staff are instructed
on how to formally document hazards.
•Consultation –

talk to shop floor staff, seek assistance

from specialists and other companies
who complete similar tasks or who work
in the same industry.
Consultation

Involves –

•Sharing information
Exchange of views between employers and their
representatives

•Genuine opportunity
Contribute effectively to any decision-making
process
Consultation should occur when

Identifying hazards
Assessing the risks
Developing control measures
Reviewing the effectiveness of control measures
Workplace Inspections

Workplace Inspections are a key process for

identifying hazards in the workplace and
eliminating them before they cause an accident
or injury.
•Types of inspection

•Continuous (Hazard reports)

•Periodic (Recurring audits /checklists)
•Intermittent (adhoc inspection walk
arounds )
•Inspection checklists
A formal inspection checklist (s) that is specifically tailored to
operations and maintenance requirements of the organization
should be developed as follows:

Housekeeping
Plant, equipment and machinery
Work processes
Work arrangement (including
shift work, overtime, stress
factors)
The physical environment (eg temperature, lighting,
space, noise)
OHS management systems (policies and procedures)
 IDENTIFYING HAZARDS
To identify hazards we need to understand that
hazards can be:

Obvious;

Hidden; or Developing
•IDENTIFYING HAZARDS
•Obvious
- unguarded machinery
- poor housekeeping
- dust
- noise
-vibration
- working at heights
- load shifting equipment
- chemicals
•IDENTIFYING HAZARDS
•Hidden
- Potential energies such as thermal,
kinetic, mechanical and electrical.
- Psychological hazards such as stress,
fatigue, lack of training, bullying and
harassment.
- Biological hazards such as communicable
diseases (blood borne viruses)
THANK YOU
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