Re: Hazard identification for pest-control activities
Hello !
Help needed for identifying hazards and associated risks, aspects and environmental impacts involved while carrying out pest-control activities in factory premises.
Thanks in advance,
Minrah
Minrah,
Work with your colleagues so you have reps from all parts of the business to provide their inputs and reach consensus. Their understanding and buy-in is essential, so is specificity for your company and each project so do not copy someone else's assessment.
First, determine the products and by-products (aka pollution to the air, water, ground and humans).
Then determine your processes for carrying out pest control and list the activities within these processes. Include the planning, purchasing and any disposal and cleaning processes. Also include transportation, inadvertent spilling and what happens when the amount of poison is overestimated.
These are your environmental aspects and you need to know which of these has or could have a significant impact (beneficial and adverse) on the environment in terms of:
- Magnitude of impact
- Frequency of occurrence
- Speed of detection and correction
You could rank each of A, B and C between 1 and 5. Then add or multiply the rankings for each environment aspect according to their beneficial or adverse impacts.
Facilitate this assessment with your colleagues where to draw the line of significance/less than significant.
List your significant environmental aspects.
Then make sure your organizational management system has the necessary competences, controls, objectives and emergency routines to enable the significant beneficial impacts and prevent the significant adverse impacts.
You may need to repeat this when bidding for new projects (especially if they are unusual) so your bid includes the value, price and cost of any necessary operational controls.
John