Identifying and Controlling Hazards
Course 101
Safety Certified Supervisor Series

COURSE TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 MODULE ONE: BASIC CONCEPTS
2 What is a hazard?
3 Employer's obligation to remove hazards
4 Recognized Hazards.
5 What's a "foreseeable" hazard?
6 What is "Exposure"?
7 Six-Step Process
8 Last Words
9 Test Complete Module 1
10 MODULE TWO: HAZARD CATEGORIES
11 Safety Management System (SMS)
12 Employee Performance
13 Equipment
14 Hazardous Materials
15 Acids and Alkalis.
16 Metals.
17 Gases.
18 Plastics and Resins.
19 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).
20 Fiberglass and Asbestos.
21 Solids.
22 Gases.
23 Environment
24 The physical environment
25 The psychosocial environment.
26 Fourteen Hazard Categories
27 Acceleration.
28 Biologicals.
29 Chemical reactions.
30 Electrical hazards.
31 Ergonomics.
32 Explosives and Explosions
33 Flammability and Fires.
34 Heat and Temperature.
35 Mechanical hazards.
36 Pressure.
37 Radiation.
38 Toxics.
39 Vibration/Noise.
40 Workplace Violence.
41 Last Words
42 Test Complete Module 2
43 MODULE THREE: IDENTIFYING HAZARDS
44 Five basic methods to identify workplace hazards:
45 Informal observation/Formal Observation Program (FOP)
46 Comprehensive surveys
47 Interviewing employees
48 Workplace inspections
49 Inspection Frequency
50 What should we inspect?
51 Who Should Inspect?
52 Get educated in hazard identification
53 What training should inspectors receive?
54 Written Inspection Reports
55 Beware of "tunnel vision"
56 Review Documents
56A Test Complete Module 3
57 MODULE FOUR: ANALYZING THE WORKPLACE
58 Job Hazard Analysis
59 Job Hazard Analysis
60 Which is more effective: The inspection or JHA?
61 Change Analysis
62 Building or Leasing a New Facility
63 Installing New Equipment
64 Using New Materials
65 Starting Up New Processes
66 Analyzing Multiple Changes
67 Process Hazard Analysis
68 Who Should Do the Process Hazard Analysis?
69 Preparing for the Unplanned Event
70 Phase Hazard Analysis
71 When should the project phase analysis occur?
72 Putting it all together
73 Why change fails to work
74 Test Complete Module 4
75 MODULE FIVE: CONTROLLING HAZARDS
76 Engineering Controls
77 Why engineering controls?
78 Elimination of hazards through design or substitution.
79 Enclosure of Hazards
80 Barriers or Local Ventilation
81 Management Controls
82 Safe work practices
83 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
84 Scheduling strategies
85 Interim Measures
86 What are "feasible" controls?
87 What two general types of maintenance processes are needed?
88 Final thoughts
89 Test Complete Module 5
90 MODULE SIX: PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES
91 Understanding the problems.
92 Root cause problems
93 What is the nature of the problem?
94 What is the scope of the problem?
95 Is there REALLY a problem?
96 Getting to the facts with 5-W Analysis
97 Mind Mapping - Another tool to identify problems
98 Something's fishy here
99 Brainstorming
100 Mind Melding
101 Last Words
102 Test Complete Module 6
103 MODULE SEVEN: EFFECTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
104 Why decision-makers don't respond quickly
105 Develop effective recommendations
106 Write the problem statement
107 Describe the history of the problem.
108 State the solution options that would correct the problem?
109 Describe the consequences as a cost vs benefit analysis.
110 Describe other natural consequences of management's decision.
111 Estimate the "investment" required for corrective action and SMS improvements.
113 Describe the risk to the employer if the problem is not solved.
114 Anticipate possible decision-maker objections.
115 Messages
116 A strong recommendation doesn't have to be complicated