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29 Cards in this Set
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Hazard |
Any source of potential adverse health effect, damage, or harm on something, or someone under certain conditions at work |
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Incident |
An event or occurrence that had our could have had a negative impact on people, property, or processes |
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Risk |
The probability or the extent to which a hazard is likely to cause harm to people, processes, or equipment |
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Risk Perception |
An individual's interpretation of the potential for harm based on values, beliefs, and experience with a hazard |
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Unsafe Act |
A deviation from standard job procedures or practices that increases a worker's exposure to a hazard |
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Human Factor |
When a person causes an accident by commission, poor judgment, or omission (failing to do something) |
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Walk-through survey |
A survey in which a safety professional walks through a worksite and notes hazards |
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Safety Sampling |
A systematic survey procedure undertaken by safety personnel who record their observations of unsafe practices on a sampling document |
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Job Description |
The content and hierarchy specific to a particular job |
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Job specifications |
The requirements necessary to perform the various functions of a job (e.g., ability to l lift weight, education level.) |
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Hazard analysis |
An orderly, analytical technique that examines a system for the most probable hazards having the severest consequences, for the purpose of establishing corrective or control mechanisms |
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Positive Tree |
Shows, graphically, how a job should be done |
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Fault Tree |
An illustration of things that can go wrong |
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Probability |
The chance or likelihood that an event will occur and will result in harm or loss |
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Consequences |
The results or severity of the injury |
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Injury |
Any trauma, physical or mental, direct or indirect, acute or chronic, experienced by a human being |
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Overt traumatic injuries |
Injuries resulting from coming into contact with an energy source |
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Overexertion injuries |
Injuries resulting from excessive physical effort, repetitive motions, and, possibly, awkward working positions |
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Hazard control |
The program or processes used to establish preventative and corrective measures |
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Precontact control |
Addressing issues before an incident or accident occurs |
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Contact control |
Identifying ways in which a hazardous situation can be prevented from becoming worse and harmony workers. |
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Contact control |
Identifying ways in which a hazardous situation can be prevented from becoming worse and harmony workers. |
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Post contact control |
Putting in place medical and cleanup operations and ensuring that the event cannot be repeated |
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Engineering control |
Modifications of work processes, equipment, and materials to reduce exposure to hazards |
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Machine guarding |
Protection for workers from the hazards and energies created by moving machinery |
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Kickback |
Action of having a work piece suddenly thrown backward into the operator |
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Adminstrative control |
Management involvement, training of employees, rotation of employees, environmental sampling, and medical surveillance to protect individuals |
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Preventative maintenance |
The orderly, continuous, and scheduled protection and repair of equipment and buildings |
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Confined space |
A space that is potentially deficient in oxygen and could contain toxic aerosols |
