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If a risk/hazard is identified in the workplace and it is not dealt with, or reported to someone who can deal with it, then someone may be injured.
a low risk hazard is something that not that important like breaking your finger and a high risk hazard is something really important like paralysing yourself for life or breaking your neck
Step 1 is Hazard Identification. It is important to identify the hazard or risk you are dealing with before you begin any kind of hazard management protocol.
what is risk analysisin natural hazard
Hazard symbols are not used in risk assessments. They are used in hazard communication.
An hazard is when a thing is proved to hurt you, a risk when there is a possibility that you might get hurt.
Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction., Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property., To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication., To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
a hazard is a condition that can impair mission accoomplishment and a risk is a hazard that has been quantified by how much it affects the mission
A wet floor is a hazard as are sharp objects etc.
Hazard controls should be applied whenever there is an increased or unacceptable risk or hazard.
A hazard is an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable.
It is equal to the risk level of the hazard with the greatest residual risk