Natural Disasters A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (For example‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ landslide‚ etc.). These disasters depend on the vulnerability of the place to resist the hazard. For example‚ an earthquake is very unlikely to take place in a forest but a city like Kathmandu is prone to earthquakes. Thus the involvement of the term ‘natural’ is been disputed as these hazards do not take place without human involvement. Some of the deadliest
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P1 Introduction When working in a health and social environment‚ it is important that the surrounding nature is safe and free of any potential harm. A hazard is something that can possibly cause you this danger. Hazards range from something being misplaced to a broken object. When identifying a hazard‚ risk assessments would take place to find out the best and quickest solution to prevent any danger. The definition of a risk is the probability or threat of damage‚ injury‚ liability
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They must provide a safe and healthy workplace by identifying the hazard‚ assessing the risk and controlling the risk 2. What are an employee’s responsibilities when it comes to health and safety in the workplace? Cooperate with employer and any safety plan that has been set by that workplace in a given situation 3. If a potential hazard is identified‚ what steps should be taken to control the hazard? Try to eliminate the hazard‚ if that can’t be done then we’d need to try to engineer a solution
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Assignment Title: Hazards in settings Assignment Ref: 3a Issue Date Week beginning 30/9/13 End Date: Week beginning 04/11/13 Actual Hand-in Date: Unit/ AC Ref Assessment Criteria Achieved Evidence Location Comments/feedback from assessor P1 Explain potential hazards and the harm that may arise from each in a health or social care setting Yes/No P3 Carry out a risk assessment in a health or social care setting Yes/No M2 Assess the hazards identified in the
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readily implemented. This is especially the case where a constructor specializes in similar types of projects. For meaningful Development of Response Plan following considerations should be kept in mind: 1) Identification and assessment of hazard 2) Assessment of resources 3) Mean
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interventions are required to save and preserve human lives and or the environment. Disasters are frequently categorized according to their perceived causes and speed of impact. Yet in other sources like researchgate.com‚ it’s a natural or man-made hazard that causes significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ personal injury and economic disruption of great magnitude or drastic change to the environment. All these definitions seem to agree however that disasters can cause serious disruption
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1. PLAN AND CONDUCT WORK SAFELY 2.1. Plan work in accordance with relevant provisions of OHS legislation‚ standards‚ codes of practice/compliance codes and guidance material 2.2. Identify hazards as part of work planning and work process 2.3. Address identified hazards prior to starting work using judgement within defined scope of responsibilities 2.4. Report residual risk according to organization procedures 2.5. Report incidents and injuries in line with organisation
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How to Write a Good Accident or Incident Report An incident report needs to include all the essential information about the accident or near-miss. The report-writing process begins with fact finding and ends with recommendations for preventing future accidents. You may use a special incident reporting form‚ and it might be quite extensive. But writing any incident report involves four basic steps‚ and those are the focus of today’s post. 1. Find the Facts To prepare for writing an accident
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additional cabling into walls and they cannot install additional wall plates. ABC Chemicals have a mound of hazards that need to be fix before an incident occurs. Being constructed in 2000 the building has been fitted with limited emergency equipment. No emergency plan is displayed in the workplace and no workers have received any training in safe handling of chemicals. These three hazards alone can be catastrophic in causing the majority of the incidents in this business. Not only do they not have
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Nursery/Pre-School has a responsibility to provide a safe environment for your child and the Manager is responsible for health and safety matters concerning the nursery premises. All staff are aware of potential hazards within the nursery and the surrounding environment and actively protect children from hazards. We aim to provide all staff with first aid training. All accidents and any incidents are recorded in the Accident Report Book. All accidents are accurately notified to the parent/carer as soon as possible
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