This course provides essential knowledge and skills for identifying, evaluating, and controlling workplace hazards to create a safer working environment. Participants will learn the principles of hazard recognition, focusing on proactive strategies to identify risks before they result in accidents, injuries, or fatalities. Through real-world examples and systematic approaches, this course highlights the importance of both hazardous conditions and unsafe acts in contributing to workplace incidents.
Key Highlights:
- Understanding the direct connection between workplace hazards and accident rates.
- Identifying different types of hazards: physical, ergonomic, chemical, and biological.
- Recognizing the role of unsafe acts and how habitual unsafe behaviors develop.
- Utilizing key tools for hazard recognition: job hazard analysis, pre-shift inspections, and work permits.
- Applying hazard recognition strategies in real-time to identify risks during daily tasks.
- The importance of accident investigations to uncover root causes and prevent future incidents.
By the end of the course, you will have learned:
- How to systematically identify, control, and eliminate workplace hazards.
- Techniques to recognize both obvious and hidden hazards in various work environments.
- Best practices for preventing unsafe acts and promoting safe work behaviors.
- How to contribute effectively to job hazard analyses, inspections, and accident investigations.
- The skills needed to create a culture of safety awareness and proactive risk management in the workplace.