Creating hazard records

You create a hazard record to ensure that employees who work with work assets (assets and locations) are informed of potential dangers that are associated with those assets.

Procedure

  1. In the Hazards application, click New Hazard.
  2. In the Hazard field, specify an identifier for the hazard.
  3. Optional: In the Type field, specify the type of hazard.
  4. Optional: Specify details for the hazard, such as the source of the hazard and the regulation associated with the hazard.
  5. Specify the type of information that you associate with the hazard. If you associate a tag out procedure with the hazard, you cannot also associate a precaution or a hazardous material with the hazard.
    Associated information Action
    Precautions Select the Can Have Precautions checkbox.
    Hazardous materials Select the Can Have Hazardous Materials checkbox.
    Tag out procedures Select the Can Have Tag Outs checkbox.
  6. If you selected the Can Have Hazardous Materials checkbox, complete the fields in the Hazardous Material Information section.
  7. Click Save Hazard.

What to do next

  • In the Precautions application, you can create a precaution to associate with the hazard.
  • In the Assets application or the Locations application, you can associate the hazard with an asset or a location.