How to quickly identify hazards at work?

Hidden dangers refer to hidden disasters, that is, hidden and latent dangerous events or disasters.

Accident hazards generally refer to unsafe behaviors of people, unsafe conditions of objects and management defects in the production system that can lead to accidents.

Accident hazards are summarized into 21 categories:

Fire, explosion, poisoning and suffocation, water damage, collapse, landslide, leakage, corrosion, electric shock, fall, mechanical injury, coal and gas outburst, highway facility injury, highway vehicle injury, railway facility injury, railway vehicle injury, water transportation injury, Port terminal damage, air transport damage, airport damage, other hidden dangers, etc.

During enterprise safety production inspections, attention should be paid to checking for the following more common accident hazards:

unsafe behavior of people

There are 11 main categories, which are also the main direct causes of human injuries in production safety accidents.

1. Ignoring safety, ignoring warnings, and operating errors.
2. Human-induced failure of safety devices.
3. Use unsafe equipment.
4. Use hands instead of tools.
5. Improper storage of objects.
6. Venture into dangerous places.
7. Climb or sit in unsafe positions.
8. Interfering and distracting behavior.
9. Neglecting the use of personal protective equipment and tools or failing to use them correctly.
10. Unsafe attire. Hundreds of Management
11. Incorrect contact with and handling of flammable, explosive and other dangerous items.

unsafe condition of things

There are mainly 4 categories, which are also the main direct causes of production safety accidents.

1. Protection, insurance, signaling and other devices are lacking or defective.
2. Equipment, facilities, tools and accessories are defective.
3. Labor protection equipment is lacking or defective.
4. The working environment of the production (construction) site is poor.

management shortcomings

There are seven main categories, which are also the main indirect causes of management safety accidents.

1. Technical and design defects.
2. Inadequate production safety education and training.
3. The labor organization is unreasonable.
4. Lack of inspection or incorrect guidance on on-site work.
5. There are no safety production management rules and regulations and safe operating procedures, or they are incomplete.
6. There are no or incomplete accident prevention and emergency measures.
7. Failure to rectify potential accident hazards and funding is not implemented.

Identification of hazards and harmful factors

Dangerous factors refer to factors that can cause casualties to people or sudden damage to objects; harmful factors refer to factors that can affect people's health, cause disease, or cause chronic damage to objects.

Usually, the two are not distinguished and are collectively referred to as dangerous and harmful factors.