Hazard and Risk - General - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and . . . For example, one dictionary defines hazard as "a danger or risk" which helps explain why many people use the terms interchangeably There are many definitions for hazard but the most common definition when talking about workplace health and safety is: A hazard is any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on something or
Hazard and Risk - Hazard Identification - Canadian Centre for . . . 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) Overall, the goal of hazard identification is to find and record possible hazards that may be present in your workplace
Hazard and Risk - Risk Assessment - Canadian Centre for Occupational . . . Hazard control - control measure(s) and action(s) taken to reduce the risk of a hazard based on the risk assessment Hazard control should also include monitoring, re-evaluation, and compliance with decisions (the term “ controls” or “control measures ” are also used and have the same meaning) Recommending or determining hazard
CCOHS: WHMIS - Labels Each hazard class and category has an assigned "hazard statement" Hazard statements are brief, standardized sentences that tell you more about the exact hazard of the product The statements are short, but they describe the most significant hazards of the product Examples of hazard statements are: Extremely flammable gas
WHMIS - Hazard Classes and Categories - Canadian Centre for . . . class, the hazard categories are "Compressed gas", "Liquefied gas", "Refrigerated liquefied gas" and "Dissolved gas" These classes relate to the physical state of the gas when packaged and do not describe the degree of hazard In addition, the Reproductive Toxicity hazard class has a separate category called "Effects on or via lactation"
Hazard and Risk - Hazard Identification - Canadian Centre for . . . Hazard – a potential source of harm to a worker Basically, a hazard is the potential for harm or an adverse effect (for example, to people as health effects, to organizations as property or equipment losses, or to the environment) Please see the OSH Answers fact sheet on Hazard and Risk for more information What is hazard identification?
Safeguarding - Working around Machinery - Canadian Centre for . . . However, convenience, gas, food stores, department stores, warehouses and others have bread slicers, meat slicers, mixers, conveyors, cardboard crushing machines, and other similar devices that could be a hazard Hazards associated with working near or on machinery vary depending on the exact machine used but can include exposure to:
WHMIS - Hazard Classes and Categories - Canadian Centre for . . . Category 2 within the same hazard class is more hazardous than category 3, and so on There are a few exceptions to this rule For example, for the Gases under pressure hazard class, the hazard categories are "Compressed gas", "Liquefied gas", "Refrigerated liquefied gas" and "Dissolved gas"
WHMIS - Safety Data Sheet (SDS) - Canadian Centre for Occupational . . . "New data regarding the hazard presented by a hazardous product that change its classification in a category or subcategory of a hazard class, or result in its classification in another hazard class, or change the ways to protect against the hazard presented by the hazardous product " (Source: Hazardous Products Regulations, Section 5 12 (1))