environmental hazard. Physical hazards include ergonomic hazards, radiation, heat and cold stress, vibration hazards, and noise hazards. Engineering controls...
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anthropogenic), by physical nature (e.g. biological or chemical) or by type of damage (e.g., health hazard or environmental hazard). Examples of natural...
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of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Physical exposure to environmental hazards is usually involuntary Environmental hazards can be categorized in many different...
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Hazard statements form part of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). They are intended to form a set of standardized...
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Hazard pictograms form part of the international Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). Two sets of pictograms...
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chemical hazards, biological hazards (biohazards), psychosocial hazards, and physical hazards. In the United States, the National Institute for Occupational...
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occupational hazard (chemical, biological, and physical), they do not arise from a physical substance, object, or hazardous energy. Psychosocial hazards affect...
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preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes that can cause the finished product to be unsafe...
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Workplace impact of artificial intelligence (redirect from Workplace hazards of artificial intelligence)
lead to physical hazards in the form of human–robot collisions, and ergonomic risks of control interfaces and human–machine interactions. Hazard controls...
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Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (category Hazard analysis)
implementing a hazard classification and Hazard Communication Standard. The GHS classification system defines and classifies the physical, health, and/or...
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Chemical hazards are hazards present in hazardous chemicals and hazardous materials. Exposure to certain chemicals can cause acute or long-term adverse...
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Barricade tape (redirect from Hazard tape)
used to signal the presence of a physical hazard (e.g., a hole), while magenta-yellow can denote a radiation hazard. This type of barrier tape is commonly...
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Hazardous Materials Identification System (category Hazard analysis)
the system, replacing the yellow 'reactivity' bar, with a orange 'Physical Hazard' bar. HMIS III also adopted the OSHA flammability, as defined by Standard...
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Laboratory safety (section Physical hazards and others)
laboratory workers can also be exposed to a number of physical hazards. Some of the common physical hazards that they may encounter include the following: ergonomic...
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Oil refinery (section Physical hazards)
expose workers to a number of chemical (see table above) or physical (described below) hazards. Examples of these scenarios include: System failures (leaks...
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Veterinarian (section Physical hazards)
Waldner, C. (2012). Occupational health hazards in veterinary medicine: zoonoses and other biological hazards. The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue...
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Natural disaster (redirect from Natural hazard)
harmful impact on a society or community after a natural hazard event. Some examples of natural hazard events include avalanches, droughts, earthquakes, floods...
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Waste collector (section Health and safety hazards)
dust; and biological hazards such as microorganisms like bacteria, fungi and spores, viruses, and protozoa; and physical hazards such as sharp objects...
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Occupational hygiene (section Basic characterization, hazard identification and walk-through surveys)
understanding chemical hazards, physicists (see Physics) for physical hazards, and physicians and microbiologists for biological hazards (see Microbiology...
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Engineering controls (section Physical hazards)
between the worker and the hazard or by removing a hazardous substance through air ventilation. Engineering controls involve a physical change to the workplace...
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a face shield may protect its wearer from a physical hazard, chemical splashes, or biological hazards. A face shield is intended to protect the wearer's...
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mechanical energy source Occupational hazard – Hazard experienced in the workplace Physical hazard – Hazard due to a physical agent "Causes and controls for...
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hygiene Occupational hazard Biological hazard Chemical hazard Physical hazard Psychosocial hazard Occupational stress Hierarchy of hazard controls Prevention...
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geologic hazard or geohazard is an adverse geologic condition capable of causing widespread damage or loss of property and life. These hazards are geological...
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of the physical, mental, or social well-being of workers. For example, repetitively carrying out manual handling of heavy objects is a hazard. The outcome...
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A biological hazard, or biohazard, is a biological substance that poses a threat (or is a hazard) to the health of living organisms, primarily humans...
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Right to know (redirect from Hazard Communication)
chemical or common name. Physical and chemical characteristics. Physical hazards, such as fire and explosion. Health hazards, including symptoms. Primary...
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are also used to detect any possible hazards whether it is increased fuel consumption or it is a physical hazard such as a poor landing spot in a crater...
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sexual gossip unrelated to work, jokes about physical contact inappropriate in workplace, commentary on physical appearance/attractiveness, joking about sex...
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Nitrous oxide, desflurane, and isoflurane are the most commonly used anesthetic gases. They may cause some complications due to their leakage and storage...
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