MHR 711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Information Source, Personal Protective Equipment, Work Permit
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Chapter 4: hazard recognition, risk assessment, and control. Terminology: hazard, a hazard is any object, action, or condition that can be a source of potential adverse health effect, damage, or harm to people, processes, or equipment within the workplace. Hazard recognition or hazard identification: 5 categories of hazard types: people, equipment, environment, materials, processes. An example would be improper modifications to a respirator used in a paint booth to allow a cigarette to be smoked through the filter cassette. While the objects and equipment in and of themselves are types of hazards, when combined with using a poor process or procedure then the process or procedure itself is a hazard. The utility of a walkthrough survey is increased when the supervisor and a worker member of the jhsc accompany the safety expert. Hazard analysis: orderly, analytical technique that examines a system for most probable hazards having the severest consequences for the purpose of establishing corrective or control mechanism, positive tree.
