This hazard identification checklist is free to use, easily editable and makes the task of identifying (and then rectifying) hazards easier and faster than before - keeping more sites and more people safe.

Identifying hazards is the first step to keeping people safe. It's much easier to create preventative measures and adjust potential hazards than it is to rectify mistakes or reverse injuries.

The problem with hazard identification is that people on site either intentionally gloss over (or ignore) the hazards they see, or the process involved with reporting and documenting a hazard is simply too difficult and time consuming. After all, most people on site aren't judged based on their ability to report hazards.

The key to improving hazard identification frequency and quality and reducing incidents is to improve your hazard identification process.

Using an always accessible and quick-smart hazard checklist like the one you see to the right enables people to make hazard identification a part of their work process. The checklist serves as a memory jolt and nudge towards being more conscious of potential hazards that otherwise might be overlooked.

When a hazard is identified, it is then pushed to a project manager or other stakeholder in real-time, so that they can take a corrective action to ensure the hazard is rectified.

There are an incredible number and type of potential hazards on site, but they typically fall into some core categories - most of which are captured in this hazard identification checklist. You can add other categories and checks to the form with ease.