CHAPTER 4 : HIRARC

What is HAZARD?

• Means a source or a situation with a potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health, damage to property, damage to the environment or a combination of these.

• Means a combination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event with specified period or in specified circumstances and the severity of injury or damage to the health of people, property, environment or any combination of these caused by the event.

• Means the possibility of suffering harm or injury. If it is not avoided, it will cause death or serious injury.

Define RISK?

• consist of three consecutive activities - Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control - running one after the other

• An imminent danger is a workplace hazard that puts workers or visitors at immediate risk of physical injuries or even death

• is the chances, probabilities or likelihood of a person being harmed or experiencing an adverse health effect, based on the severity of damages and injuries suffered when expose to hazardous event with a specific duration

Define DANGER

• any source or situation at work with a potential for harm to humans

• an imminent danger is a workplace hazard that puts workers or visitors at immediate risk of serious physical injuries or even death

• determination of quantitative or qualitative estimate of risk related to concrete situation and recognized threat

What is HIRARC?

• Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control

• Hazard Identification, Risk Assignment and Risk Control

• Hazard Identity, Risk Assessment and Risk Control

Types of HAZARD

• Physical Hazard

• Biological Hazard

• Chemical Hazard

• Ergonomic Hazard

• Safety Hazard

• Fire

• Goku

• Flammable

• Inflammable

• Explosive

• High level Irritant

• Corrosive

• Irritant

When do you wear safety goggles?

• When working with heat

• When working with chemicals

• When working with projectiles

• All of the above

In construction, as well as other hazardous industries, what does PPE stand for?

• Pre-Participation Physical Examination

• Personal Physician Examination

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Pre-Participation Equipment

Why are safety symbols important?

• They tell me how to do an experiment

• They tell me specific dangers

• Because the icon looks cool

• Symbols tell me the content of the substances