In a newly released video, the Healthier Workforce Center team demonstrates a brief, virtual hazard mapping activity.
Hazard mapping is commonly used to identify workplace safety hazards. It begins with an exercise that asks participants to draw their workplace and identify safety hazards. In a Total Worker Health approach, participants are also asked to draw or list health/well-being hazards on their map. Maps should include traditional safety hazards such as noise, toxic chemicals, slips, trips and falls, as well as non-traditional hazards such as workplace violence, stress, and working with difficult customers. Potential solutions to address the identified hazards including changes to the work environment, adoption of policies, and individual behaviors can also be discussed with participants.
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