This document outlines the methodology for conducting a hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA). It describes the objectives of a HIRA as helping to prepare for the most likely hazards, isolate any hazards that cannot affect the community, and create emergency plans based on high risk scenarios. The methodology involves identifying hazards, assessing their risks through analysis of frequency and consequences, determining control measures, implementing controls, and ongoing monitoring and review. As an example, several hazards identified for one site are listed along with their original and residual risk ratings after implementing controls.

1. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT

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CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Objective
• Scope
• Methodology
• Results and Discussions (include pictures if possible)
• References

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INTRODUCTION
What is a HIRA?
A HIRA is a risk assessment tool that can be used to assess which
hazards pose the greatest risk in terms of how likely they are to
occur and how great their potential impact may be. It is not
intended to be used as a prediction tool to determine which hazard
will cause the next emergency.

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OBJECTIVE
• Help you to prepare for the worst and/or most likely hazards.
• Save time by isolating any hazards which can not affect your
community.
• Allows for the creation of emergency plans, exercises and
training based on the most likely and/or highest risk scenarios.
• Helps your program to become proactive rather than just
reactive.

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SCOPE
• HIRA leads to help in
• Increased productivity
• Avoiding injuries
• Avoiding costly, time consuming, stressful and inconvenient
incidents

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METHODOLOGY
There are four steps to create and maintain a HIRA

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1. Hazard identification: Hazard has to be identified in
workplace using different assessment methods like
FMEA,FTA,ETA etc
Hazard are of two types
• Health hazard
• Safety hazard
2. Risk assessment: It is an integral part of risk management
consists of
• Identification
• Analysis- says about frequency, consequence,Risk matrix
• Evaluation- control selection;control effectiveness

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3. Determining the control measure: Hirerachy of control measure
to reduce the impact of the hazard
• Elimination
• Substitution
• Isolation
• Segregation
• Engineering controls and administrative controls
• PPE

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4. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONTROL MEASURE:
Implement the control measure that has determined.
5. MONITOR AND REVIEW:
It is important to remember that a HIRA is an ongoing process and
hazards and their associated risks must be monitored and reviewed
at least once per year.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
HAZARD RISK RATING =P*S
S-severity; P-probability
RISK RATING AFTER
IMPLEMENTING CONTROL
MEASURE
1.Eloctrocution,Fibrillation,loss of life 3*4=12 2*4=8
2.trip or fall hazard 3*3=9 2*3=6
3.Biological Hazard 2*3=6 1*3=3
4.physical hazard 4*3=12 2*3=6
5.harmful waste 2*3=6 1*2=2
RISK EVENT:
LOW - 1 TO 8 (GREEN)
MEDIUM- 8 TO 12(ORANGE)
HIGH - 12 TO 25 (RED)

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REFERENCES
• Emergency management Ontario,2012
• Occupational health safety association.