Hazard identification: basic concepts

At the factory there are many unfavorable situations, which include accidents, malfunctions. All this jeopardizes the life and health of people. There is such a thing as identification of hazards. The term implies the possibility of disclosing the type of negative situation, as well as identifying the factors of its origin. It is used not only in production, but also in everyday life.

The concept of

Identification of hazards - recognition of the type of hazard, determining its causes, time and consequences. In order to establish the nature of the negative situation, one must know everything about its external expression, the form of manifestation.

Dangers include an earthquake, a volcano eruption, an accident, a strong wind. It is important to determine the cause, to find out what influenced its occurrence. This may be due to human negligence, natural phenomena, deliberate actions of people, as well as equipment malfunction.

Hazard Groups

Identification of hazards allows you to determine the type of disaster. This helps in the future not to allow such phenomena. Dangers are:

• Natural;
• Anthropogenic;
• Ecological;
• Biological;
• Social.

Dangers can occur because of not only single factors, but also their totality. It can be the deliberate actions of a person, which are combined with the phenomena of nature. An example is the breeding of a fire in the forest in a dry and hot time, which causes a fire.

The definition of the danger occurrence area has a connection with the causes of the ES. It is absolutely clear that the fire spreads quickly in a dry environment where there is air. And in a room with humidity this phenomenon can not be observed.

Identification of hazards involves the identification of time parameters, the probability of occurrence and leakage. The time frame is divided into 2 periods. The first include the time of exposure to the causes that affect the occurrence of hazards, lasting up to the first signs of the ES, and to the second - the time of the damage to the object. To determine the degree of risk, you need to know about the consequences of the hazard, that is, the harm that can be caused.

About classification

Usually in the production there is a classification of emergency situations. If there is a risk of hazards, then in the prevention equipment is used, sometimes expensive. But the financial costs will still be less than when the consequences of the danger would have to be eliminated. The identification of the hazards of man-made sources occupies an important place in production. These adverse situations occur due to emergencies at technical facilities. Therefore, all employees must comply with safety technology, depending on the position. The other side of the dangers is the stress of people who were at the epicenter of the disaster. The prevention of various social consequences is carried out by the relevant services.

Risk assessment

This term means the establishment in the process of labor of hazards, the identification of their magnitude and significance. Hazard identification and risk assessment are interrelated. This work takes into account negative events and accidents. Risk assessment is performed on the basis of the following stages:

• planning;
• Factor recognition;
• Determination of risk;
• decision;
• Selection and implementation of the event.

The degree of risk you need to know in order to prevent similar situations in the future. This will save the lives of employees, as well as not stop the production process.

Obligations of the employer

In the prevention of emergencies, compliance with safety rules plays a huge role. At the same time, they are not only employees, but also employers:

• Creation of suitable conditions for work, in accordance with the norms;
• Observance of the terms of attestation of workplaces;
• Organization of medical examination of employees;
• At medical examinations, the preservation of the place of work and the salaries of employees.

Organizational implementation of labor protection standards allows to establish efficient work of production. To this end, appropriate measures should be taken regularly.

Occupational Safety and Health

The workplace must comply with sanitary and hygienic standards, safe conditions. If production is harmful, then employees should be paid compensation for this. This is labor protection.

Normative and normative technical documents are used to ensure safety. The first is to establish the norms of working conditions, that is, the requirements for the degree of harmful factors. Such standards include the standards and norms of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Normative and technical documentation is instructions, norms and rules. They are necessary to protect employees from various negative factors. Their observance is mandatory for all, without exception.