Safety Hazard Register

Purpose. This register lists the hazards identified across flight, cabin, ground and training operations with their risk assessment, controls, control owners and review dates, and is the core record of the safety risk management process.

1.Purpose

The hazard register turns reports, audits and data into a managed list of hazards with controls that have owners. It is reviewed by the safety action group monthly and by the safety review board quarterly and is available to every manager.

2.What is recorded

For each hazard the register records a reference, the operational area, a description of the hazard and its potential consequences, the inherent risk rating from the SkyBridge risk matrix, the existing controls, the residual risk rating, additional controls required, the control owner and the review date.

3.Current principal hazards

The principal hazards of the operation are listed below and each has a detailed entry in the live register maintained by the safety and compliance manager.

• Ground damage from equipment contact with aircraft
• Incorrect loading and load sheet errors affecting weight and balance
• Undeclared dangerous goods in baggage and freight
• Fatigue in crew, ground staff and instructors
• Wildlife and foreign object debris on the runway and apron
• Airside access breaches and unattended items
• Training aircraft conflict with airline traffic at the aerodrome
• Weather including thunderstorms, low cloud and strong crosswinds

4.Adding and reviewing hazards

Any worker can nominate a hazard through the Safety Reporting System. The safety and compliance manager assesses it, adds it to the register and assigns an owner. Owners must review their hazards at least every six months and after any related occurrence, and must record whether the controls are working.

5.Risk acceptance

Residual risks rated high must be accepted by the accountable manager in writing with the reasons and a review date. Risks rated extreme must not be accepted; the activity must stop until controls reduce the risk.

6.Links to other records

Occurrences in the Safety Reporting System are linked to the hazard they relate to so that trends can be seen. Equipment hazards are cross-referenced to the Ground Support Equipment Register.