CSA Z1002 - Occupational Health and Safety - Hazard Identification and Elimination and Risk Assessment and Control Worker fatalities, injuries, and illnesses have a significant impact on society and the economy yet many organizations have difficulty with effectively assessing and controlling workplace safety risks. There currently exists over one-hundred risk assessment models across legislations, in standards, and in guidance documents with confusing terminology. This can lead to misunderstood or misinterpreted information being used to make critical organizational decisions regarding risk tolerance. CSA Z1002 helps to bring clarity by focusing on protecting workers through hazard identification, control and elimination where possible. This new standard puts forward the structure for improved worker safety and provides employers with a framework for successful implementation of risk assessment methodologies that can be incorporated into their existing OHS Management System. Highlights of Z1002 Include: Aligns with OH&S Management System principles contained in Z1000 Applies to organizations of any size and can be applied at all stages in the lifecycle of a product, process, or service Focuses on hazards that can be eliminated as well as control of those that cannot be eliminated

Preface This is the first edition of CSA Z1002, Occupational health and safety - Hazard identification and elimination and risk assessment and control. This Standard is part of the CSA Z1000 series of occupational health and safety management Standards. Scope 1.1 General This Standard specifies requirements for the identification of OHS hazards, their elimination where practical, and assessment and control of risks associated with remaining hazards. 1.2 Applicability This Standard is applicable to organizations of any size or type and can be applied at all stages in the lifecycle of a product, process, or service. 1.3Use This Standard is intended to be used by all stakeholders, e.g., those who are responsible for (a) evaluating an organization\'s practices in assessing OHS risk; (b) ensuring that an organization eliminates OHS hazards and controls risk associated with remaining hazards that cannot be eliminated; (c) organizational efforts to eliminate OHS hazards and control risk associated with a specific area or activity; and (d) development of standards, guides, procedures, and codes of practice that in whole or in part set out how hazards are to be eliminated and risks controlled within the specific context of their documents. 1.4 Terminology In this Standard, \"shall\" is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the standard; \"should\" is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and \"may\" is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the standard. Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material. Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements. Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (nonmandatory) to define their application.