Define Hazard and Risk

Harm

- a physical injury or damage to health

Hazard

- is any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on something or someone. - potential source of harm to a worker

Example or hazard

- workplace hazards can come from a wide range of sources - general examples include any substance, material, process, practice etc that has the ability to cause harm or adverse health effect to a person or property

different types of hazards

-physical -chemical -biological -ergonomical -physchosocial -electrical

Risk factors that influence the degree or likelihood

-the nature of the exposure -how the person is exposed -the severity of the effect

Example of risk

-the risk of developing cancer from smoking cigarettes could be expressed as: •cigarette smokers are 12 times for example more likely to die of lung cancer than non smokers or •the number per 100,000 smoker who will develop lung cancer (actual number depends on factors such as their age and how many years they have been smoking . These risks are expressed as a probability or likelihood of developing a disease or getting injured, wheres hazard refers to the agent responsible (i.e smoking)

Risk

Is the likelihood that a person will be harmed or experience an adverse health effect if exposed to a hazard -likelihood of substance, activity or process to cause harm

Likelihood

the chance of something happening