Solution: Hazardous Substances Assessments

Practical Implementation of Hazardous Substances Assessments

Identifying workplace hazards early and proactively addressing them—before health impairments or accidents occur—is a fundamental part of occupational health and safety as mandated by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. In today’s fast-paced and demanding work environment, this is more essential than ever. Companies are legally required to conduct hazardous substances assessments and implement appropriate measures to effectively protect employees from hazards and health risks.

Systematic Identification and Evaluation of All Relevant Hazards

The ConSense Hazardous Substances Assessment Module supports you throughout the entire process of systematically identifying and evaluating all relevant hazards that employees may encounter during their professional activities. ConSense also provides efficient assistance in deriving and implementing all necessary safety and health measures, as well as in the subsequent effectiveness review of these actions.

Additionally, the ConSense module simplifies hazardous substances assessments for handling dangerous materials in compliance with the Hazardous Substances Ordinance. The module offers an optional connection to the ConSense Hazardous Substances Management Module, which, upon request, enables the use of the Simple Measures Concept for Hazardous Substances (EMKG) developed by BAuA.

Benefits and Features

Systematic Identification

• Definition of hazardous substances assessment types, determination types, activities, additional references, checklists
• Specification of responsibilities, execution leadership, and team

Workflow and Versioning Concept

• Predefinable workflows, e.g., for reviewing and approving hazardous substances assessments
• Automated version control with follow-up revisions

Checklists, Questions, and Findings

• Customizable checklists
• Structured setup including topics, hazards, protection objectives, and questions
• Definition of execution options for assessments and creation of findings

Hazardous Substances Assessments

• Selection of a substance from the substance list within the ConSense Hazardous Substances Management Module
• Automatic transfer of available substance information, such as H-statements, workplace exposure limits (AGW), etc.
• Input of relevant conditions, such as exposure area/duration, release levels, etc.

Hazardous Substances Assessments Using the EMKG by BAuA

• Evaluation of risks related to skin contact, inhalation, fire, and explosion
• Query of relevant information (e.g., H-statements, exposure duration, etc.)
• Centralized checklist including approximately 1,150 predefined questions from BAuA’s protection guidelines
• Automatic compilation of protection guidelines in the checklist based on provided hazard data
• Automated assignment of hazard categories
• Automatic determination of protection levels based on entered data
• Selection of relevant protection guidelines based on protection levels
• Compilation of a structured checklist

Derivation of Measures

• Creation of measure templates for findings
• Connection to the ConSense Action Management Module

Offline Hazardous Substances Assessments (Optional Feature)

• Conducting assessments offline via AuditPad