Employee Reports of Hazards

Trend Analysis The process must include analysis of information such as injury/illness history, hazards identified during inspections, employee reports of hazards, and accident and near-miss investigations for the purpose of detecting trends. The results of trend analysis must be shared with employees and management and utilized to direct resources prioritize hazard controls and determine or modify goals, objectives, and training to address the trends. 

Employee reports of hazards and reports of accident investigation should provide spaee for notations about hazard eorreetion. 

Approach all discussions and written descriptions of employee reporting of hazards as a group effort. Emphasize the positive, not the negative. 

Sample Forms for Employee Reporting of Hazards, Tracking Hazard Corrections, Follow-Up Documentation... 

A formal system for hazard reporting exists. Employee reports of hazards are documented, corrective action is scheduled, and records maintained. 

Pre-use Analysis Comprehensive Surveys Self Inspections Routine Hazard Analysis Employee Reports of Hazards Accident Investigations Pattern Analysis... 

The hazard reports that work best are a set of customized checklist for a specific workplace and operation. Appendix B provides several sample reporting forms, Sample Forms for Employee Reporting of Hazards,Tracking Hazard Correction, and Follow-Up Documentation. 

Investigate or oversee investigation of employee reports of hazards. Respond to employee safety and health suggestions. 

Many companies use the form that documents the original discovery of a hazard to track the correction of the hazard. Inspection reports include notations about hazard correction alongside the information about the hazard. Employee reports of hazards and reports of accident/incident investigations also should provide space for notations about hazard correction. 

For small businesses that do not use written inspection reports or written employee reports of hazards, this system provides important documentation that otherwise might not exist. The weakness in this system is much the same as for tracking by committee there is always a possibility that incorrect or incomplete information will be transferred or that a correction... 

Instructions Under the column headed "System," note how the hazard was found, e.g., Insp. for inspection, ERH, for employee report of hazard, Acc. for accidenVincident investigation, etc. 

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