| By definition, a hazard is anything that has the | | | | or activity?d. How could I get hurt doing this job, |
| potential to cause harm to people, damage to | | | | task or activity?e. What will I do to prevent |
| property or environment, or loss to process. | | | | accident (injury, illness health)? |
| OSHA defines hazard as the potential for harm | | | | Work Permitting is issued before the job, task or |
| that is associated with a condition or activity that | | | | activity done. Some questions asked and a |
| if left uncontrolled can result in injury or illness. | | | | checklist shall be completed to assured that |
| Meanwhile, according to OHSAS 18001:1999, | | | | hazards are not overlooked. Commonly, including |
| hazard is source or situation with a potential for | | | | in the checklist are analysis of toxic gas (such as |
| harm in terms of human injury or illness health, | | | | carbon monoxide), oxygen sufficiency, flammable |
| damage to property, damage to the workplace | | | | gas concentration, etc. |
| environment, or a combination of these. | | | | Equipment Inspection is implemented to any |
| Hazard recognition or hazard identification is vitally | | | | equipment before it is used or put into operation. |
| important in accident prevention. By recognizing | | | | Equipment inspection is planned and organized to |
| hazards' characteristics and properties, we can | | | | check overall equipment conditions, safety |
| clearly determine proper controls. Unfortunately, | | | | protective equipment, guarding, emergency stop, |
| the majority of us sometimes overlook to | | | | etc. |
| recognize hazards. | | | | In Suggestion Method, every worker is |
| Hazard Recognition Methods | | | | encouraged to propose or suggest potential |
| There are many hazard recognition methods. The | | | | hazard (and control) that are contained in a job, |
| more hazard recognition methods we know, the | | | | task or activity. Workers consider their past time |
| bigger our chances to recognize all hazard that | | | | experiences on the shop floor and field to give |
| exist in workplaces. A hazard might not be | | | | suggestion and this is very good safety habit. This |
| identified by a certain method, but it can be | | | | method can be used for improving current safety |
| detected by another method. Principally, we need | | | | conditions. |
| to assure that hazard recognition is completely | | | | Safety Patrol can be carried out by every worker |
| done. | | | | in the plant site, not only by persons who are in |
| The following are the most useful hazard | | | | charge of health and safety. Safety patrol may |
| recognition methods: | | | | be done during an equipment running, plant |
| 1. Pre-Use Analysis | | | | operation, plant shut down or whenever it is |
| 2. Multi-Step Planning Process | | | | intended to identify potential hazards. |
| 3. Work Permitting | | | | The best way to use these hazard recognition |
| 4. Equipment Inspections | | | | methods is by combining these methods one with |
| 5. Suggestion Method | | | | the others. |
| 6. Walkthrough Safety and Health Audits | | | | The next question is when is the right time to |
| 7. Safety Patrol | | | | apply these hazard recognition methods? Of |
| Now, lets talks about these methods one by one. | | | | course before exposure to the hazards is the |
| Pre-Use Analysis can be applied before any new | | | | best time, because at that time no one was |
| equipment, device, instrumentation, personal | | | | injured, ill or death, and no property damage. |
| protective equipment, machine, tool, plant facility, | | | | However, during a job, task or activity is being |
| etc are used. This method is applied before | | | | done hazard recognition is still important in |
| exposure to hazards. | | | | accident prevention, and we can stop or cancel |
| Multi-Step Planning Process is applied before | | | | the job, task or activity at any time whenever |
| hazard exposure and applied to every task, job | | | | we see a potential hazard to cause injury, illness |
| and activity. To apply this method simply asks a | | | | health or plant facility damage. |
| series of questions before doing the task, job or | | | | Hazards may also be recognized after a job, task |
| activity. The question should be similar to:a. What | | | | or activity has been completely performed and |
| am I going to do?b. What is purpose to do this | | | | we can plan hazard control improvement to the |
| job, task or activity?c. How will I do that job, task | | | | job. |