There are many hazards that could be present in the workplace depending where you work. A construction site could have open areas of dirt that someone could fall in or even falling debris.
Workplace hazards can be identified by methods such as walk throughs on the job and setting up different scenarios of work to see what might be a danger. These will help in preventing hazards.
A baseline analysis identifies initial hazards in the workplace and is modified as the workplace changes.
The hazards in a workplace depend on the nature of the work performed there and are too numerous to list without specifying a particular type of workplace.
Inspections can be done to identify workplace hazards. A third party will come in and inspect the building for anything that could potentially harm an employee or customer.
The safety hazards in a workplace will be very different depending on what is being done in the particular workplace. Without that information, hazards can only be guessed at, not listed with any degree of confidence.
No. The EPA regulates environmental hazards. OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, regulates workplace hazards.
No, a baseline analysis identifies initial hazards in the workplace.
There are too many possible hazards to list them unless a specific type of workplace is indicated.
A hazard is something dangerous. The workplace is where you work.
Always report workplace hazards to your manager, if it is your workplace, or to the manager responsible for the location where the hazard exists if it is not your workplace - unless the company has established some other process for reporting hazards.
Workplace hazards depend on what is going on in the workplace but may include:getting cuttripping and fallingbeing struck by somethingbeing caught in machineryelectric shockchemical poisoningfirebeing smothered