Adding safety hazards and precautions to work orders

Add hazards to work orders to alert your employees to of all the dangers (bodily harm, environmental issues like spills) they face when performing required maintenance.

Add hazards to work orders to alert your employees to of all the dangers (bodily harm, environmental issues like spills) they face when performing required maintenance. Attach precautions to these hazards so they can safeguard themselves and their surroundings from these potential dangers. For example, if you must maintain electrical equipment, electrocution is a hazard. Add a precaution to turn that equipment off and remove from the power outlet before performing repairs on that electrical equipment.

  1. Select Work > Work Orders.
  2. Select the work order for which to add safety precautions and hazards, and then click the Safety tab.
  3. Click Add Safety Record.
  4. Specify this information:
    Hazard
    Specify the hazard to add to the work order.
    Precaution
    Specify the safety measure to protect your employees from the hazard.
    Timing
    Select the timing which is used to identify when the precaution should be taken. For example, if your employee is working with fire, you can enter the timing of "during" to alert the employee that they should wear fire-resistant clothing during the task.
    Sequence
    Specify the sequence number which is used to identify the order in which your employee should be made aware of the precaution. All precautions are important regardless of the sequence number entered.

    Select the Delete Pending check box to delete the pending safety record during the next review. This check box is enabled when organization option SAFERREQ is set to YES.

    Health Hazard
    Specify the code based on the Hazardous Materials Code (400) of the NFPA that indicates the degree to which the materials used poses a hazard to the health of the employee.
    Flammability
    Specify the code based on the Hazardous Materials Code (400) of the NFPA that indicates the degree to which the materials used are flammable.
    Instability
    Specify the code based on the Hazardous Materials Code (400) of the NFPA that indicates the degree to which the materials used can detonate or explode.
    Special Hazards
    Specify the code based on the Hazardous Materials Code (400) of the NFPA that indicates any special hazards related to the materials used.
    Equipment
    Specify the equipment for which to observe the hazards and precautions for multi-equipment work orders.
    Responsibility
    Optionally, specify the precaution responsibility code for the employee responsible for performing the precautions associated with the work order.
  5. Click Submit.
Parent topic: Creating regular work orders