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The Significance of Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Control

In accordance with the Hazwoper training courses, there are primarily, three steps that are used to manage health and safety at work: 1.Spot the Hazard (Hazard Identification); 2.Assess the Risk (Risk Assessment) and 3.Make the Changes (Risk Control) Furthermore, each term has its own respective definition, they are: 1.A hazard may be defined as anything that has the potential to cause harm to a person or to the natural environment. 2.Risk assessment may be defined as the process of evaluating the likelihood and severity of harm, arising from a hazard. 3.Finally, risk control is usually defined as a process of implementing certain measures, in order to reduce the risk associated with a hazard. "Hazard" is something that has the potential to cause harm to a person or to nature. The control process, must always follow the control hierarchy, as prescribed by the health and safety legislation. It is important to also make sure that the control measures do not intr...

Are your employees ready to face Disasters

When emergencies strike a company, you will get no time to think or figure out what to do. To survive the emergency, you must already know what to do, how to do and when to do it? OSHA has mandated that every organization must develop, practice and execute emergency plans when the moment arrives. Emergency planning and response is the most vital aspect of safety management and works extremely well to keep the workplace and employees safe and sound. Some of the emergencies that you must be ready to face are: 1.Fire: Fire is one of the most common types of workplace emergencies faced by many organizations every year. According to statistics, 10,000 injuries and 200 deaths of employees happen every year. And in addition, property losses from industrial fires have cost a nearly $4 billion loss a year. 2.Natural Disasters: Disasters like earthquakes, tornadoes or hurricanes can strike with no or little warning. Effective emergency actions may be required in these situations. 3.Explosions fr...