Hazard id and control training v1

Labour and Advanced Education

Hazard Identification and Control

Heather Matthews, OHS Specialist

Objectives

• Review key elements that are required for a HMS • IRS• Responsibilities• The Law- Regulations Relating to Hazard

Assessment• Hazard Management System• Challenges with Health Care

Review – Internal Responsibility System (IRS)

• Everyone has a direct responsibility for safety

BASED ON

• Their level of ResponsibilityAccountabilityAuthority

Review - IRSBODOWNERSExc. Dir.

SeniorLeaders

MANAGERSSUPERVISORS

Staff( Contractors / Volunteers)

Responsibility Accountability

JOHSC

Review - Responsibilities• Employees

– Protect themselves and others– Follow Organization’s rules– Wear the necessary PPE– Use only equipment and materials as authorized– Cooperate with Employer, JOHS Committee– Report Hazards & Incidents

Review - Responsibilities• Employer

– Ensure Health & Safety of those at or near– Maintain Equipment safely– Inform Workers of Hazards– Provide Instruction, Training, Supervision and Facilities as

necessary– Establish Policy & Program– Establish JOHS Committee– Follow OHS Act & Regulations

Review – The Law• Hazard Assessment Law

– OHS Act 13 (1) (a) – every precaution in the circumstance to ensure health & safety of persons at or near the workplace

– OHS Act 13 (1) (b) Provide or maintain machines, materials, equipment with safety devices

– OHS Act 13 (1) (c) Provide such information, instruction, supervision and facilities as are necessary to the health & safety of the employees

You can only do this if you identify, assess and control hazards!

Review – The Law• OHS Act (13 (1) (d) Ensure that the employees, and

particularly the supervisors and foreman are made familiar with any health or safety hazard met by them at the workplace

• OHS Act (13 (1) (e) Conduct the employers undertaking so that employees are not exposed to health or safety hazards as a result of the undertaking

Review – The Law• OHS Act (28)(2)

– (a) Provision for Training– (b) Provision for the preparation of Written Work procedures– (e) Hazard Identification System

• (i) Evaluation of workplace for hazards• (ii) Regular Inspections• (iii & iv)) Hazard Reporting

– (f)Monitoring, prompt follow up & control of identified hazards– (g) Prompt investigation of identified hazards

WORKPLACE SAFETY IS ALL ABOUT MANAGING HAZARDS

Hazard Management and Control

Main Hazards in Health Care

• Overexertion from lifting and repositioning• Falls from slip and falls• Violence from aggressiveness• Exposure to infectious disease

Hazard Management• Hazards need to be:

–Identified–Assessed–Controlled

Identifying and Assessing Hazard

• What are the hazard?• How “at Risk” are the staff?• What are my options?• What do I have to do Immediately? &

what can I put in place overtime?

Hazard Management• Identify

– Employee Reporting• Inspection /Hazard reports• Near misses

– Supervisor Assessment– Agency Assessments– Org Experience– Client Illness / Status– Etc.

Hazard Management• Assessment (Calculating the Risk)

–Base on• Probability• Consequence

Hazard Management - Matrix

Video

Hazard Management• Controls

– Eliminate / Substitution– Engineering– Administrative

• Training / Education• Supervision• Safe Work Procedure (SWP) / Safe Operating

Procedure (SOP)– Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Hazard Management

Worker Hazard

Control At the Worker Control Along the Path Control At the Source

Hazard Pathway

Hazard Management

At the Worker Along the Path At the Source

Eliminate

Do we really need this, or need to do this?

Substitute

- non-slip flooring replaces kitchen tile - less harsh cleaning products

for others

- improved procedure

Isolate

- enclosed bio-safety cabinets - storage protocols

Barriers between worker & hazard

-Machine guarding- Use of guides/push sticks- Lock-out tags and procedure- Physical barriers. coverings, coatings- Security protocols- Training - SOP’s & SWP’s- Supervision - Workplace Inspections

PPE

- Clothing & Footwear- Hearing Protection- Head Protection- Eye Protection- Skin Protection- Respiratory Protection- Equipment worn over clothing

(ie. harnesses, reflective vests)- Worker specific tasks

The three locations of control must ‘live’ together.

Hazard Management

Hazard Management

Leadership

Incident Investigation

RTW & SAW

JOHS Committee

An integral part of your Health and Safety Management System

Hazard Management in Health Care

Challenges• Supervision• Empathic Care Givers• Time Management• Environment• Declining Health of Client• Community• Inconsistent Service Delivery

– Employee to employee– Agency to Agency(homecare)

Hazard Management in Health Care

Challenges– Ever tightening Budgets– Client wants and needs vs. Contract– Clients understanding service delivery contract– Client family interventions (+ or -)– Increasing Levels of care– Access to quality Employees – 6 visits means 6 workplaces in Home Care

Making our Workplaces Safer

Controlling the Hazards• Better understanding of how to manage the

hazards• Use of process with Safety Management

System (SMS)– CSA or ISO SMS

• Build upon existing Best Practices

Making our Workplaces Safer

Controlling the Hazards• Build upon existing Best Practices

– By sector– By job function– Regional

Making our Workplaces SaferControlling the Hazards

• Emphasis on Continuous Hazard Id & Control– Adapting to Driving conditions(home care)– Always surveying workplace conditions

• Changes within the workplace• Understanding the contract vs. the wants/wishes of the client

– Continually surveying client conditions• Declining Health means more care

– Understanding your community(homecare/community Services)

– Understanding how Hazards are Controlled along the PATH

Thank You/Questions