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- 1. risky; dangerous: "we work in hazardous conditions" Similar Opposite
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May 4, 2018 · The CSA Z1002 Standard "Occupational health and safety - Hazard identification and elimination and risk assessment and control" uses the following terms: Harm – physical injury or damage to health. Hazard – a potential source of harm to a worker. Basically, a hazard is the potential for harm or an adverse effect (for example, to people as ...
May 10, 2024 · the nature of the exposure: how much a person is exposed to a hazardous thing or condition (e.g., several times a day or once a year), how the person is exposed (e.g., breathing in a vapour, skin contact), and; the severity of the effect. For example, one substance may cause skin cancer, while another may cause skin irritation.
May 10, 2024 · Category 1 is always the greatest level of hazard (that is, it is the most hazardous within that class). If Category 1 is further divided, Category 1A within the same hazard class is a greater hazard than category 1B. Category 2 within the same hazard class is more hazardous than category 3, and so on.
A hazard control program consists of all steps necessary to protect workers from exposure to a substance or system, the training and the procedures required to monitor worker exposure and their health to hazards such as chemicals, materials or substances, or other types of hazards such as noise and vibration.
May 10, 2024 · Generally speaking, a confined space is a fully or partially enclosed space that: is not primarily designed or intended for continuous human occupancy. has limited or restricted entrance or exit, or a configuration that can complicate first aid, rescue, evacuation, or other emergency response activities.
May 10, 2024 · This glossary has three parts: A-G. H-M. N-Z. Handling and storage – the basic precautions to be followed when handling and for storing a hazardous product, or the basic equipment to be used during handling and storing. Hazard – the potential for harmful effects. The hazards of a product are evaluated by examining the properties of the ...
Aug 6, 2024 · The CSA Standard Z1002 "Occupational health and safety - Hazard identification and elimination and risk assessment and control" uses the following terms: Risk assessment – the overall process of hazard identification, risk analysis, and risk evaluation. Hazard identification – the process of finding, listing, and characterizing hazards.
May 10, 2024 · The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) defines combustible dust as “a finely divided combustible particulate solid that presents a flash-fire hazard or explosion hazard when suspended in air or the process-specific oxidizing medium over a range of concentrations” in Standard 652-2019, The Fundamentals of Combustible Dust.
May 10, 2024 · A job safety analysis (JSA) is a process which helps assess a job to identify hazards and necessary control measures. In a job safety analysis, each basic step of the job is broken down into steps to identify potential hazards and to recommend the safest way to do the job. Other terms used to describe this procedure are job hazard analysis (JHA ...
Aug 14, 2024 · Isolation places the hazardous process "geographically" away from the majority of the workers. Common isolation techniques are to create a contaminant-free or noise-free booth either around the equipment or around the employee workstations. Ventilation. Ventilation is a method of control that "adds" and "removes" air in the work environment ...
