Intro To Safety Chapter 1

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Loss prevention

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A program designed to identify and correct potential accident problems before they result in financial loss or injury

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Loss control

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Program designed to minimize incident paced financial losses, training to minimize damage

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Safety management

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Encompasses the responsibilities of planning, organizing leading, and controlling activities necessary to achieve an organization's loss prevention and lost control goals

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Safety

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The likelihood or risk that a loss event will occur

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Risk

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Measure of the profitability and severity of a loss event taking place

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Hazard

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A workplace condition or worker action that can or has the potential to result in injury, illness, property damage, or interruption of a process or an activity

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ALARP

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As low as reasonably practicable

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ALARA

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As low as reasonably achievable

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Accidents

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Unplanned events, often resulting in injury or damage that interrupt routine operations. When appropriate action is taken, most accidents can be eliminated

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Industrial hygienist

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Involved in the monitoring and analytical methods required to detect the extent of exposure and the engineering and other methods use for hazard control

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Risk manager

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Typically responsible for insurance programs and other activities that minimize losses resulting from fire, accidents, and other natural manmade losses

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Safety professional

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An individual who, by virtue a specialized knowledge and skills and/or educational accomplishments, has achieved professional status in the safety field

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Safety engineer

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An individual who, through education, licensing, or experience devotes most or all of employment time to the application of scientific principles and methods for the control and modification of the workplace and other environments to achieve optimum protection for both people and property

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Safety manager

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Individual responsible for establishing and maintaining the safety organization and its activities in an enterprise

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Accident investigation

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Determining the facts and causes related to an accident based on witness interviews and site inspections

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Work with emergency response teams

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Organizing, training, and coordinating skilled employees to react to emergency such as fires, accidents, or other disasters

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Environmental protection

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Recognizing, evaluating, and controlling hazards that can lead to undesirable releases of harmful substances into air, water, or the soil

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Ergonomic analysis and modification

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Designing or modifying the workplace based on understanding of human physiological characteristics, abilities, and limitations

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Fire protection

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Eliminating or minimizing fire hazards by inspection, layout of facilities and design of fire suppression systems

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Hazard recognition

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Identifying conditions or actions that may cause injury, illness, or property damage

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Hazardous materials management

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Ensuring dangerous chemicals and other products are stored and used in such a manner as to prevent accidents, fires, and the exposure of people to these substances

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Health hazard control

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Recognizing, evaluating, and controlling hazards they can create undesirable health effects, including noise, chemical exposures, radiation, or biological hazards

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Inspection/Audit

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Evaluating/assessing safety and health risks associated with equipment, materials, processes, or activities

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Record keeping

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Maintaining safety and health information to meet government requirements as well as provide data for problem solving and decision making

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Regulatory compliance

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Ensuring all mandatory safety and health standards are satisfied

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Security

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Maintaining environment safe from outside forces

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Training

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Providing employees with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize hazards and perform their jobs safely and effectively

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International adaptability

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Being prepared to operate in legal and cultural environments outside the United States