Eliminating Risks and Hazards

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

• Hazard?

What is a risk?

• Something that has the potential to cause harm

• The chance that you will hurt yourself

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

• A board game

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

• Both

• Hazard

• Risk

Leather shoes protect you from what HAZARDS?

• Hurting your foot

• Completing a student plan for being unprepared for learning

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

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

• PPE

• Substitution

• Elimination

• Avoid it all

What HAZARD do safety glasses protect you from?

• Small pieces of airborne particles

• The sun

• Looking cool

• Chemical fumes

Reorder the following

• Identify Hazards

• Assess Risks

• Control Risks

• Control Measures

A hammer is a hazard. What is the risk?

• Hitting your own thumb

• Hitting someone else's thumb

• Losing grip and hitting someone else

• All of the above

A horse is a hazard. What is the risk?

• You get kicked

• You get bit

• Your toe is stood on

• All of the above

The best way to minimise or elminate a hazard is...

• Clean up leaks and spills

• Rope off area

• All of the above

• Report to supervisor