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TYPE OF HAZARDMEM603
Occupational Safety and Health
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TYPE OF HAZARD
"iolo)ical Ha*a+d
,he-ical Ha*a+d
T+an.po+t Ha*a+d
E+)ono-ic Ha*a+d
P.ycho.ocial Ha*a+d
Mechanical and Elect+ic Ha*a+d
Phy.ical Ha*a+d
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Biological Hazard
Biological hazards, also known as biohazards, referto biological substances that pose a threat to the health of living
organisms, primarily that of humans. This can include medical waste
or samples of a microorganism, virus or toxin (from a
biological source) that can affect human health.
Biological hazards occur when bacteria, viruses, molds, yeasts, or
parasites contaminate food. ontrolling time and temperature of food
is critical for minimizing biological hazardsbecause microorganisms grow rapidly in the temperature danger zone
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Chemical Hazard
$ chemical hazard is a type of occupational hazard caused by
exposure to chemicals in the workplace. %xposure to chemicals in
the workplace can cause acute or long&term detrimental health
effects.
%xamples include cleaning products and solvents, vapours and
fumes, carbon monoxide or other gases, gasoline or otherflammable materials.
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Transport Hazard
The Hazardous Materials Regulations specify
re'uirements for the safe transportation of
hazardous materials in commerce by rail car, aircraft,
vessel, and motor vehicle. These comprehensive
regulations govern transportation&related activities by
offerors (e.g., shippers, brokers, forwarding agents,
and warehousers) carriers (i.e., common, contract,
and private) packaging manufacturers,
reconditioners, testers, and retesters, and
independent inspection agencies. The * apply to
each person who performs, or causes to be
performed, functions related to the transportation ofhazardous materials such as determination of, and
compliance with, basic conditions for offering+ filling
packages+ marking and labeling packages+ preparing
shipping papers+ handling, loading, securing and
segregating packages within a transport vehicle,
freight container or cargo hold+ and transporting
hazardous materials.
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Ergonomic Hazard
$n ergonomic hazard is a physica
the environment that harms the m
system. %rgonomic hazards includ
as repetitive movement, man
workplace-obtask design,
workstation height and poor body p
%rgonomics is the study of how a
e'uipment used there and the wor
itself can best be designed for com
safety and productivity. ften we ca
levels of comfort and productivity
simple changes.
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Psychosocial Hazard
/sychosocial hazards include but aren0t
violence and other workplace stressors. 1
generally beneficial to mental health and
wellbeing. 2t provides people with structu
and a sense of identity. 2t also provides o
people to develop and use their skills, to
relationships, and to increase their feelin
There are circumstances, however, in wh
have adverse conse'uences for health a
*isks to psychological health at work ma
organisational or personal factors, with th
being poor design of work and -obs, poor
and interpersonal relationships.
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ME,HA#,A! A#D E!E,THA
Machine+y/ it. pa+t./ tool./ o1ect. and -ate+ial. p+oce..ed o+ u.2o+ p+oce.. a+e often a .ou+ce of -echanical ha*a+d. leadin) tMachine+y/ alon) 2ith po2e+ .upply .y.te-./ can al.o c+eate eleha*a+d./ leadin) to .e5e+e o+ fatal accident.4
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Physical Hazard
A phy.ical ha*a+d i. a type of occupatiin5ol5e. en5i+on-ental ha*a+d. that ca2ith o+ 2ithout contact4 Phy.ical ha*a+e+)ono-ic ha*a+d./ +adiation/ heat and5i+ation ha*a+d./ and noi.e ha*a+d.4
An en)inee+in) 2o+.hop .peciali*in) fa+ication and 2eldin) of co-ponent.the Pe+.onal P+otecti5e E7uip-ent 8PPE
+e)ulation. &((%4 t i. an e-ploye+. du:all e7uip-ent 8includin) clothin) a;o+a)ain.t the 2eathe+9 2hich i. intendedheld y a pe+.on at 2o+ 2hich p+otecone o+ -o+e +i.. to hi. health and .affa+ication and 2eldin) 2o+.hop an ee +e7ui+ed to p+o5ide face and eye p+foot2ea+/ o5e+all. and othe+ nece..a+y