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HAZARD-SPOTTING5 MIN READ

The 30-Second Hazard Scan

Run a fast pre-task scan that catches people, energy, path, and change hazards.

The scan is a current-conditions reset. Before a task starts, ask four prompts in order: people, energy, path, and change. People Who can be exposed, enter the area, distract the task, or help control it? Include bystanders, contractors, visitors, and anyone who may not know the plan. Energy What can move, fall, roll, energize, pinch, spray, heat, pressurize, or release? Energy is often hidden after equipment stops or before a load shifts. Path Where will people, loads, carts, cords, fluids, tools, or vehicles travel? Many hazards are not objects; they are conflicts in the same path. Change What is different…

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