Risk Assessment Flashcards
What is a hazard?
It is an act or condition in the workplace that has the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ to cause injury, illness or death to a person / damage to company property, equipment and material.
What is near miss?
is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage but had the potential to do so. Only a fortunate break in the chain of events prevented an injury, fatality or damage
What is an accident?
An accident is the final event in an unplanned process that results in ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ or illness to an employee and possibly property damage. It is the final effect of multiple causes.
What is an Incident?
Accidents are part of a broad group of events that adversely affect the completion of a task. These events are incidents. Accidents cause injuries and incidents do not.
What is Risk?
The measure of the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ and ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ of an adverse effect caused by a hazard
What is a hazard?
It is what causes the risk; administrative or physical (causes or has the potential to cause a loss)
How does an incident occur?
It takes a hazard and someone exposed to the hazard to produce an incident.
What are the components of an incident?
Hazard + Exposure
What is Exposure considered as?
Exposure is considered as the
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What is the zone of a physical exposure?
An armโs length
What is the zone of an environmental exposure?
Could be everyone in the facility
What is Hazard Recognition?
Recognizing a condition or behavior that can cause harm
What is Risk Analysis?
Analyzing the probability and severity of risk in order to reduce the chance that harm will occur
What is HAZID?
Hazard Identification (HAZID) is used to systematically identify and analyze potential hazards associated with a project, process, or system.
Based on what should HAZID be used?
It should be used based on a comprehensive and accurate description of the facility
Why should hazards not be disregarded simply?
1) They appear to be very unlikely.
2) They have not happened previously.
3) They are considered to be adequately controlled by existing measures.
What should HAZID be?
Team-based
Use a process that is systematic
Be pro-active in searching for hazards
Assess all hazards
Analyze existing controls and barriers -preventative and mitigative
Consideration needs to be given in selecting the HAZID technique (checklist, JSA, walkthrough, etc.
What is HAZOP?
Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) is a systematic and structured approach used to assess and evaluate the potential hazards and operability issues associated with a process plant, system, or operation.
When conducting HAZID you should consider the past, present and future
Historical conditions:
What has gone wrong in the past?
Root cause
Historical records
Process experience
Near misses
Existing conditions:
What could go wrong currently?
HAZID workshop
HAZOP study
Scenario definitions
Checklists
What should I look for?
How do I perform the inspection?
How do I document the inspection?
How do I evaluate the inspection?
