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# Hazard assessment form

# Hazard assessment form {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated March 12, 2026  
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## Summary of Hazard Assessment Form

The hazard assessment form is a tool for risk assessment managers to evaluate hazards, select control measures, and assess risk levels effectively.
This process is essential for ensuring workplace safety and compliance with safety standards.
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## Key Features

* **Unique Identification:** Each hazard assessment is assigned a system-generated unique number.
* **Risk Analysis Association:** The form auto-populates with the corresponding risk analysis number.
* **Job and Job Step Assessment:** Users can select predefined jobs and specific job steps for the assessment, with auto-population from imported jobs when applicable.
* **Hazard Details:** Users specify the hazard being assessed and its category, including potential effects such as burns.
* **Control Measures:** Available control measures can be selected to mitigate the hazard, with an option to create new controls if necessary.
* **Risk Evaluation:** The form calculates inherent and residual severity and likelihood before and after control measures are implemented, using a risk matrix for evaluation.

## Key Outcomes

By utilizing the hazard assessment form, customers can systematically identify and manage workplace hazards, implement appropriate control measures, and ensure compliance with safety regulations. This structured approach helps in reducing risk levels effectively, contributing to a safer work environment.  
Risk assessment managers can use the hazard assessment form to review a hazard and choose their control measures and assess their risk levels.
For information on performing hazard assessments, see [Assess safety hazards and risk levels for a risk analysis](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/QldGqfQDA7bdJB2AOJuVFQ "Review the identified hazards in a risk analysis and choose their control measures to assess how they impact and mitigate the risk.").
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| Field | Description |
|-|-|
| Number | System-generated unique number for the hazard assessment. |
| Risk analysis | Risk analysis associated with this hazard assessment. This field is auto-populated with the risk analysis number that this hazard assessment is created from. |
| Job under assessment | Predefined job in the job register that this hazard assessment is conducted for. For information on predefined jobs, see [Jobs in the job register](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/0uiAmf79bRKqPwVDPwjL3w "Define jobs and their steps (if any), in the job register to predefine hazards and controls for each job type in your organization."). If the hazard comes from an imported job, this field is auto-populated from that job. |
| Job step under assessment | Job step in the selected job that this hazard assessment is conducted for. If the hazard comes from an imported job, this field is auto-populated from that job. This field appears only when a job is selected in the Job under assessed field and the job has multiple steps. |
| Hazard being assessed | Hazard that this being reviewed in this assessment. |
| Hazard category | Name of the hazard category under which this hazard is organized. This field is auto-populated from the selected hazard. |
| Effect caused by this hazard | Effect that the selected hazard could have, for example, burns. |
| Available Control Measures | Control measures that are available to select. |
| Selected Control Measures | Control measures that could help prevent the selected hazard. Select all controls that can help prevent or minimize the effect caused by the selected hazard. If a control measures should be in place and isn't available in the Available Control Measures field, select Create new control to define a new control. For more information, see [Define Health and Safety control measures](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/5blh744tujBSPpAjUpsnDw "Define effective control measures to eliminate or minimize the risks associated with each workplace hazard to help prevent workplace accidents and injuries. Maintain a list of all the controls in place in your organization for every type of job and the associated risks."). |
| Inherent severity | Severity of the hazard before control measures are in place. |
| Inherent likelihood | Likelihood of the hazard before controls. |
| Residual severity | Severity of the hazard after control measures have been put in place. |
| Residual likelihood | Likelihood of the hazard after control measures have been put in place. |
| Inherent risk | Risk level of the hazard before controls. The risk matrix used in the associated risk assessment evaluates the inherent risk level based on the severity and likelihood of the hazard before controls. For more information on risk level calculation, see [Risk matrix form](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/KS0bXHIm5jTj4xyF2tjEgg "Safety team can use the risk matrixes to create and conduct risk assessments in the Health and Safety Workspace."). |
| Residual risk | Risk level of the hazard after controls. The associated risk matrix evaluates the residual risk level for the hazard based on the severity and likelihood of the hazard after controls. After controls, the risk level should be reduced. |
[Table 1. Hazard assessment]

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