Occupational Safety Hazards

When someone expresses about safety and health risks in the organization or workplace, it dealing with the expectation of injury occurred and the impact on labourers due to the hazards found in the worked area. The probability is a measure by the regularity of accidents occurred in the work place. However, as the likelihood of accidents and the impact of accidents can be controlled, then the risk can be arranged until it will be minimized and acceptable (Governali, 2005). In addition, there are four basic categories words are often used in the administration of occupational safety and health hazard. The term can be classified into five major categories which are the physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards (refer to Figure 1 in Appendix 1).

The first major type of hazard is physical. Physical hazards are present in most workplaces at some time and are the most common hazards. Physical hazards of the hazards associated with electrical shock, equipment or machinery, lighting and temperature in the workplace. According to Mullen, (2004) the physical hazards checklist is well suited for almost all inspection work, since the items contains generally affect working environments and apply to all types of work. According to Bahari & Ismail (1998, p.45) stated that “a machinery and equipment used in the workplace is considered dangerous if not designed well, not perfect and not properly maintained before use”. Furthermore there is equipment operated by unskilled workers and use it instead for work supposed to use. In addition, accidents can be caused by a physical hazard if workers are not ready or do not concentrate while using it in their work.

Chemicals are the second type of hazard. Unlike physical hazard, ch...

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