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Hazard Assessment
The only way to do business - safely!
Physical Plant A CORTM Certified Workplace
Brian WestbrookInstructor
Workshop #000075 July 2009
Hazard Assessment
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CAUTION: To complete this workshop, you willneed to refer to the handout available throughReception Fort Garry Campus.
Hazard Assessment
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Contact the Training and Safety Coordinator(474-7460) to write the Competency Checkafter completing this online workshop.
References
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#WS&H Act and Regulation
#Safe Work Manitoba Website
# “Workplace Inspections” by Wayne Berganand Mark Geiger. Presented at theManitoba Constriction Conference, 2009
Objective
To offer you the information needed to be competentin your understanding of Hazard Assessment
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We have heard it all before...
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PWe have always done it this way...
PYou just need to use common sense...
PNothing ever happed before...
P It’s only going to take a minute...
You may want to stop andthink about those
statements...
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...as we look over ourIncident Report!
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From your handout lookover the Incident Report
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Incidents do not “just happen”
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PThey are caused
PThat is why we do a hazard assessmentprior to doing the task
What is a hazard?
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Definition:
A hazard is a condition which has the potentialto cause an injury or property damage
Hazard assessment is animportant element in our
safety program
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How are hazard assessmentsdone?
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1. Spot the hazard
2. Assess the risk
3. Find a safer way
How are hazard assessmentsdone?
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These three steps have been popularized in arecent campaign by Safe Work Manitoba andmust be carried out at the job site before anywork is performed.
How are hazard assessmentsdone?
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The hazard assessment is carried out by youon the Work Order or Caretaking ServicesHazard Assessment Form
It is done before the job starts!
How are hazard assessmentsdone?
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1. Spot the hazard
2. Assess the risk
3. Find a safer way
How are hazard assessmentsdone?
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The vast majority of incidents are caused byunsafe practices, frequently combined withunsafe conditions that have been allowed toexist uncorrected.
Who is involved in hazardassessment?
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PWorker
PSupervisor
Hazard control
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“Best” controls are directed toward the source ofthe hazard.
1. Remove the hazard
2. Change the way you do business
3. Personal Protective Clothing or Equipment
<== First and bestchoice
Self-test quiz
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There are three self-test questions for thissection. If you think you know, proceed to thenext slide. If you don’t review the section.
The questions are true or false. The answersfollow the questions on the next slide.
Self-test quiz
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1. A hazard is a condition which has thepotential to cause an injury or property damage.
2. The second step in hazard assessment is to“assess the risk”.
3. A Hazard assessment is to be done beforethe job.
Self-test quiz
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1. True.
2. True.
3. True.
Hazard ranking
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Hazard ranking
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Hazards are ranked by severity and probability
Hazard ranking
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Severity
1. Imminent Danger2. Serious3. Minor4. Negligible
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Probability
1. Probable2. Reasonably probable3. Remote4. Extremely remote
Hazard ranking example
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A worker wearing running shoes while loadingpipe in a pickup truck
The changes that a pipe could cause anincident by falling off of the truck and hit anunprotected foot are:
SERIOUS / REASONABLY PROBABLE
Hazard ranking example
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A worker with no eye protection is workingoverhead
The changes that a foreign object falling fromabove causing an incident are:
SERIOUS / REASONABLY PROBABLE
Hazard ranking example
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An attendant fueling a vehicle that is running
The changes that a vehicle being fueled whilerunning causing an incident are:
IMMINENT DANGER / PROBABLE
Reporting
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You must complete the Work Order orCaretaking Services Hazard AssessmentReport before performing the work and youmust report the hazard to your supervisor.
Monitoring / Follow up
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It is essential that you follow up to see thatunsafe conditions are made safe.
By not doing so means you would not be doingyour ‘due diligence,’ your responsibility.
Get the word out
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Report to your supervisor immediately
Tell your co-workers about the hazard
Remember...
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PBefore starting a job...< Spot the hazard< Assess the risk (severity / probability)< Find a safer way< Complete the documentation (Work Order or
Caretaking Services hazard Assessment Form)< Monitor / Follow up the unsafe condition
Competency Check
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