Hazard Recognition | Overexertion / Slips, Trips and Falls / Struck By-Against | Rollover Awareness | Hazard Assessments | PPE Care and Maintenance |
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What is Workplace hazard
Condition, substance, act, and practice that has the potential to result in harm to an employee’s health and safety, loss of property, or damage to the environment.
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What are Struck by injuries
Type of injuries that are the result of an object, piece of equipment or vehicle coming into contact with a person.
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What is Higher
The taller and more top-heavy an object is, the _____________ is its center of gravity.
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What is Elimination
What is the first method of hazard controls in the Parkland Hierarchy of Hazard Controls?
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What is PPE
Control measure that is described as “the last line of defence”.
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What are Health hazards and safety hazards
What are the two main groups that hazards can be divided into?
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What is Increases
When joints are near the extremes of their range of motion, the risk of injury ____________.
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What is Higher Center of gravity
What makes big trucks more susceptible to overturning?
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What is Probability
Refers to the likelihood of something occurring.
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What is Air-purifying respirator
Removes specific air contaminants by passing ambient air through an air-purifying element.
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What is Chronic
This term is often applied when the course of the disease lasts for more than three months.
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What is Muscle
Tissue responsible for movement of joints.
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What is Radius of the curve
Centrifugal force is affected by the mass of the object, its speed and:
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What is Formal hazard assessment
This type of assessment considers all tasks associated with a job position. Then, for each task, hazards are identified, risks are measured, and control measures are implemented.
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What are Negative-pressure and positive-pressure seal checks
What are the two easy tests can show whether most reusable respirators fit right and don’t leak?
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What is Risk
It’s important to know that a hazard is only one part in the “incident formula”. It takes a Hazard PLUS ______ for an incident to occur.
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What is Strain
Stretching or tearing tendons or muscles.
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What is Square
Increasing the vehicle’s speed increases the centrifugal force, in proportion to the __________ of the speed.
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What is The workers who may be affected by the hazard
Hazard controls are usually place at the source of origin, along the path of the hazard and at…
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What is Annually
At what frequency “noise-exposed” workers should have audiometric testing conducted?
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What is Stored energy
Not properly assessing and releasing ________________ is a common cause of workplace incidents.
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What are Unsafe work practices
The majority of overexertion injuries are the result of:
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What is Outwards
Centrifugal force refers to the tendency of an object following a curved path to fly _______________ from the center of the curve.
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What is Minor
What is the classification given to non-serious injury, illness, or property damage ($1000 - $9,999)?
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What is Hard water
When washing FR, this substance can precipitate soaps and can result in the build-up of calcium and magnesium salts. These can serve as fuel in the event they are exposed to a source of ignition.
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