Hazard identificationz

• Hazard


  Its Impact, Identification and Risk Assessment
• Learning Objectives


  • In any workplace or environment, safety works best if hazards and its impacts are identified
  • Assessment of risks accompanying hazards must also be done to ensure safety or at least minimize the impact of hazards, if not totally eradicated
• 1Pic 1Word Instructions


  Refer to the given pictures and captions to guess the word/s by arranging the jumbled letters
• Different Impacts of Hazards

  • Physical impact
  • Psychological impact
  • Socio-cultural impact
  • Economic impact
  • Environmental impact
  • Biological impact
• Hazard Identification


  The process of determining all physical and nonphysical agents in the workplace or specific environment
• Most occupational health and safety problems are caused by hazards which are not eliminated or managed
• In order to prevent untoward incidents in a workplace or community, elimination or controlling of hazards is crucial
• In some workplaces where hazards cannot be eliminated, they must be monitored and properly managed at the least
• Risk Assessment

  A way to determine which hazards and risks should prioritized by taking into consideration the probability and severity of impact
• Steps in hazard identification and risk assessment

  1. Assess the Risk

  2. Make the changes

  3. Checking the changes made
• Assess the Risk


  1. Once a hazard has been identified, the likelihood and possible severity of injury or harm will need to be assessed before determining how best to minimize the risk

  2. High-risk hazards need to be addressed more urgently than low-risk ones
• Make the changes


  1. Remove the hazard and replace it with something less hazardous

  2. Engineering modifications like installation of exhausts, safety barriers and safety exits

  3. Modification of procedures

  4. Combination of the risk control measures mentioned above to effectively reduce exposure to hazards
• Checking the changes made

  1. To make sure risk has been minimized, and a further hazard has not been created, the new safety measures may need to be carefully tested before work begins again

  2. Risk assessment doesn't end with making changes, it is essential that these changes made are monitored and checked

  3. It must be monitored if the changes done are being followed consistently and if these changes contribute to the improvement of safety management in the workplace

  4. This last step has to be done periodically to accurately assess the effectiveness of the entire process