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Hazards and Risks

This document discusses hazards and risks in the workplace. It defines a hazard as something that could potentially cause harm, while risk is the likelihood that harm will occur from exposure to a hazard. It provides examples of common hazards like knives, electricity, and slippery floors. There are 7 main types of hazards discussed: chemical, electrical, ergonomic, psychological, radiation, biological, and physical. The document stresses that proper risk assessments are crucial to prevent accidents by highlighting specific hazards and generating appropriate awareness of risks.

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Hazards and Risks

This document discusses hazards and risks in the workplace. It defines a hazard as something that could potentially cause harm, while risk is the likelihood that harm will occur from exposure to a hazard. It provides examples of common hazards like knives, electricity, and slippery floors. There are 7 main types of hazards discussed: chemical, electrical, ergonomic, psychological, radiation, biological, and physical. The document stresses that proper risk assessments are crucial to prevent accidents by highlighting specific hazards and generating appropriate awareness of risks.

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Hazards and

Risks
What is a
Hazard?
A hazard may be harmful or
have major implications to
individuals as health effects or
to organizations. In a simple
meaning, it is something that
could potentially cause harm.
What is a Risk?
It is the degree of likelihood
that harm will
be caused.

Also the probability that


someone will suffer harm or
suffer a negative health
outcome as a result of being
exposed to a hazard.
Hazards and Risks Examples

(H) Knife : (H) Slippery


(H) Electricity :
(R) Getting Floor :
(R) Getting
cut by the (R) Falling into
electrocuted.
object. the ground.

(H) Scattered (H) Knife : (H) Pandemic


extension cord
(R) Getting disease : (R)
: (R) Tripping
and getting a cut by the Environmental
possible injury. object. contamination .
7 types of hazards
01. 02.
03.

07.

Chemical Electrical Ergonomic


Hazard Hazard Hazard

04. 05. 06.


Physical
Hazard

Psychological Radiation Biological


Hazard Hazard Hazard
Chemical Hazard
A chemical hazard is a
chemical its characteristics
and effects may cause harm to
an individual.
The level of harm is impacted
by amount of chemical, how
the exposure occurs and its
time frame plus many more.
Typical Chemical Hazards
include mists, vapors,
gases, dusts, and fumes.
Electrical Hazard
A dangerous condition in which a person
may sustain an injury by making an
electrical contact with an energized
equipment.
Damaged wires

Wet electric
sockets/objects

Overhead powerlines
Ergonomic Hazard
Ergonomic hazards are physical
conditions that may pose a risk of injury to
the musculoskeletal system due to poor
ergonomics. These hazards include
awkward or static postures, high forces,
repetitive motion, or short intervals
between activities.
Awkward posture

Forceful motion
Prolonged periods of sitting
Are the aspects of the
Psychological Hazard workplace and organizational
structures that are linked to
mental illnesses, bodily
injuries, or illnesses or in
another words, something that
causes stress to a worker
which affects its well being
and mental health.
Bullying

Work related-stress

Alcohol and drug use


Radiation Hazard
Radiation Hazard describes the
hazards of electromagnetic radiation
to fuels, electronic hardware,
ordinance
Too much use of gadgets
Too much heat from the
sun
Too much exposure to
microwave lights/UV
lights
Biological Hazard
Refers to any substance that
is dangerous to the health of living things, primarily to humans.
"Biohazards" can be in the form of infectious wastes such as
medical chemicals and bio-active substances, fungi, or viruses
like Corona Virus that caused death to people
around the world.

Medical Wastes

Bacteria

Virus
Physical Hazard
They are those substances which
threaten your physical safety. The most
common types of physical hazards are:
Fire
Explosion
Chemical Reactivity
Eye strain from poor
lighting
Finger injuries while
sewing
Proper risk assess
ments are
crucial to preven
ting
accidents in the w
orkplace,
cutting down on i
njuries and
even saving lives.
By What is a Risk
highlighting spec
and potential thr
ific hazards Assesment?
eats, a risk
assessment helps
to generate
appropriate awa
reness of
them amongst bo
th employees
and managers.
Thank you
for listening!

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