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Culprits : Hazard
Identification
BY ALAMAR, CRYSTAL C.
Hazard Identification

- Hazard Identification is a process controlled by management

- It is a technique ised to examine the workplace for hazards with
potential to cause accidents.
- Worker-oriented process
- Must asses the outcome of the hazard identification process.
- Hazards may not be a true hazard.
- Identification and control of hazards should include periodic site
safety inspection programs, that involve supervisors.
- Safety inspection should ensure that preventive controls are in place
that action is taken to quickly address hazards that technical
resources are used and that safety and health rules enforced.
Hazard Identification

- Many workplace have high accidents and severity rates

because they are hazardous.
- Hazard are dangerous situations or conditions that can
lead to accidents.
- The higher the hazard that is present, the higher the
chance of accidents
- Most hazards are from the direct release of some form of
energy.
Hazard Identification

Benefits
• Decrease in incidents of injuries
• Decrease in lost workdays and absenteeism
• Decrease in workers compensation cost
• Increased in productivity
• Better cooperation and communicatioln
Items that can assist in identifying workplace hazards and determining
the corrective action necessary to control them.
• Jobsite safety inspections
• Accident inverstigations
• Safety and health committees
• Project safety meetings
Accident Types

1. Struck-Against
2. Struck-By
3. Contact-With and Contacted-By
4. Caught-In and Caught-On
5. Caught-Between
6. Fall-Same-Level and Fall-to-Below
7. Overexertion and Exporsure
Hazard Reporting System

- Management is not as close to the actual work performed as are

those performing the work
- This type of information is valuable when removing and reducing
workplace hazard.
- It does not require someone with special training to conduct it
- It can be accomplised using a quistionairre.
Only 3 responses are required:
• Identify the hazard
• Explain how the hazards could be abated
• Suggest what the company could do.
Hazard Reporting System
Workplace Inspections or Audit

- Workplace audits are inspections that are conducted to evaluate

certain aspecys of the work environment regarding occupation safety
and health
- Safety and health audits, which are often conducted in workplaces,
serve a number of evaluative purposes.
- Auditors inspections can be performed to
• Identify the existence of hazards
• Check compliane with the company rules and regulations
• Check compliance with OSHA rules
• Determine the safety and health conditions of the workplace
• Determine the safe condition of equipment and mahinery
• Evaluate supervisors' safety and health performance
• Evaluate workers' safety and health performan
• Evaluate progress regarding safety and health issues and problems
• Determine the effectiveness of new processes or procedural changes.
Need for an Audit

- First, determine what needs to be audited.

When to Audit
- It is best to audit as often as possible.
- At a minimum th supervisors and employees should.
1. Check the equipment and materials that they will use during the
operation or work shift for damage or defects that could present a
safety hazard.
2. Report identified hazards immediately to their supervisors.
Need for an Audit

What to Audit
Accident Investigations

- Although accident investigation is an after-the-fact approach to

hazard identification, it is still an important part of this process.
- Complicated accidents require an investigation to determine the
cause ogf the accident.
Accident Investigation
Accident Investigation

Goals and Uses of Accident Investigation

The purpose and goals of accident investigation are to

• Prevent the recurrence of the same or similar event

• Act as a window to view safety and health performance
• Provide a mechanism that can be used to prevent recurrence
• Be an organized method of determining the cause of incidents.
• Identify the root causes
• Be an integral part of the safety and health program
Accident Investigation

Goals and Uses of Accident Investigation

The use of accident investigation as a safwty and health prevention tool is
important as as as an integral part of prevention since it provides

• An understanding of what happened

• An organized mechanism for gathering information and data for present and
future use
• Answers regarding the effectiveness of interventions and prevention
approaches
• A documentation of the circumstances and chronology for legal workers'
compensation issues
• Identification of hazards and potential risks
• A tool for cooperation by allowing labor and management the opportunity to
work together while conducting the investigation
• A tool as a vital component of the safety and health program
Acident Investigation

Accident Prevention
A detailed analysis of an accident will normally reveal three cause levels:
basic, indirect, and direct.
The direct cause is usually the result of one or more unsafe acts or unsafe
conditions, or both.
Unsafe acts and conditions are th indirect causes or symptoms.
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Investigative Procedure
An accident investigator should ude most of the ff. Steps
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Investigative Procedure
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Interview
In conducting interviews, the team should
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Report Investigation
The following outline has been found especially useful in developing the
information to be included in the formal report:
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Report of Investigation