Tutorial 2: Add Your First Hazard

In this tutorial, you will add a hazard to your hazard register, assess its risk level, and assign it for follow-up. By the end, you will understand how SteadyOn’s hazard register works and how the BRAG status system keeps you informed.

Time required: 10 minutes
Prerequisite: Tutorial 1: Set Up Your Organisation

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Background: What is a hazard?

Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, a hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm — injury, illness, or death. Identifying and managing hazards is one of your primary duties as a PCBU (Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking).

SteadyOn’s hazard register is your central record of all known hazards, their risk levels, and what you are doing to manage them.

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Step 1: Open the Hazard Register

1. Click Hazards in the left sidebar
2. You will see the Hazard Register — currently empty

The hazard register shows all hazards in a list, with their risk level and status. You can switch between list view and card view using the icons in the top right of the filter bar.

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Step 2: Report a hazard

Let’s add a real hazard from your workplace. We’ll use “Wet floors in the kitchen area” as an example.

1. Click Report Hazard in the top right

2. Fill in the form:

   Title: Wet floors in kitchen area
   Description: Spills occur frequently near the sink and dishwasher during meal prep and cleanup. Floor becomes slippery.
   Location: Kitchen
   Hazard Type: Permanent (this hazard exists as an ongoing condition)

3. Scroll to Risk Assessment

4. Set Likelihood to Likely — spills happen regularly

5. Set Consequence to Moderate — a slip could cause sprains or fractures

6. SteadyOn automatically calculates the Risk Level as High

7. In Control Measures, describe what you are already doing:
   Anti-slip matting installed. "Caution: Wet Floor" signs available.

8. Set a Review Date — when should this hazard be reassessed? Set it to 3 months from today.

9. Click Save Hazard

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Step 3: Understand the BRAG status

After saving, your hazard appears in the register with a coloured dot:

Colour	Meaning
🔴 Red	Overdue for review, or very high / critical risk
🟠 Amber	Due for review within 14 days, or high risk
🟢 Green	Within review schedule, managed risk
🔵 Blue	Closed, or not yet assessed

Your new hazard will show as Amber (High risk) until its review date passes or the risk is reduced. This is intentional — a High risk hazard warrants attention.

BRAG explained: SteadyOn uses BRAG to surface the things that need your attention. Instead of manually checking every record, the dashboard shows you what is red and amber so you know where to focus.

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Step 4: Raise a corrective action

A hazard at High risk with only partial controls in place needs follow-up. Let’s raise an action to improve the controls.

1. On the hazard list, click the hazard title to open its detail page
2. Scroll to the Actions section
3. Click Add Action
4. Fill in:
   • Title: Install additional non-slip flooring tiles throughout kitchen
   • Type: Engineering — a physical control measure
   • Priority: Short-term
   • Due date: Set to 4 weeks from today
5. Click Save

The action is now tracked in your Corrective Actions register and linked back to this hazard.

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Step 5: Try the Guided Wizard

SteadyOn also includes a Guided Wizard for reporting hazards — it walks you through each step with prompts and explanations. This is useful for team members who are less experienced with risk assessment.

1. Click More ▾ in the Hazard Register header
2. Click Guided Wizard
3. Follow the prompts — it asks questions in plain language and translates your answers into a risk assessment

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What you’ve accomplished

You now know how to:

• ✅ Add a hazard with a risk assessment
• ✅ Understand the BRAG traffic-light system
• ✅ Raise a corrective action from a hazard

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Next step

Continue to Tutorial 3: Report an Incident to learn how to record and investigate workplace incidents.