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Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment for Beginners

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Hazard -  What is a Hazard? A hazard is anything or any, situation, environment or behaviour that has the potential to cause injury, ill health, or damage to person(s), property or the environment. Anything can be a hazard depending on its current state. For example, Types of hazards There are majorly six (6) different types of hazards, they include: Physical hazard: A physical hazard is an agent, factor or circumstance that can cause harm with or without contact. Examples are: Slippery floors, objects in walkways, unsafe or misused machinery, excessive noise, poor lighting, fire, etc. Chemical hazards: A chemical hazard is a type of occupational hazard caused by exposure to chemicals in the workplace. Exposure to chemicals in the workplace can cause acute or chronic detrimental health effects. Examples include: Gases, dusts, fumes, vapours and liquids. Ergonomic hazards: Ergonomic hazards are physical conditions that may pose risk of injury to the musculoskeletal sy...
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Understanding and Identifying Environmental Aspects and Impacts

What is Environmental Aspect An environmental aspect is any part of an organization’s activities that can interact with the environment, either positively or negatively. Or, simply put, the way a company’s activity, service, or product impacts the environment. This could be chemicals that are emitted into the air from a vent during processes, or chemicals that could be expelled in wastewater . For example, presence of cleaning agent in wastewater from a dry-cleaning service provider for big pharma which has a potential to contaminate water and soil . The cleaning agent in wastewater is the environmental aspect as the potential for water or soil pollution is the impact of the aspect to the environment. Also, consider the use of resources that a company’s processes utilize like water, electricity, fuels and other raw materials , or the environmental effect of the amount of waste / waste streams they dispose of or generate respectively . Categories of Environmental Aspects...
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