Question: What is a Hazard?
Answer: A hazard is the potential for harm. In practical terms, a hazard often is associated with a condition or activity that, if left uncontrolled, can result in an injury or illness. Identifying hazards and eliminating or controlling them as early as possible will help prevent injuries and illnesses.
If you answered the question correctly, take a bow and move on to the bonus round. How do you identify and eliminate or control the hazards?
This is one of the most common questions we hear. A safety manager will call us and ask us to help develop an orderly plan to identify hazards before they occur.
OSHA has a free Job Hazard Analysis hand book that is a great resource for employers, supervisors, and employees to analyze their own jobs and recognize workplace hazards so they can identify the hazards. identify uncontrolled hazards, you will take steps to eliminate or reduce them to an acceptable risk level.
The OSHA Job Hazard Analysis handbook may be found in its entirety at the OSHA Website. It explains what a job hazard analysis is and offers guidelines to help you conduct your own step-by-step analysis.
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