Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 59 of 538 Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 009 P age Nu m b e r 4 of 5 Ha z a rd r a ti n g shoul d be g iven to e a c h a c ti on doc u mente d The A B C ra ti ng method will be use d to ra te items obser ve d du ring the s a fe t y inspe c ti on The re a son for thi s s y st e m i s to h ig hli g ht t he de gre e o f se ve rit y o f those ha z a rds a nd to assis t bo th t he inspec tors a nd the e mpl o y e r in c a rr y in g out cor re c ti ve a c ti ons R e c omm e nd c orr e c ti ve a c ti on a nd a ssi g n a c c ountabili t y for e nsurin g c or re c ti ve a c ti on b y a c e rta in da te C omm unica te w ritten inspec ti on re port to t he man a ge ment the supe rvisor s a nd the sa f e t y c omm it tee C ompl e ted inspe c ti on re ports sha ll be post e d on the he a lt h a nd sa fe t y boa r d withi n one we e k a fte r the inspe c ti on ha s be e n c ompl e ted 34 I MP L EMEN T AT I ON A ND F O LL OW UP Ana l y z in g of inspe c ti on r e ports is one of the prima r y func ti ons of the wo rk plac e c omm it tee a nd th e wor k plac e h e a lt h a nd s a f e t y r e pr e se ntative C orr e c ti ve a c ti on shoul d be take n a s soon a s poss i ble on a n y de fic i e nc ies n oted in the I nsp e c ti ons F e e dba c k on thi s a c ti on mus t be c onve y e d to t he inspec ti on tea ms p osted on bull e ti n bo a rd a nd sha re d in t he mont hl y or sta ff me e ti ng s 40 T YP E S OF S A F E T Y I NSP E CTIO NS 41 F ORMA L P L AN NE D IN S P ECT I ON S F or mal ins pe c ti ons a re pl a nne d s y stema ti c a nd p e riodic e x a mi na ti ons of the wor kplac e whic h a re c onduc ted b y a t e a m con sis ti ng of bo th m a na g e m e nt and the sa f e t y c omm it tee The se inspe c ti ons a r e for mall y do c umente d wit h the use of a c he c kli st a nd a re port that includ e s re c omm e nda ti ons fo r c orr e c ti ve a c ti ons Ha z a rd r a ti n g is cla ssi fie d a s following A An y c ondit ion or pr a c ti c e that ha s a pot e nti a l for c a usin g loss of life b od y pa rt a ndor e x tensive loss of str uc ture e quipm e nt or mate ria l Thi s mea ns t ha t i mm e diate c orr e c ti ve a c ti on is re quire d Ac ti vit y shoul d b e disconti nue d unti l t he ha z a rd is c orr e c ted E g a wor ke r b y p a ssi ng a sa f e t y g ua rd switch B An y c ondit ion or pr a c ti c e with t he potential f o r c a usin g a se rious inj ur y il lness or prope rt y da ma ge Ur ge nt si tuations re quire a tt e nti on a s soon as possi ble E g fo rklift truc ks a re round in g a bli nd c orne r into a lo a ding a re a without stopp ing a wor ke r is usi n g a n olfa knife without we a ring prop e r c ut re sis tant sa fe t y g loves C An y c ondit ion or pr a c ti c e with a pr ob a ble pot e nti a l for c a using a non d isabling inj ur y or no n disrupti ve prop e r t y da ma ge The s e ty p e s o f ha z a rds should b e e li mi na ted w it hout dela y but t he sit ua ti on is not an e mer g e n c y E g ther e is an oil spi ll in an a re a that is not ut il i z e d b y the w o rke rs