MHR 711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Administrative Controls, Carpal Tunnel, Information Source

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 711
• Professor: Craig Fairclogh

Document Summary

Mhr 711: chapter 4- hazard recognition, assessment, and control. Competent: know the job, hazards of the job, familiar with regulations. Must identify how you recognize a hazard in the situation. Assessment; evaluation against something; consider the legal standard (guideline, policies) Control: controlling the hazards in the workplace. Hazard: any condition or changing set of circumstances that has potential to cause an injury. Event: any activity that may occur on a day-to-day basis as a direct or indirect result of some human or human-related undertaking. Incident: an unwanted event or occurrence that might have had a negative impact on the people, property, or process involved: close call that energy did flow but didn"t result in a loss. Accident: any unwanted even that causes harm to people, property, or processes: result from flow of energy that resulted in a loss. 9 common energy types: (1) electrical, (2) mechanical, (3) chemical, (4) pneumatic (gas under pressure), (5) thermal (heat), (6)