A "thread analysis" is a method to ensure identified hazards are analyzed and controlled. Hazards analysis can be intimating – a mistake can literally be a life-or-death issue. What happens if a hazard is missed? What happens if a hazard is mistakenly characterized? What happens if a hazard isn't adequately controlled?

This 6-hour session will be divided into thirds. The first section provides an overview of the entire hazards analysis process from start to finish. The instructors will present a unified method for the hazards identification, hazards screening, and hazards evaluation as well as control derivation, and control hierarchy analysis. The hazards analysis process will be revealed in clear and concise discussion. This session will be a discussion – bring problems, bring experience, and bring questions.

The second portion will be a hands-on hazards identification, screening, and?analysis with a real-world example. Participants will work in groups to identify hazards, brainstorm hazard events, associated consequences, and identify/assign controls/safeguards.

The final portion is a hands-on completion of a qualitative risk analysis using standardized consequence and frequency tables with a defined qualitative risk matrix. The risk matrix will be used to provide a control hierarchy. The instructors will provide an understanding for the performance and value of a "thread analysis" to ensure a connection from start to finish of any hazard analysis. Participants will leave the session with the experience of practical application of performing a hazards analysis with a connected Hazards Identification Checklist, Screening Evaluation, Hazards Analysis Table, and Qualitative Risk Analysis.