Hazard Determination

Overview/Description
 The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 requires that each employer "...furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm..." (29 U.S.C. 651, Sec. 5(a)(1)). Learning how to implement and maintain a hazard identification and control program will not only allow your workplace to be OSHA compliant, it will also make your workplace, its operations, and its employees as safe as possible. Although OSHA doesn't have a specific standard that mandates and provides methods for hazard determination of a workplace, thorough identification of hazards is inferred or required, in part, by several OSHA standards: Title 29 CFR 1910.119, Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals; Title 29 CFR 1910.132, General Requirements (for personal protective equipment); Title 29 CFR 1910.134 Respiratory Protection; Title 29 CFR 1910.1200, Hazard Communication; and Title 29 CFR 1910.1459, Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories. This course focuses on general methods and processes used to identify hazards or risks in workplace; it also presents control strategies for reducing and eliminating workplace hazards. This SkillSoft Corporation training course has been reviewed by attorneys from the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green, Professional Association, of Manchester, New Hampshire. The content of this training course is an accurate statement of federal law and attendant regulations as to the matters covered as of the date reviewed. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

Target Audience
 Safety directors, safety committee members, and employees in the general industry

Expected Duration
3.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Identifying Hazards

  • identify reasons why early recognition of hazards in the workplace is important.
  • select the documents that should be reviewed when assessing the workplace for hazards.
  • analyze a given scenario to determine trends in the types, locations, date, and time that accidents occur.
  • analyze a given scenario to determine whether an inspector correctly identified a condition that does not comply with safety standards.
  • assess a given scenario to determine if an interviewer successfully applied the steps in a hazard determination interview with an employee.
  • analyze an employee's actions in a given situation to predict whether his or her job hazard analysis will be successful.

    • Safety Management System

  • select the major benefits of having a safety management system in the workplace.
  • match the three types of hazard controls with examples.
  • choose the correct statements about personal protective equipment.

    • Course Number: SFTY0036