Health, Safety and Environment - International Labour Organization

Manual 3:HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTFOR WORKER HS&E REPRESENTATIVESIntroduction to hazard mappingFollowing a body mapping activity with our members, we can use furthermapping techniques to investigate the problems further. One technique iscalled hazard mapping, which should help to identify hazards andprioritise the risks that we want to tackle. With hazard mapping, a roughmap of the workplace (and the living environment if that is close to or partof the workplace, for example, on a plantation) can be used to highlightwhere problems are found. Like body mapping, hazard mapping is a visualway of discussing hazards and ill health in the workplace.How to hazard mapWhat you will needA simple plan/map of the workplace on a large piece of paper. You candraw this up on the course to take back to work. (You can check withyour members to see if anything needs to be added). If your membersmove around in their jobs, your plan should try to illustrate thisThe results of the body mappingPens so that members can mark hazards on to the map84 Health, Safety and EnvironmentA Series of Trade Union EducationManuals for Agricultural Workers