1. What are the most critical elements in maintaining and keeping your process visible?
Visible processes are essential in most organization, and in case of invisibility, the process is bound to fail. Processes should be documented to allow the step by step transfer of knowledge during the development process. This also enhances understanding of the process by different people hence prevention of confusion and misunderstandings. Visibility also enables identification of gaps, thus the ability to improve them. Keeping the process simple is also essential, and this can be achieved through visual representation of the process through diagrams.
2. What are the three essential skills needed in order for safety professional to be successful?
Safety professionals of all kinds need to understand the objectives necessary for hazards and risks control. This knowledge will enable them to protect themselves as well as others in cases of hazards in work areas. They also get to be familiar with the necessary personal protective equipment needed during work. Safety professionals should understand the work environment. Understanding, work environment entails knowing areas for various activities and processes. Performing a certain process in a wrong, work area can lead to failure of the process. Safety professionals need to know about techniques, methods and safety concepts. The methodologies and procedures used in achieving successful processes should be known well by safety professionals. All steps of the process taking into account the risky parts and taking appropriate caution is significant.
3. What is a process?
A process is part of an area where a worker does a job or service. It includes an assembly of interrelated activities that are initiated to respond to a given event aimed at achieving a vital outcome.
4. What is the objective of hazard recognition?
Hazard recognition identifies hazards that exist and are perceived to produce hazard consequences. Recognition helps in acquainting workers with adequate knowledge about possible hazards to arise in work areas. This, therefore, enables workers to perform their work safely. Hazard recognition stimulates safety awareness among workers, and aims at changing the work behavior of employees. The workers can also acquire positive intervention and feedback techniques in cases of hazards.
5. What is the best method for assessing a workplace?
Workplace assessment may require step-by-step approach in finding the potential risks and hazards. The hazard should be identified first, then the potential persons that may be subject to the hazards. Ways in which they can be harmed are also substantial. Evaluating these potential risks and the available preventive and protective measures against the risks is the third step. Ultimately, recording and reviewing these preventive measures enables assessment of work place.
6. Why is it important to monitor the results of the JHA process?
For any hazards that have not been detected it is beneficial to study results of the job hazard analysis. Results of JHA provide a worker with the potential, work hazards and control descriptions. Workers also get to access line management, a tool useful in authorizing work. Through this process, managers and supervisors are able to identify key hazards and their possible control measures, thus informing the workers.
7. What are the methods for preventing hazards from developing?
Preventing hazards from happening requires maintenance, correcting hazards, personal protection equipment, employees knowing safety, medical surveillance. The use of personal protective equipment is significant in keeping the workers safe when using hazardous chemicals. This, in turn, prevents the development of hazards since the workers are kept safe from any risk. Educating the employees on the safety benefits reduces the chances of risk occurrence. Proper maintenance of work place by keeping equipment in right places and conducting medical surveillance on workers and environment is crucial.
8. What are some of the reliable methods for developing a system to identify and report hazards?
Policy formulation is essential, increasing employee involvement correction action plans, recording systems to track. Formation of policies to regulate the process of hazard identification and reporting is essential. Involvement of employees in the process increases understanding and correction of hazards.
9. What is a company safety policy and why is it necessary?
The safety policy is a clear and easy-to-understand written statement about safety that is easily communicated to everyone in a factory. The safety policy acts to regulate the actions of employees, by enabling cautious and safety performance of tasks and protection of workers in case of risks.
10. Why is it important to have employee involved in the JHA process?
The reason employees are part of the job hazard process is they know hazards on the job and can have advice on how to fix these. Understanding hazard process and how to manage it gives employees the opportunity to work effectively even under no supervision.
