Hazard assessment form

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  • Updated December 8, 2025
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    Summary of Hazard assessment form

    The Hazard Assessment form enables risk assessment managers to systematically review hazards associated with specific jobs or job steps, select appropriate control measures, and evaluate the risk levels before and after controls are applied. This process supports thorough risk analysis within ServiceNow’s safety management framework.

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    Key Features

    • Automatic Linking: The form auto-populates with related risk analysis numbers and job details when hazards come from predefined or imported jobs, streamlining data consistency.
    • Hazard Details: Includes fields for identifying the hazard, its category, and the potential effects (e.g., burns) to clarify the nature and impact of each hazard.
    • Control Measures Selection: Offers lists of available and selected control measures to help prevent or mitigate hazards. Users can also create new control measures if existing options do not suffice.
    • Risk Evaluation: Captures both inherent (before controls) and residual (after controls) severity and likelihood levels, enabling calculation of inherent and residual risk levels using an associated risk matrix.

    Key Outcomes

    • Facilitates a structured hazard review process tied to specific jobs and job steps, improving clarity and accountability in hazard management.
    • Supports informed decision-making by quantifying risk levels before and after implementing control measures, ensuring effective risk reduction.
    • Enables continuous improvement by allowing the addition of new control measures tailored to unique hazards not previously addressed.
    • Integrates seamlessly with broader risk analysis workflows, providing essential data for overall safety and compliance management.

    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.

    Table 1. Hazard assessment
    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.

    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.
    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.
    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.