Digitize Field Level Hazard Assessments to enhance safety, compliance, and real-time hazard visibility. Learn how digital FLHAs improve workplace safety.
The lifecycle of a Field Level Hazard Assessment (FLHA) has traditionally been long, paper-heavy, and full of bottlenecks. It starts first thing in the morning—after the daily safety meeting or toolbox talk—when workers head into the field with paper FLHA forms in hand.
Today, companies across construction, field services, oil & gas, utilities, and industrial worksites are moving away from paper-based FLHAs and toward digital solutions that improve compliance, reduce risk, and give supervisors real-time visibility. Below, we’ll walk through how an FLHA works and how safety management software modernizes the entire lifecycle.
A Field Level Hazard Assessment (FLHA) is a step-by-step process workers use to identify hazards, assess risk, and document the controls needed to work safely. Often referred to as a “stop and think” tool, an FLHA helps:
Build task–hazard–control awareness
Minimize workplace incidents
Create due diligence through documented risk assessments
Strengthen safety culture on every jobsite
Workers complete an FLHA before starting work and update it throughout the day as job tasks or site conditions change.
Traditionally, the lifecycle of an FLHA follows this path:
Workers begin the day by listing the tasks they are about to perform.
For each task, workers document the associated hazards and assign an initial risk rating.
After identifying hazards, workers document the controls required to reduce risk and perform a final risk ranking before beginning work.
As conditions change or new tasks begin, workers update their FLHA to reflect new hazards and required controls.
If the task introduces risk to nearby workers, the primary worker may review the FLHA with them and obtain signatures.
If a safety officer encounters the worker, they may review the FLHA, offer mentorship, and ensure hazard recognition is accurate and complete.
At the end of the shift, the FLHA is turned in, reviewed, manually filed, and, if needed, referenced later for an audit or investigation.
While this process meets compliance requirements, it also creates information lag, paper clutter, limited visibility, and minimal proactive hazard management.
Taking your FLHA digital modernizes the entire process, not just for the worker, but for supervisors, safety teams, and company leadership.
With Safety Evolution’s safety management software, you get real-time access to every FLHA form from every worker, on every jobsite.
This upgrade enables:
Supervisors can immediately see hazards, risks, and controls submitted from the field, no waiting for paper forms.
Digital analytics highlight risk trends so supervisors can intervene early rather than reacting after an event.
Safety professionals can identify high-risk activities in seconds, allowing them to spend time where it matters most.
Owners and executives gain visibility into field risk, compliance, and safety performance without waiting for reports or paperwork.
The flow of information no longer stops at the safety person—data moves freely across the organization, enabling proactive risk management.
Digitizing your FLHA forms brings immediate operational benefits:
User-friendly, mobile-first app experience
Interactive forms with guided hazard prompts
Attach photos, notes, and documentation
Instant notifications and supervisor feedback
Cloud-based storage accessible anywhere
Automatic analytics and reporting
Elimination of filing cabinets, lost paperwork, and manual data entry
Digital FLHAs are compliance-ready, audit-ready, and easy for workers to complete, even in high-risk or fast-moving environments.
Check out our Demo on Demand and we’ll show you exactly how Safety Evolution transforms FLHAs with digital forms, real-time hazard visibility, analytics, and streamlined compliance.
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