Common Causes of Injury:
- Contact with objects and equipment: struck by, struck against, caught in, and caught between etc.
- Exposure to harmful substances: chemicals, dusts, fumes, and mists.
- Exertion: overexertion, repetitive motions.
Steps to Eliminating/Minimizing Hazards
- Identify and report the hazard
- Institute control measures
- Establish the level of risk for each hazard
Methods of Identification
- Worker Awareness and Training
- Hazard Identification Program
- Workplace/Safety Inspections Experience