Worksite hazard analysis

Worksite analysis involves examining the workplace for existing and potential hazards. Comprehensive baseline and periodic safety and health surveys should be conducted. Job hazard analysis, accident, and near-miss investigations should also be held. Workers should be able to report unsafe conditions without fear of reprisal. Trends of illness and injury should be studied over time to identify patterns and prevent problems from recurring. 

Another way to maintain a worksite hazard analysis is to investigate accidents and near-miss incidents so that their causes, and means for their prevention, are identified. By analyzing injury and illness trends over a period of time, patterns with common causes can be identified and prevented. 

Each company may require different types of hazard analyses, depending on the company s role, the size and complexity of the worksite, and the nature of associated hazards. The company may choose to use a project hazard analysis, a phase hazard analysis, or job safety assessment. 

A job safety assessment or analysis should be performed at the start of any task or operation. The designated competent or authorized person should evaluate the task or operation to identify potential hazards and determine the necessary controls. This assessment should focus on actual worksite conditions or procedures that differ from or were not anticipated in the related project or phase hazard analysis. In addition, the authorized person should ensure that each employee involved in the task or operation is aware of the hazards related to the task or operation and of the measures or procedures that workers and visitors must use to protect themselves. Note The job safety assessment is not intended to be a formal, documented analysis, but instead is more of a quick check of actual site conditions and a review of planned procedures and precautions. A more detailed explanation of job safety analysis is provided in Chapter 12. 

Training curricula must be up-to-date, specific to worksite operations, and modified when needed to reflect changes and/or new workplace procedures, trends, hazards and controls identified by hazard analysis. Training curricula must be understandable for all employees. 

Change analysis prevents expensive problems before they occur. Individuals who are knowledgeable in employee safety can help to design and plan for changes at the worksite. Change analysis uses elements of routine hazard analysis appropriate to the type of change being contemplated. 

The four major components of VPP (OSHA, 2013) are management commitment and worker participation, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, and safety and health training. The most frequently used safety analyses are safety checklists, compliance analysis, and process hazard analysis (in industries that handle hazardous chemicals). The great advantage of VPP Star Status (the highest level of accreditation) is not just a significantly lower accident rate and lower costs, but also OSHA will conduct on-site inspections once every 2 /2-5 years. 

Supervisors learn responsibilities and underlying reasons 5 All supenrisors assist in worksite hazard analysis, ensure physical protection, reinforce training, enforce discipline, and can improve work procedures based on the training provid to them... 

Supervisors have received basic training, appear to understand and demonstrate the importance of worksite hazard analysis, physical protection, training reinforcement, discipline, and knowledge of work procedures... 

Worksite hazard identification and analysis identifies existing hazards and conditions, operations and situations that create or contribute to hazards, and areas where hazards may develop. This includes close scrutiny and tracking of injury or illness and incident records to identify patterns that may indicate causes of aggressive behavior and assaults. The objectives of worksite hazard identification and analyses are to recognize, identify, and plan to correct security hazards. Analysis uses existing records and worksite evaluations should include record review and identification of security hazards. 

An effective ergonomics program should include the following four components worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, medical management, and training and education. 

Worksite analysis involves a variety of worksite examinations, to identify not only existing hazards but also conditions and operations in which changes might occur to create hazards. 

During the operations phase, new hazards are identified by periodic inspections, worksite monitoring, audits, and appraisals. Techniques used to identify hazards during the operations phase include checklists, PET analysis, and safety studies. Accident analysis is also an important method of detecting previously undetected or uncorrected hazards. Accident analysis tools include change analysis, PET analysis, MORT and mini-MORT analysis, and event and causal factors charts. 

During the operations phase, the analysis and control of hazards identified during traditional inspections and worksite monitoring are ongoing. 

Lack of a site specific hazard identification program and worksite analysis, and... 

Worksite analysis involves a variety of worksite examinations, to identify not only existing hazards but also conditions and operations in which changes might occur to create hazards. Lack of awareness of a hazard, stemming from failure to examine the worksite, is a sign that safety and health policies and/or practices are ineffective. Effective management actively analyzes the work and worksite, to anticipate and prevent harmful occurrences. This requires periodic examination of the workplace through inspections, audits, and the application of other safety tools such as the job safety analysis. 

Providing for regular site safety and health inspection, so that new or previously missed hazards and failures in hazard controls are identified, is critical to worksite analysis. Employee insight and experience in safety and health protection should also be utilized, where employee concerns may be addressed. A reliable system for employees is to be provided and encouraged, without fear of reprisal, to notify management personnel about conditions that appear hazardous and to receive timely and appropriate responses. 

Are there documents that provide comprehensive analysis of all potential safety and health hazards of the worksite Are there documents that provide both the analysis of potential safety and health hazards for each new facility, equipment, material, or process and the means for eliminating or controlling snch hazards Does documentation exist outlining the step-by-step analysis of hazards in each part of each job, so that yon can clearly discern the evolution of decisions on safe work procedures If complicated processes exist, with a potential for catastrophic impact from an accident but low probability of such accident (as in nnclear power or chemical production), are there documents analyzing the potential hazards in each part of the process and the means to prevent or control them If there are processes with a potential for catastrophic impact from an accident but low probability of an accident, have analyses such as fault tree or what if been documented to ensure sufficient backup systems for worker protection in the event of multiple control failures ... 

Do employees complain that new facilities, equipment, materials, or processes are hazardous Do any employees say they have been involved in job safety analysis or process review and are satisfied with the results Does the safety and health staff indicate ignorance of existing or potential hazards at the worksite Does the occupational nurse, doctor, or other healthcare provider understand the potential occupational diseases and health effects in this worksite ... 

Worksite analysis is the process of identifying hazards related to a project, process, or activities at the worksite. Identify hazards before determining how to protect employees. In performing worksite analyses, consider not only hazards that currently exist, but also hazards that could occur because of changes in operations or procedures or because of other factors, such as concurrent work activities. First, perform hazard analyses of all activities and projects prior to the start of woik, determine the hazards involved with each phase of the project, and perform regular safety and health site inspections. Second, require supervisors and employees to inspect their work areas prior to the start of each shift or new activity, investigate accidents and near-misses, and analyze trends in accident and injury data. 

When performing a worksite analysis, all hazards should be identified. This means conducting comprehensive baseline worksite surveys for safety and health and periodic comprehensive updated surveys. Companies must analyze planned and new facilities, processes, materials, and equipment, as well as perform routine job hazard analyses. This also means that regular site safety and health inspections should be conducted so that new or previously missed hazards and failures in hazard controls are identified. 

A1. Are all the elements (such as Management Leadership and Employee Involvement, Worksite Analysis, Hazard Prevention and Control, and Safety and Health Training) and subelements of a basic safety and health management system part of a signed, written document Have all VPP elements and subelements been in place at least 1 year Is the written safety and health management system at least minimally effective to address the scope and complexity of the hazards at the site ... 

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