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    Anthropogenic Hazards

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    Anthropogenic hazards or human-made hazards can result in the form of a human-made disaster. In this case‚anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. This is as opposed to natural hazards that cause natural disasters. Either can result in huge losses of life and property as well as damage to peoples’ mental‚ physical and social well-being. Fire Bush fires‚ forest fires‚ and mine fires are generally started by lightning

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    Hazard of smooking

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    inspiring and interesting talk; entitled “HAZARD OF SMOKING”. DEFINITION FROM WIKIPIDIE A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property‚ or environment. Most hazards are dormant or potential‚ with only a theoretical risk of harm; however‚ once a hazard becomes "active"‚ it can create an emergency situation. A hazard does not exist when it is not happening. A hazardous situation that has come to pass is called an incident. Hazard and vulnerability interact together to

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    to Duty of Care in Health and Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings 1. Undestand the implications of Duty of Care. 1.1 Define the term "duty of care’. Duty of care is an obligation that a person/healthcare worker acts towards others and public with watchfulness‚ attention and caution in a reasonable and civilized way. SU needs to know that his welfare‚ safety and interest are put in the centre of attention of any healthcare organisation. 1.2 Describe how duty of care affects own

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    Environmental Hazards

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    Environmental Hazards Environmental hazards consist of cultural‚ biological‚ physical‚ and chemical hazards (Wright‚ Boorse‚ 2014). With a wide array of other hazards in each category there is plenty to choose from and makes one wonder why we continue to survive among so many potential hazards. I will be focusing on one type of hazard from each category to show what threats there are and a way to combat the threat. One example of a cultural hazard is smoking which accounts for over 400‚000 deaths

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    Risk Hazard

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    | | 4. Dust Mask/ Respirators | | | 5. Spats | | Potential Environmental Hazards(Circle below) | * Hazardous Materials(attach MSDS) | * Fire/Emergency Equipment Requirements(e.g. fire extinguisher‚ rescue gear etc) | X | Air Pollution (dust) Fumes | | 1- Fire Extinguisher at works area | | Spills to ground | | | X | Noise | | | | Soil erosion | | | | Spills to water | | | | Hazards to flora and fauna | | | | | Electrical | | Chemical | |

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    Occupational Hazard

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    study are thus presented under the following headings. • Concept of occupational health hazard • Principal of occupational health • Classification of occupational health • Biological risks of occupational health hazards • Physical risks of occupational health hazards • Mechanical risks of occupational health hazards • Psychological risks of occupational health hazards 2.0 concept of occupational hazard Occupational health developed in Europe with the oldest industry (mining). Some individual

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    Construction hazards

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    Construction hazards • Working at height: XXX describes that working at height includes any workplace has the potential of personal fall of a distance that is sufficient to cause personal injury whether this workplace is at ground level or below it. However‚ most of the resources including XX_____XX mention any work activity which is 2 m and above from the floor surface as working at height. Falling is the major cause of accidental fatalities as it causes about 50% of the total fatalities in

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    biological hazard

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    1.0 Introduction Based on the journal “ National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance: Exposure To Biological Hazards And The Provision Of Controls Against Biological Hazards In Australian Workplaces”‚ shows that the percentage of the health sector recorded the highest employment exposed exposed to biological hazards. Therefore‚ this study is to see more about the biological hazards in the health sector. Therefore‚ this study will reveal the types of biological agents that can be harmful to health

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    Anthropogenic Hazard

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    Anthropogenic hazard Anthropogenic hazards or human-made hazards can result in the form of a human-made disaster. In this case‚ anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. It results in huge loss of life and property. It further affects a person’s mental‚ physical and social well-being. Sociological hazards Crime Crime is a breach of the law for which some governing authority (via the legal systems) can ultimately

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    Assignment 055 Task A When looking after children you have a duty of care to them‚ this means it is your responsibility to keep the child safe and free from harm. The younger the child the greater the duty of care is‚you need to be vigilant and pay attention to keep children safe. Mentally risk assessing situations as they arise will help you see any potential dangers to the child and help you plan to avoid any risk. You also need to be aware of a child’s feelings and help them develop them

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