Hazards in the workplace

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Now we can look at each of examples of the hazards and try to explain possible risks for all the people who might be hurt in the business. For each hazard above we will try to make at least one example of a risk and we will also try to think about how this risk might be controlled and reduced (or maybe even removed):

  1. Smoking can hurt health of the employees; also if you leave a cigarette in the wrong place it can cause a fire in the building. To avoid this situation the employer has to make strict rules hung up on the wall between different departments, so people could see what is strictly forbidden.

Also they could make some signs that smoking is not allowed.

  1. If electric cabling is lying all over the floor somebody may not see it and fall down or electric shorting could happen. To avoid that - all the cables should be gathered together and it should be safe so it won’t hurt any body.

  1. People may not make a lot of noise in their workplace, as it may be uncomfortable to work for others if somebody is shouting. If the noise is made by some work equipment they should stay in specially provided rooms where they won’t annoy anyone.
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  1. Person who works in the company should not carry heavy things by hands, she needs a special machine for delivering a lot of paper or plenty of production in the office.

  1. If your office is untidy or dirty you won’t be able to find whatever you need quickly and if you leave garbage all over the place you will make a lot of inconvenience for all the workers.

  1. Slipping or tripping hazards ...

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