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Bookmark or Share- Hazard and Risk - Hazard Identification - Canadian Centre for ...Identify hazards and risk factors that have the potential to cause harm (hazard identification). Analyze and evaluate the risk associated with that hazard (risk analysis, and risk evaluation). Determine appropriate ways to eliminate the hazard or control the risk when the hazard cannot be eliminated (risk control).
- About Hierarchy of Controls - CDCControlling exposures to hazards in the workplace is vital to protecting workers. The hierarchy of controls is a way of determining which actions will best control exposures. The hierarchy of controls has five levels of actions to reduce or remove hazards. The preferred order of action based on general effectiveness is: Elimination. Substitution
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. Helps users recognize and control workplace chemical hazards. Feb ...
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Centers for Disease Control ...The NPG clearly presents key data for chemicals or substance groupings (such as cyanides, fluorides, manganese compounds) that are found in workplaces. The guide offers key facts, but does not give all relevant data. The NPG helps users recognize and control workplace chemical hazards.
- Occupational Risk Assessment - CDCExposure to on-the-job health hazards is a problem faced by workers worldwide. Unlike safety hazards that may lead to injury, health hazards can lead to various types of illness. Risk assessment allows NIOSH to make recommendations for controlling exposures in the workplace to reduce health risks.
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