Hazard Recognition and Avoidance - Accident/Incident Prevention Techniques - page 66

tABle 4.1
Potential sources of safety hazard

Acids Housekeeping/waste

Abrasives Ladders

Biohazards Lasers

Bloodborne.pathogens Lifting

Blasting Lighting

Caustics Loads

Chains Machines

Chemicals Materials

Compressed.gas.cylinders Mists

Conveyors Noise

Cranes Platforms

Conined.spaces Personal.protective.equipment

Derricks Power.sources

Electrical.equipment Power.tools

Elevators.and.manlifts Pressure.vessels

Emergencies Radiation

Environmental.factors Rigging

Excavations Respirators

Explosives Scaffolds

Falls Slings

Fibers Solvents

Fires Stairways

Flammables Storage.facilities

Forklifts Stored.materials

Fumes Transportation.equipment

Generators Transportation.vehicles

Gases Trucks

Hand.tools Unsafe.conditions

Hazardous.chemical.processes Unsafe.act

Hazardous.waste Ventilation

Heavy.equipment Walkways.and.roadways

High.voltage Walls.and.loor.openings

Hoists Warning.devices

Hoses Welding.and.cutting

Hot.items Wire.ropes

Hot.processes Working.surfaces

D irECt C AusEs
Most.accidents.are.caused.by.the.unplanned.or.unwanted.release.of.large.amounts.of.
energy,.or.of.hazardous.materials..In.a.breakdown.of.accident.causes,.the.direct.cause.
is. the. energy. or. hazardous. material. released. at. the. time. of. the. accident.. Accident.
investigators. are. interested. in. inding. out. what. the. direct. cause. of. an. accident. is.
because.this.information.can.be.used.to.help.prevent.other.accidents,.or.to.reduce.the.
injuries.associated.with.them.