Is it possible to work without injuries and accidents? This goal has long ceased to be fantastic if a risk-oriented approach is applied. It is enough to ask yourself a simple question: "What could go wrong if...?"
Let's imagine: it's summer, you're walking down the street, looking around carefully, and asking yourself: what dangers surround me? A protruding curb; a dry branch falling from a tree; a half-open manhole cover... There is a risk that you could trip, fall, and hit, for example, your back or other body parts.
The ability to understand how events might unfold gives us the opportunity to prevent them correctly and in time. HSE specialists call these skills dynamic risk assessment. A person's ability to see risks in everyday life serves as the basis for a more detailed analysis of risks in production.
In many companies, there is a universal tool for identifying hazards — "risk hunting." A team of experts, or "hunters," goes to a specific area of a production or non-production site; their task is to find situations within an hour where something could go wrong, identify risks, and propose measures to eliminate them or reduce them to an acceptable level.
Applying this tool at a systemic level allows for the identification of potential situations that could lead to undesirable events.
"Risk hunting" is an effective tool that allows for the anticipation of negative scenarios in production and the taking of preventive measures to avoid them. Employees who find, record, and eliminate risks create a safe environment where everyone feels protected. This is how everyone contributes to the development of a safety culture.
Each of us has the opportunity to take on the role of a "hunter" and think about what could go wrong.
Remember, if something looks unsafe, it most likely is!