Suggested Response - Q4

** Conduct a ‘Hazard Identification’ of common hazards found in a brewery. To do this, you may want to use a list of prompts (e.g. different types of energy - potential, kinetic, thermal, chemical, electrical, etc) to help you think of possible hazards. You could do this by considering different areas or different job-related tasks. Complete the list of common hazards in the following table for at least ten hazards. One example has been given for illustration purposes.

Response:

Other potential answers are included in the table below.

Hazard Identification

 

Risk Control

Energy Type (Prompt)

Hazard

Area/Equipment Example

Control Measures (Examples)

Potential

 

Fall from height
  • Top of external fermenters
  • Vessel ladders locked
  • Access permit
  • Training

 

Slips and trips
  • Packaging hall
  • Non-slip safety shoes
  • Weekly floor condition inspection
  • Handrail use policy
  • Housekeeping

 

Kinetic

Forklift trucks
  • Warehouse
  • Dedicated walkways
  • Driver training

 

Rotating machinery
  • Utilities
  • Packaging
  • Machine guarding
  • Interlocks
  • LOTO system

 

Thermal

Steam lines
  • Utilities
  • Brewhouse
  • Basement
  • Insulation
  • PPE
  • Signage

 

Mash tun, kettle, whirlpool, pasteuriser
  • Brewhouse
  • Insulation
  • PPE
  • Training

 

Ammonia lines
  • Refrigeration plant
  • Cellars
  • Insulation
  • PPE
  • Training
  • Pipe colour code

 

Chemical

Fire
  • Offices
  • Warehouse
  • Smoke detection
  • Automatic sprinklers
  • Hotwork controls

 

Explosion

 
  • Utilities
  • Malt handling and storage
  • Boiler house
  • Anaerobic digester
  • System safety design review
  • Control of ignition sources
  • Housekeeping
  • Gas detection

 

Asphyxiation
  • Fermenter access
  • Confined space permit
  • Oxygen level testing

 

Poisoning
  • Chlorination plant
  • Ammonia
  • Refrigeration
  • System design review or HAZOP
  • PPE
  • Gas detection

 

Intoxication
  • Ethanol
  • Laboratories

 
  • Training
  • Random alcohol testing

 

Carcinogen - asbestos
  • Old utilities
  • Old roof

 
  • Signage
  • Replacement

 

Electrical

Burns
  • Sub station
  • Access control
  • Signage
  • Training

 

Electrocution
  • Ring feeds (motor control centres ­– MCCs)
  • Maintenance
  • Signage
  • Training

 

Radiation

Light (welding)
  • Workshops
  • PPE
  • Training

 

Light (lack thereof)
  • Cellars
  • Basement
  • Warehouse

 
  • Light surveys
  • Maintenance

 

Magnetic (pace maker risk)

 
  • Malt intake
  • Signage
  • Induction training
  • Contractor / visitor questionnaires

 

X-ray
  • Empty bottle inspector
  • Signage
  • Operator and maintenance training

 

Sound

Noise
  • Packaging hall
  • Equipment design
  • Roof baffle plates
  • PPE (ear plugs)

 

 
  • Utilities
  • Equipment design
  • Roof baffle plates
  • PPE (ear plugs)

 
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