MODULE 5: HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL

The Hazard Inspection

Inspection checklists...write them and use them!

Use the following steps if you are asked to write questions for a safety inspection.

• Determine the area to be inspected.
• Ask workers in the area what tasks/jobs they do.
• When you receive the rules (don't panic) read through the applicable sections and mark those rules that you feel might result in serious injury if violated.
• Change each marked rule into a simple question. Questions will start with the words: Do, does, is, are.
• Construct your checklist using the questions you have developed.
• Show your boss. He or she will be surprised! (You will probably become a safety director!)

Using the procedures above, you'll be identifying most of the same hazardous conditions that OSHA cites during their compliance inspections. That's smart, however it's not the total solution