Hazards and Risks

what is a hazard?

• Something that has the potential to cause harm

• The possibility that harm may occur

• Something that can make you fall over

what is a risk?

• Something that has the potential to cause harm

• The possibility that harm may occur after being exposed to a hazard

• The chance that you will hurt yourself

Puddle of water on the floor....is it a hazard or a risk?

• Hazard

• Risk

When drilling wood, what is the HAZARD?

• Chemical burn of the eye

• Small pieces of wood becoming airborne and entering the eye

• Puncture wound

• Eye scratch

Leather shoes protect you from what HAZARDS?

• Stepping on a sharp object, dropping something heavy on your foot and slipping over

• Hurting your foot

• Completing a student plan for being unprepared for learning

A risk assessment could be best defined as

• A systematic process of evaluating the potential risks that may be involved in an activity

• A situation involving exposure to danger

• The action of assessing someone or something

• Actions implementing risk evaluation decisions

Safety could be best defined as:

• Not likely to be harmed or lost

• Avoiding an accident

• The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk or injury

• Wearing all PPE in the workshop

What is the best way to control hazards and reduce risk?

• Elimination

• Substitution

• Engineering Controls

• PPE

PPE protects you from all hazards in the workshop

• True

• False

In the school workshop, we put bags in the shelf and do not bring them into the workshop space. This is because

• Many bags contain smelly things that could make students feel sick

• It keeps the workshop neat and tidy

• Bags are a trip hazard