Hazard

A terrorist attack could be potentially as low tech as a shoe bomb or a well thought out plan such as the hijacking of aircraft that caused the 9/11 attacks in New York. The wide spectrum of hazards for a terrorist event range from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), explosives, and a combination of hazards (WMD with an explosion of a factory or facility with harmful chemicals). Federal and State laws have ensured that hazardous chemicals and items that are transported or produced are properly labeled and transported so as not to affect the public. In addition to labeling these hazards it is key to have First Responders and the public have a general understanding of what these labels mean and how to ensure they protect themselves from the hazards.…

Hello Everyone, I’m going to go over Hazard recognition which is defined “as the process of identifying agents or conditions which have the potential of causing harm to a worker’s health and safety”. It is a basic concept but is very important topic that many people can become complacent too, especially on the smaller aspects of the job; like walking into someone back yard and not noticing the “Beware of Dog Sign, or stepping out of the truck if your off roads and not noticing a hole or divot…

earlier. The emergencies include winter storms, tornadoes, and floods. The hazard and vulnerability analysis will focus attention on these hazards, which are highly likely to have a great impact on Atlanta, Georgia community and its facilities. Four categories will be used to place each disaster into perspective. The categories include probability, response, property impact, and human impact. For this paper, vulnerability is defined as lives, wealth, and structures that might be possibly exposed…

Something that can cause harm and danger is called hazard. There are three different types of hazards health hazards, safety hazards and security hazards. Health hazard is a hazard which can lead to incidents such as long time and short time illness. An example of a health hazard in a health and social care setting will be if you ate the wrong food which you were not supposed to take and had food poisoning or if you took the wrong medication. Safety hazards is a hazard which can cause injury,…

When identifying hazards in a workshop, it is important that you try to find as many hazards as possible to ensure correct safety measures can be taken and maintaining a safe working environment. There are many methods to identifying hazards in thee workplace which include considering working methods, checks on the environment, walks around the workplace, accident and health records, talking to employees and safety audits. Considering working methods Many jobs may not have a risk but the way…

In addition, a Kaiser Permanente Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) tool was used. The HVA tool complies hazards and the risks associated with each of them into a chart which helps to prioritize hazard mitigation planning (California Hospital Association, 2017). The results from the University Hospital HVA can be found at the end of this report. Determining Severity In order to determine the probability and severity of hazardous vulnerabilities, most likely to occur, at University Hospital, I…

Local Efforts in Risk Assessment and Hazard Mitigation Disasters can happen without warning and cause a significant loss of life property and critical infrastructure. These types of disasters can have a significant, if not deadly impact on a local community’s economic, environmental and social well-being. The use of hazard mitigation and risk assessment allows action to be taken by the necessary entities that will allow communities to be more resilient in the wake of disaster (DHS, 2014). In…

The world faces immense glitches when it comes to handling matters concerning natural hazards. Natural hazards are extreme and severe climate and weather events that occur naturally in all the expenses of the realm. However, some parts are more susceptible to definite regions than elsewhere. For instance, natural fires. Natural fires have traumatized the world with the devastating damages that it has to the environment. One of the most prevalent firestorms is the 2003 Firestorm in Southern…

Moral Hazard and the Principal-Agent Problem Defined: Moral Hazard can be easily defined as an individual or business will be more likely to take risks because the negative consequences of the risky behavior will be felt by another individual or business (Hill). For example an individual who gets their automobile insured might start speeding or other reckless driving behavior. That same person might let their insurance lapse and will continue to start driving safe once again. However, the…

Moral hazard is the tendency to overconsume medical care. The term is used by economists as describing the taking on more risk as the cost go up. When it comes to medical care the overall effect is the shifting of the demand curve for medical services and raising the equilibrium price. The purpose of buying health insurance is to financially protect the insured from a large financial expense if they become ill. Illness can come at any time and the medical expenditures are unpredictable for each…