Hazard categories & identification
It has the potential to cause harm
What is hazards?
It relates to the probability (likelihood) and the severity of the consequences.
What is a risk?
Doing this is 100% effective in controlling a hazard.
What is elimination?
This type of hazard may be controlled by any one or a combination of these, policy ; controls relevant to risk ; monitoring and deal with incidents.
What is violence at work?
This number is assigned to a hazard when the severity of the outcome is minimal.
What is 1?
Stress and workplace violence and heavy production demands are examples of this type of hazard.
What are psycho-social hazards?
It is the level of the remaining risk after current controls have been taken into account
What is residual risk?
An example of this type of control is to use class 2 instead of class 3 chemical.
What is substitution?
To complete the task, this job may be assigned to anyone.
What is risk owner?
Observing control measures, tracking identified risks;recognizing new risks and; assessing the effectiveness of the risk process, can best be described as
What is Risk Management or Monitoring?
This type of hazard is associated with fire, shock, burns
What is a electricity?
These are factor of risk rating.
What are likelihood and severity?
This type of control isolates the worker from the hazard.
What is an engineering control?
Risk assessment ; Slip resistant surfaces ; Spillage control and drainage; Designated walkways; Use of signs ;Instruction information on training and supervision can be used to control this type of hazard.
What is movement of people in the workplace?
This tool can be used to detect potential risk exposure;
What is Risk audits higher?
Sources of hazards may be related to anyone one of these
What is people, equipment,material, environment,systems/situations or biological ?
The risk matrix rates the risk of fire at a 3 and chemical spill at a 4. You will choose to address this hazard first.
What is chemical spill?
This type of control involves creating a safe system of work, or even the provision of warning and notices to a work area due to hazards.
What is an administrative control?
Lock out and tag out; Isolation; written safe systems of work ; Competence of persons can be used to control this type of hazard.
What is work equipment?
Among others, changes in process, work methods, materials, work forces, legislation will result in.
What is review of the risk assessment?
To help in the identification of hazards,you can review any one of these.
What is organisation standards, legislative documents, accident and ill-health records or manufacturers' instructions?
You are rating a hazard for risk. The likelihood that it will happen is a 2 and the severity if it does happen is a 2. The risk rating is this number.
What is 4?
Even where engineering controls and safe systems of work have been applied,some hazards might remain so this control is recommended
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
This type of hazard can be controlled by information and training , enforcing workplace exposure limit and PPE.
What is hazardous substance?
Validity of risk assessments should be monitored through a combination of monitoring techniques.Select any two.
What are inspections (preventive maintenance, committee, statutory), tests and examinations ;safety tours and inspections ;occupational health surveys ;air monitoring;Safety audits?