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What should you do if you identify a potential hazard in a workplace?
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What will you to prevent potential hazard in your workplace?
Now that's what all company owners/organizations should be asking at the beginning of every project. What they can do...Abide by the safety regulations and guidelinesprovide the right safety trainingget a safety officerget the workplace inspectedhave the right safety equipmentsprovide emergency trainingsprovide emergency equipments
What should you do if you find a hazard in the workplace?
Tell your supervisor, manager, safety specialist, union representative, or Human Resource manager.
Who should be notified of a potential hazard on site in the absence of a safety officer?
A manager or supervisor
What personal hearing protection should be used in the workplace?
That will depend on the degree of the noise hazard. Hearing protection devices do not all offer the same degree of protection. It must be adequate for the hazard the worker is exposed to-
Should you burn something inside or outside?
Outside for more ventilation & to reduce potential fire hazard.
Should safety and health managers attempt to eliminate all workplace hazards why or why not?
Safety and health managers are not line managers and lack the authority to eliminate any workplace hazards. Their function is to guide, advise, and support line management. It is the line managers who should be trying to eliminate or control every workplace hazard that comes to their attention.
Identify the two actions that should be taken when a hazardous material has been identified?
* Deny Entry * Isolate the hazard area
Should employer do to actively prevent workplace hazards?
It is the duty of every employee to be conscious of workplace safety. Employees should perform an informal safety audit every day on the job. They should report any safety violations to their supervisors.
Do people require personal protective equipment while working in the workplace?
Whether people require PPE while working in a workplace depends on what kind of work is being done, what materials and tools are being used, and how the work is organized. PPE should be a last resort, after all reasonable efforts have been made to control or eliminate the hazard by substituting to eliminate the hazard and by applying engineering controls and administrative controls. If an adequate level of safety cannot be achieved that way, then and only then PPE should be required, but then it must be required. Employees should ask for PPE if they believe a hazard is not adequately controlled.
How often should routine safety self inspections be held?
At least monthly
What action should be taken if you or another staff member becomes aware of a potential hazard that had not previously been identified?
Control or eliminate the hazard if it is within your capability and authority to do so, and otherwise notify those nearby, and management.
When should hazard controls be applied?
Hazard controls should be applied whenever there is an increased or unacceptable risk or hazard.
