HRM 3400 Lecture Notes - Hot Work, Confined Space, Tag Out

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3400
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Hrm 3400 winter 2012 anna blake. Lecture 10 hazard control mar 19. Refers to the program or process used to establish preventative and corrective measures as the final stage of hazard recognition and assessment. Goal is to eliminate, reduce or control hazards in order to minimize loss. Engineering: barriers (e. g. machine guarding), preventative maintenance, ventilation. Policies and procedures: hot work, confined space entry, lockout/tagout (control of hazardous energy). Administrative controls: training/education, medical surveillance, new equipment approval. Moving parts have the potential for causing severe workplace injuries, including: crushed fingers or hands, amputations, burns, blindness. safeguarded, the point of operation. Any machine part, function or process which may cause injury must be. Dangerous moving parts in these three basic areas need safeguarding: That point where work is performed on the material such as cutting, shaping, boring or forming of stock: power transmission apparatus.