A perfectly safe working environment would have no hazards, but that is quite difficult to attain. Every workplace has hazards that can harm a person. Hazards can take different forms, or even items such as machineries, slippery floor, a factory producing chemical, or working at heights. Hazards in a workplace should be properly identified while the risks should be assessed. Risk reduction is a vital step towards maintaining a safe environment.
Maintaining a safe workplace is one of the goals of facility safety in workplaces. Companies who wanted to benefit from an employee-friendly environment should take HAZOP Services not only to protect employees and clients from preventable injuries brought by operations that represent risks, but also to ensure long term benefits in terms of saving renovation or rebuilding costs.
Workplace hazards can even cost lives, and that is the last thing business owners would want to happen in their industry. It is vital that in companies where dangers are more likely to occur, even the basic health and safety trainings are given to employees.
Maintaining a safe workplace is one of the goals of facility safety in workplaces. Companies who wanted to benefit from an employee-friendly environment should take HAZOP Services not only to protect employees and clients from preventable injuries brought by operations that represent risks, but also to ensure long term benefits in terms of saving renovation or rebuilding costs.
Workplace hazards can even cost lives, and that is the last thing business owners would want to happen in their industry. It is vital that in companies where dangers are more likely to occur, even the basic health and safety trainings are given to employees.
Types of Hazards, Risks, and the Action to be taken
Physical Hazards - Physical hazards are nature of construction industries. People who are working at elevated heights are subject to falling objects and accidental falls, not to include the risk of injuries brought by electricity. People working in construction sites especially those assigned to handle tools such as knives, crowbars, weed bags, secateurs, mattocks, loppers, peter levers etc., are prone to strain and back pain.
- Tripping or falling
- Teach or remind employees of correct lifting and carrying techniques.
- Rotate tasks to employees.
Biological Hazards – Also known in term biohazards, these refer to substances that pose threat to living organisms especially humans. This can be common to medical wastes with a virus or toxin that can affect human health. Humans are not the only ones subject to biological hazards but animals as well. People who have allergic reactions to plants and weeds can also be victims of biohazards.
- Allergic reactions to native plants and weeds
- Contact with elements where viruses or bacteria are present
- Educate people of first-aid procedures.
- Provide insect repellent.
- Free the workplace from insect nests.
Chemical Hazards – Companies that processes oil, gas, corrosives, and vapors can make their employees exposed to chemicals. This might be the nature of the job, but this does not necessarily mean putting lives in peril. Chemicals can be inhaled or absorbed into the skin, so companies working in this nature should be more concerned about the health of their employees.
- Teach employees or proper exposure prevention, use and storage of chemicals.
- Educate people of first-aid procedures.
- Hire safety engineers who undergone ACM Training Programs to supervise and implement functional safety.
Physical Hazards - Physical hazards are nature of construction industries. People who are working at elevated heights are subject to falling objects and accidental falls, not to include the risk of injuries brought by electricity. People working in construction sites especially those assigned to handle tools such as knives, crowbars, weed bags, secateurs, mattocks, loppers, peter levers etc., are prone to strain and back pain.
- Hazards
- Tripping or falling
- Risks
- Action
- Teach or remind employees of correct lifting and carrying techniques.
- Rotate tasks to employees.
Biological Hazards – Also known in term biohazards, these refer to substances that pose threat to living organisms especially humans. This can be common to medical wastes with a virus or toxin that can affect human health. Humans are not the only ones subject to biological hazards but animals as well. People who have allergic reactions to plants and weeds can also be victims of biohazards.
- Hazards
- Allergic reactions to native plants and weeds
- Contact with elements where viruses or bacteria are present
- Risks
- Action
- Educate people of first-aid procedures.
- Provide insect repellent.
- Free the workplace from insect nests.
Chemical Hazards – Companies that processes oil, gas, corrosives, and vapors can make their employees exposed to chemicals. This might be the nature of the job, but this does not necessarily mean putting lives in peril. Chemicals can be inhaled or absorbed into the skin, so companies working in this nature should be more concerned about the health of their employees.
- Hazards
- Risks
- Action
- Teach employees or proper exposure prevention, use and storage of chemicals.
- Educate people of first-aid procedures.
- Hire safety engineers who undergone ACM Training Programs to supervise and implement functional safety.