Lexikon
1 - 3 / 3 megjelenítése
Kp
safety regulation and protocols at workplace
workplace hazard groups
Mechanical hazards include:
By type of agent:
- Impact force: collisions, falls from height
- Struck by objects
- Confined space
- Slips and trips
- Falling on a pointed object
- Compressed air/high pressure fluids (such as cutting fluid)
- Entanglement
- Equipment-related injury
By type of damage:
- Crushing
- Cutting
- Friction and abrasion
- Shearing
- Stabbing and puncture
Other physical hazards:
- Noise
- Vibration
- Lighting
- Barotrauma (hypobaric/hyperbaric pressure)
- Ionizing radiation
- Electricity
- Asphyxiation
- Cold stress (hypothermia)
- Heat stress (hyperthermia)
- Dehydration (due to sweating)
Biological hazards include:
- Bacteria
- Virus
- Fungi
- Mold
- Blood-borne pathogens
- Tuberculosis
Chemical hazards include:
- Acids
- Bases
- Heavy metals
- Lead
- Solvents
- Petroleum
- Particulates
- Asbestos and other fine dust/fibrous materials
- Silica
- Fumes (noxious gases/vapors)
- Highly-reactive chemicals
- Fire, conflagration and explosion hazards:
- Explosion
- Deflagration
- Detonation
- Conflagration
Psychosocial issues include:
- Work-related stress, whose causal factors include excessive working time and overwork
- Violence from outside the organisation
- Bullying, which may include emotional and verbal abuse
- Sexual harassment
- Mobbing
- Burnout
- Exposure to unhealthy elements during meetings with business associates, e.g. tobacco, uncontrolled alcohol
Musculoskeletal disorders, avoided by the employment of good ergonomic design