PROCEDURE IN HAZARDS ANALYSIS

IN THE WORKPLACE

1. Identify possible hazards

2. Characterize each hazard
3. Apply a rating or assessment metric
4. Communicate the results
 1.) IDENTIFY POSSIBLE HAZARDS
A hazard is the potential for harm. It is often associated with
a condition or activity that, if left uncontrolled, can result in an injury
or illness.
It can be found anywhere. It can naturally occur due to
environmental phenomena, human activity or conflict based such
a terrorism or nuclear war.
The BJT company take into consideration the possible
hazards that may occur in the worksite.
2.) CHARACTERIZING HAZARDS
After identifying hazards, it should be characterized and
explained to the employees for them to know how to handle
such occurrence.
In characterizing hazards, the company must answer all of
the following in terms of the situation:
Magnitude and intensity ranges?
Time, and season?
Duration?
Timeline of development?
Place and extent of impact area?
Frequency?
Can it be predicted?
Related hazards?
Cascading effects?
OUTCOMES
Higher magnitude and/or intensity =
increased hazard
Time and season a longer period
during which these events typically
occur = increased hazard
Duration - generally longer duration
events = increased hazard
Timeline of development generally
shorter development = increased
hazard
OUTCOMES
A critical location at risk or a wide-area impact =
increased hazard
Higher frequency = increased hazard
Events that can be predicted only with difficulty =
higher hazard
Events that are related to and can be triggered by or
trigger other events = higher hazard
THE TIME HORIZON
Determining the time horizon of your hazard
assessment determines the level of hazard of
any particular event.
The shorter the time period of your assessment,
the less probable and therefore the less
hazardous infrequent events will be. More
frequent events will become more important
to the hazard analysis. If your community
suffers a significant earthquake every 100
years, but you have a major hazardous
materials spill on average every 6 months, the
spill is a higher hazard in a 2 year horizon.
3.) APPLY A RATING OF
ASSESSMENT METRIC
ASSESSMENT
Assessing hazards is a process which focuses
on the range of variability in the where, when,
what, and how bad of events
In many cases we have insufficient data or
understanding to make highly accurate
assessments
TWO APPROACHES

Qualitative
Qualitative assessments apply practitioner expert
judgment based on the best available data. These
analyses commonly use terms such as high, medium, or
low to communicate an approximate range of the
hazard posed by a type of event. This approach is
useful when insufficient information is available to
develop a detailed quantitative assessment, or when
the relationships between the various parameters
cannot be reliably established.
QUALITATIVE TERMS
A possible standard:
Extreme - community can no longer function
High large number of deaths, similar number
of injuries, wide property damage, function
difficult
Moderate small number of deaths, larger
number of injuries, wide property damage,
function under strain
Low no deaths, few injuries, little property
damage, community services function close
to normal
 Quantitative
Quantitative assessments have the advantage of
providing numbers that can be used to express
outcomes. Even if the numbers are used to
develop broad categories such as high, medium,
and low, the presence of numbers adds a
comforting sense of exactness to what is
essentially a vague process. Quantitative
approaches should be regarded with caution;
the history of disasters is full of events that were
not identified in their actual form by the best
analytical tools of the day.
DEGREE OF HAZARDS
Ratings suggest we will rank order the outcomes
Highest to lowest, either overall or by class
Understand that the list is only a guide
But that decision makers will believe it is an absolute
reflection of reality
PROSPECT
Basis for a plan should not be based on todays known
hazards
Hazard analysis, not only for today but also for
tomorrow
Identifying the trends, and the emerging hazards
Be proactive rather than reactive
Plan beforehand
4.) Communicate the results
Usually a formal written report that
documents the hazards, as well as the
plans prepared to avoid the hazards
from occurring.
Must be distributed as needed for others
to know the possible hazards and its
effects
Hazards and Risks
1. Work at Height
Major work at height, on roofs and buildings under
construction, can be extremely hazardous if not carefully
planned. Roofs and floors under construction, fragile roof
materials such as roof lights or damaged roof sheets, add
the risk of falls through the roof structure, along with the
obvious risk of falls from the roof edge.
2. Falling / Moving Objects
Construction sites are busy places and often involve a
variety of trades working closely together to both demolish
and develop. Considering this fact, it is no surprise that
falling and moving objects are a major hazard on site, as
the project team work throughout the site to get the project
completed.
Hazards and Risks
3. Electricity
Electricity can kill.
When you are working near to electrical wiring or
equipment, the electrical supply should be turned off.
Again, a competent person will need to carry out any
work to electrical systems to ensure that the circuit is no
longer live and it is safe for work to proceed.
4. Collapse
The risk of a collapse is at its greatest during demolition
works or when a building or structure is partially
completed, such as incomplete access equipment i.e.
scaffolding.
Hazards and Risks
5. Handling Loads
Regardless of what part of the construction process you
are involved with, if you are building something or
knocking it down, you need to move materials and
equipment to get the job done.
 Hazards and Risks
BJT Builders as a construction firm, it is a part of our
work health and safety health management system to
manage the health and safety of our employees.
Safety design makes sure that work and work
processes are designed to reduce the risk to the
workers.
Risk Assessment

Risk assessment is a systematic process of evaluating

the potential risks that may be involved in a projected
activity or undertaking. It serves as a guide if your
business covered all aspects to protect employees
from risk. Risk assessment also helps identify where you
need to concentrate and put particular control
measures in more detail.