HRM 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tennis Elbow, Human Factors And Ergonomics, Lead Paint
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Q 1: identifying the sources of workplace hazards. Equipment: under certain conditions or situations, the tools, machines, or equipment people use and work near can be hazardous. Examples of equipment that can be hazardous: defective tools (broken ladder) and unguarded moving machinery, poor exhaust or ventilation systems the toxic vapours from a process hang in the air rather. For instance, certain cleaning materials such as ammonia and bleach should never be mixed together because the mixture results in a toxic chemical reaction. When combining people, equipment, environment, and materials with the purpose of production of a good or service a process is involved. Involve the flow of work and include factors such as design, pace, and organization of the various types of work via policies, procedures, and work processes. Q 2: describing methods for systematically examining workplace hazards and risk.