Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA) Hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA) study offers the systematic approach to assess hazards and their associated risks that may offer an objective measure of an identified hazard as well as provide a technique to manage the risk.
Why HIRA Study 1. To identify all the factors which may cause harm to workers. 2. Consider the probability of incidents and assessing their severity 3. Identify the existing safeguards and controls. 4. Assess the risks and to make sure they are within acceptable limits. 5. Recommendation to effectively counter the possibility of hazards
Inputs Needed HIRA id highly dependent on the availability and accuracy of the input data, with more complete input data providing a higher confidence on the validity and robustness of the results obtained. The example of data collection will be specific to operations, building design, personnel / population occupancy levels.