While some safety hazards in the workplace are obvious and can be corrected before they cause an accident, there are many safety hazards in the workplace that are not always as obvious. It is often the safety hazards that we do not automatically see or think of that cause workplace injury accidents. Therefore, understanding that hazard identification goes beyond what can be easily observed and corrected is important.
Discussion: In your initial post for Wednesday, describe two safety hazards that you learned about from this week’s chapter readings, one that is “obvious” or and that is “not so obvious” in your current or a previous workplace.
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- These can be current safety hazards or previous safety hazards that have since been corrected. Include what is or was obvious and not so obvious about each safety hazard that you are describing.
- Include one kind of workplace injury accident that can occur if the safety hazard is not or has not been corrected.
- Make one recommendation for each safety hazard on how you would correct the hazard yourself. Use the NIOSH Hierarchy of Controls from this week’s learning materials and include which level of control your recommendations is.
- If you’ve never been employed, you can speak with someone you know who is employed and use their employer for this assignment.
Response: In two responses to your peers, due by Sunday, for the “not so obvious” safety hazard, locate an article, tip sheet, fact sheet, news release or case study on the internet regarding a similar health hazard and summarize the safety hazard and how it was or should be corrected. Cite your finding with an APA citation.