Hazard Recognition and Risk Assessment
Finding hazards before they hurt someone: inspections, job hazard analysis, risk matrices, the hierarchy of controls, management of change and worker participation under the OSHA General Duty Clause, ANSI/ASSP Z10 and ISO 45001.
HSE-103 12 lessons · 5 h 2 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Distinguish hazards, risks and incidents and explain why systematic hazard assessment prevents harm
- Describe US legal duties to assess and control hazards, including the OSHA General Duty Clause, specific standards, state programs and ANSI/ASSP Z10 and Z590.3
- Classify workplace hazards as safety, chemical, biological, physical, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards
- Recognize hazards through inspections, observation, energy-source reviews, records and worker reports
- Carry out a job hazard analysis by breaking a task into steps and identifying hazards and controls for each
- Rate risk using likelihood and severity scales, risk matrices and the ALARP principle
- Apply the hierarchy of controls from elimination to personal protective equipment
- Select, implement and verify controls, including critical controls for high-consequence hazards
- Describe specialized methods such as what-if analysis, HAZOP, FMEA, bow-tie analysis and LOPA
- Apply management of change to equipment, process, material, temporary and organizational changes
- Explain the role of safety committees and worker participation in hazard assessment
- Review and update assessments after changes, incidents and audits, and complete a full hazard and risk assessment
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 2 min total · final exam
- 1 Hazards, risk and why assessment matters 26 min · quiz
- 2 Legal duties to assess and control hazards in the US 25 min · quiz
- 3 Types of hazards 25 min · quiz
- 4 Recognizing hazards: inspections, observation and reporting 25 min · quiz
- 5 Job hazard analysis 25 min · quiz
- 6 Rating risk: likelihood, severity and risk matrices 25 min · quiz
- 7 The hierarchy of controls in depth 25 min · quiz
- 8 Selecting, implementing and verifying controls 26 min · quiz
- 9 Specialized risk assessment methods 25 min · quiz
- 10 Management of change 25 min · quiz
- 11 Worker participation, committees and communication 25 min · quiz
- 12 Reviewing and updating assessments, and capstone 25 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Description
Finding hazards before they hurt someone: inspections, job hazard analysis, risk matrices, the hierarchy of controls, management of change and worker participation under the OSHA General Duty Clause, ANSI/ASSP Z10 and ISO 45001.