15 Free Hazard Identification Games in 3D
These are 15 free hazard identification games in 3D. Each one puts you inside a workplace, a construction site, a factory, a warehouse, an office and more, and asks you to find every hazard. Walk around, look up and down, and tap anything you think is unsafe. A card tells you what the hazard is and why it matters. There are 193 hazards to find in all.
Most lists of workplace safety games are ideas for activities to run with a group. These are games you can play right now. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to install: they run in your browser on a phone or a computer.
Start with the construction site
The 15 hazard identification games
Construction Site: 16 hazards
Workers, an excavator and a crane on an open site. Find the hazards around excavation, work at height, lifting, confined space and permits to work.
Play Construction Site in 3D · Picture quiz · PDF with answers
Warehouse: 9 hazards
Shelving, stairs and a pallet truck in a storage hall. Find the hazards around damaged floors, housekeeping, unlabelled material and blocked pathways.
Play Warehouse in 3D · Picture quiz · PDF with answers
Factory Yard: 26 hazards
Crates, pipes, a ladder and a forklift in a busy yard. Find the hazards around ladders, lifting, forklifts, hot work, compressed air and housekeeping.
Play Factory Yard in 3D · Picture quiz · PDF with answers
Factory Floor: 27 hazards
An overhead crane, a conveyor and a forklift on the shop floor. Find the hazards around cranes and slings, PPE, forklifts, scaffolds, gas cylinders and fire equipment.
Play Factory Floor in 3D · Picture quiz · PDF with answers
Machine Shop: 13 hazards
A table saw, workbenches and a fire exit. Find the hazards around machine guards, PPE, smoking, a blocked fire exit and spills.
Play Machine Shop in 3D · Picture quiz · PDF with answers
Metal Workshop: 9 hazards
A lathe, a grinder and a chain hoist. Find the hazards around grinding, welding fumes, heavy lifting, hot surfaces and moving machinery.
Play Metal Workshop in 3D · Picture quiz · PDF with answers
Cable Factory: 12 hazards
Cable drums on the production floor and a control room. Find the hazards around pinch points, exposed cables, spills, safety shoes and aggression at work.
Play Cable Factory in 3D · Picture quiz
Food Factory: 12 hazards
A frying line, a slicer and a forklift. Find the hazards around forklifts, a slicer, hot oil, hygiene and manual handling.
Play Food Factory in 3D · Picture quiz · PDF with answers
Car Garage: 22 hazards
A repair bay with a red car and a mezzanine above it. Find the hazards around ladders, spills, an open mezzanine, fire extinguishers and posture.
Play Car Garage in 3D · Picture quiz · PDF with answers
Office: 14 hazards
An open-plan office with desks and cupboards. Find the hazards around fire doors, overloaded sockets, lifting, chairs and spills.
Play Office in 3D · Picture quiz · PDF with answers
Photo Studio: 8 hazards
A studio with lights, a kitchenette, shelves and a ladder. Find the hazards around ladders, trailing wires, storage, spills, sockets and posture.
Play Photo Studio in 3D · Picture quiz
Scaffolding: 5 hazards
A scaffold of tubes around a tower, with people working on it. Find the hazards around work at height, manual handling, helmets and footwear on a scaffold.
Play Scaffolding in 3D · Picture quiz
Conveyor Gallery: 5 hazards
A long walkway beside a belt conveyor. Find the hazards around spillage, trailing hoses, an unguarded conveyor, handrails and dust.
Play Conveyor Gallery in 3D · Picture quiz
Shipyard: 4 hazards
A quay beside a ship hull, with a crane overhead. Find the hazards around work at height, trailing hoses, housekeeping and overhead work.
Play Shipyard in 3D · Picture quiz
Christmas Home: 11 hazards
A family home decorated for the festive season. Find the hazards around fire, electrics, slips and trips around a festive home.
Play Christmas Home in 3D · Picture quiz · PDF with answers
Which game suits your workplace?
| Your work | Start with |
|---|---|
| Construction and civil works | Construction Site, Scaffolding |
| Manufacturing and engineering | Factory Floor, Factory Yard, Machine Shop, Metal Workshop, Cable Factory |
| Warehousing and logistics | Warehouse |
| Bulk handling, mining and cement | Conveyor Gallery |
| Food processing | Food Factory |
| Vehicle workshops | Car Garage |
| Offices and studios | Office, Photo Studio |
| Ports and shipbuilding | Shipyard |
| Home and the festive season | Christmas Home |
How to play
- On a phone or tablet: your left thumb walks, a drag anywhere else looks around, and a tap identifies.
- On a computer: W, A, S and D walk, dragging the mouse looks around, and a click identifies.
- Keyboard only: the arrow keys walk and turn, Page Up and Page Down look up and down, and Enter identifies whatever is in the centre circle.
Each correct tap opens a card with the hazard explained. A wrong tap counts against you, so look before you tap. When you finish, the game lists the hazards you missed and can show them in the scene.
Use them in a toolbox talk or a training session
- As a group: put one game on a projector or a TV. One person walks, and the group calls out what they see.
- One each: send the link to everyone’s phone. Each person plays alone, then compare scores and the hazards people missed.
- Talk it through: the end screen lists every missed hazard. Ask the team which of them you have on your own site, and who will fix it.
- On paper: ten of the games come with a PDF and a PowerPoint of the picture with the answers, linked under each game above.
To put a game on your own website, intranet or training platform, paste this where it should appear:
<iframe src="https://www.upehs.com/games/spot-the-hazard-3d/construction-site/" width="100%" height="560" style="border:0" title="Spot the Hazard 3D: Construction Site"></iframe>Change construction-site to the name in any game’s address to embed that one instead.
Questions people ask
What is a hazard identification game?
It is a game where you look at a workplace and find the things that could hurt someone: an unguarded machine, a blocked fire exit, a ladder standing in a spill. These games are in 3D, so you walk around and look up, down and behind things, the way you would on a real site inspection.
Are these workplace safety games free?
Yes. All 15 are free to play online, with no sign-up and no download. They run in your browser on a phone or a computer.
What is a hazard hunt?
A hazard hunt is a walk around a workplace to find hazards, often run as a team exercise. Each of these games is a hazard hunt you can do from a phone. Play one, then walk your own site and look for the same things.
What is the difference between a hazard and a risk?
A hazard is anything that can cause harm, such as a trailing cable. The risk is how likely it is to cause harm and how bad that harm would be. Finding the hazards is the first step of any risk assessment or HIRA.
What are the benefits of safety games for employees?
People look for the hazards themselves instead of being told about them. A wrong tap costs points, so they learn to look carefully. And the end screen lists what each person missed, which gives a toolbox talk something real to start from.
Do safety games reduce workplace injuries?
Not on their own. A game trains the habit of looking for hazards. Injuries come down when the hazards people find on their own site get reported and fixed.
Can safety games replace formal safety training?
No. Use them alongside induction, permit-to-work and job-specific training, not instead of it.
What are the best safety games for construction workers?
Start with the Construction Site (excavation, work at height, lifting, confined space and permits to work), then the Scaffolding game.
Can I put a game on my own website or training platform?
Yes. Copy the embed code in the training section above. It works on any page that accepts an iframe.
Who made these
Every game is built from a picture quiz on UPEHS.com, and the hazard cards use the answers from those quizzes. They are made by Ulhas Polle, an EHS and sustainability manager with 20 years in workplace safety.
If you run safety for a team, POLLE Safety is free web software for Permit to Work, Toolbox Talks and Safety Committee: free, every module, no card, no caps. Try it.
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