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    environmental hazard. Physical hazards include ergonomic hazards, radiation, heat and cold stress, vibration hazards, and noise hazards. Engineering controls...
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    A hazard is a potential source of harm. Substances, events, or circumstances can constitute hazards when their nature would allow them, even just theoretically...
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    of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Physical exposure to environmental hazards is usually involuntary Environmental hazards can be categorized in many different...
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  • Hazard statements form part of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). They are intended to form a set of standardized...
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  • Hazard pictograms form part of the international Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). Two sets of pictograms...
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    chemical hazards, biological hazards (biohazards), psychosocial hazards, and physical hazards. In the United States, the National Institute for Occupational...
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    preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes that can cause the finished product to be unsafe...
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  • occupational hazard (chemical, biological, and physical), they do not arise from a physical substance, object, or hazardous energy. Psychosocial hazards affect...
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    lead to physical hazards in the form of human–robot collisions, and ergonomic risks of control interfaces and human–machine interactions. Hazard controls...
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    Barricade tape (redirect from Hazard tape)
    used to signal the presence of a physical hazard (e.g., a hole), while magenta-yellow can denote a radiation hazard. This type of barrier tape is commonly...
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  • laboratory workers can also be exposed to a number of physical hazards. Some of the common physical hazards that they may encounter include the following: ergonomic...
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    implementing a hazard classification and Hazard Communication Standard. The GHS classification system defines and classifies the physical, health, and/or...
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  • effects. Chemical hazards are usually classified separately from biological hazards (biohazards). Main classifications of chemical hazards include asphyxiants...
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    mechanical energy source Occupational hazard – Hazard experienced in the workplace Physical hazard – Hazard due to a physical agent "Causes and controls for...
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    Hazardous Materials Identification System (category Hazard analysis)
    (which stood for reactivity) was replaced by orange, standing for physical hazard. The safety square is designed for emergencies when information about...
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    expose workers to a number of chemical (see table above) or physical (described below) hazards. Examples of these scenarios include: System failures (leaks...
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    Waldner, C. (2012). Occupational health hazards in veterinary medicine: zoonoses and other biological hazards. The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue...
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    a face shield may protect its wearer from a physical hazard, chemical splashes, or biological hazards. A face shield is intended to protect the wearer's...
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    Thorgan Ganael Francis Hazard (born 29 March 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for Belgian Pro...
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  • between the worker and the hazard or by removing a hazardous substance through air ventilation. Engineering controls involve a physical change to the workplace...
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  • chemical or common name. Physical and chemical characteristics. Physical hazards, such as fire and explosion. Health hazards, including symptoms. Primary...
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    impact on a society or community following a natural hazard event. Some examples of natural hazard events include: flooding, drought, earthquake, tropical...
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    geologic hazard or geohazard is an adverse geologic condition capable of causing widespread damage or loss of property and life. These hazards are geological...
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    reliable. Physical removal of the hazard is the most effective hazard control. For example, if employees must work high above the ground, the hazard can be...
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    A biological hazard, or biohazard, is a biological substance that poses a threat (or is a hazard) to the health of living organisms, primarily humans...
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    dust; and biological hazards such as microorganisms like bacteria, fungi and spores, viruses, and protozoa; and physical hazards such as sharp objects...
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  • hygiene Occupational hazard Biological hazard Chemical hazard Physical hazard Psychosocial hazard Occupational stress Hierarchy of hazard controls Prevention...
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    T.; Solomon, O.E.; Olawoyin, R. (April 2021). "Prevalence of ergonomic hazards and persistent work-related musculoskeletal pain among textile sewing machine...
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    Ergonomic hazards are physical conditions that may pose a risk of injury to the musculoskeletal system due to poor ergonomics. These hazards include awkward...
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    understanding chemical hazards, physicists (see Physics) for physical hazards, and physicians and microbiologists for biological hazards (see Microbiology...
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