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    HAZARDS IDENTIFIED FORM 1 Project Title: Student Name: Noorah Mostafa Student No: 688685 HAZARD IDENTIFIED PRIORITY COMMENTS Ground Instability This hazard happens in most construction sites due to water being close to construction site, sand can wash away or flow into holes or fissures due to presence of water (Running-Sand). As well as Shrink-Swell; Clays that can swell when wet and shrink when dry, causing the ground to rise and fall. Slip, trip or falls from height 1 The main hazards involved

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    Hazard Identification

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    Hazard identification, risk assessment & risk control in the workplace Purpose To provide guidance to employers in relation to hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control in the workplace. What is hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control? Hazard identification is the process used to identify all the possible situations in the workplace where people may be exposed to injury, illness or disease. "Find it" Risk assessment is the process used to determine the likelihood

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    Geological Hazards of Missouri Daniel LaBounty Geology 111C, Section 04MH Mr. David VanDeVelde July 3, 2015 Geological Hazards of Missouri Although many may not consider Missouri to be a hot spot of geological related natural disasters, there are multiple geological hazards which occur throughout the state. According to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Program, the hazards most often occurring in Missouri are earthquakes, landslides, sinkholes and abandoned

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    Natural hazards — are different natural phenomena that disrupt the usual live of a population, destroy and demolish objects of material value. They often have a negative effect on nature, and can happen anywhere in the world. Many different types of natural hazards exist; for example, earth quakes, landslides, floods, snow drifts, hurricanes, droughts, volcano eruptions, storms, etc. Natural hazards can happen independently or can be related to each other. If there is an earthquake, it can lead to

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    Confined Space Hazards

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    Table of Contents Pg. 1) Introduction to the Hazards of Confined Spaces Pg. 2) Potential Hazards Pg. 3) Assessing Confined Spaces Pg. 4) Precaution to take when Dealing with Confined Spaces Pg. 5) Confined Space Permits Pg. 6) Discussion Pg. 7) Conclusion Pg. 8) References   Introduction to the Hazards of Confined Space To many uninformed people, a confined space does not seem hazardous, but without the proper training and knowledge, confined spaces can be extremely dangerous and at worst, life

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    Robot Hazards Introduction: the aim of this assignment is to gain general awareness and an understanding of the legal requirements and responsibilities that are involved in the safe working practices associated with robotic assisted manufacture. This is to be achieved by the identification of associated hazards with robotic applications and provide an understanding of how these hazards are overcome. Typical sources of hazards associated with robotic operations within the working environment include

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    Nevada Hazards Wendy Gurganus Coastal Carolina Community College One of the geologic hazards in Nevada is the Mountain ranges. The reason these are hazards is because most of the ranges in Nevada have a major fault line on either side of them. Some of these faults have been active within the last 1.6 million years, and have had large earthquakes. This causes the ranges to tilt and shift and raised the ranges to higher levels. As far as seismic activity goes, Nevada is the third most active

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    the US, the Village of Freeport, NY Planning Committee reviewed previous hazard data and conducted a risk assessment to identify and profile those hazards that pose a risk to the Village (All Hazard Mitigation Plan – Incorporated Village of Freeport, 2014). It was ascertained that the hazards the will have the most significant impact on the Village are Hurricanes, flooding and high wind damage caused by Nor’easters (All Hazard Mitigation Plan –

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    local officials created a detailed, comprehensive plan that integrates mitigation planning and action framework, unlike other local hazard-mitigation plans. The essential difference amongst Roseville plans and other cities is that “Roseville has well exceeded the minimum disaster mitigation act of 2000 requirements for citizen involvement by formulating the Roseville Hazard Mitigation Plan through a variety of robust outreach measures.” (Schwab, 2010). The local government’s strong mitigation action

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    Safety Workplace) various types of hazards in the scenario is: Physical Hazard: A chair on the floor and fragmented glass and Biological Hazard: blood spilt on the floor, the blood splattered on the walls and the officer’s blood mixed with the offender’s blood. However, if the scenario was different and the HSR (Health Safety Representative) was in the room while the officers were in the room as well as the offender. The scenario played out, the other potential hazards in the room would be the offender

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