Environmental Hazards December 6‚ 2012 Environmental hazards can have many effects to one’s health. It has the potential to threaten the surroundings of a natural environment and harmfully affect people’s health. It can cause health issues to plants‚ minerals‚ or animals. Some hazards have the potential to be poisonous to the environment. Some examples are oil spills‚ which can cause fish or any animal living in the water to die. There are earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and floods. Environmental hazards are
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Moral Hazard A few years ago when Hurricane Katrina wake‚ many people fled the ravaged Gulf Coast were spending disaster relief paid for by taxpayers‚ on tattoos‚ expensive handbags and making trips to their favorite places. In this case the damage has already done and people are using the debit cards issues by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). The debit cards are issued to buy the necessities like food and clothing. But the damage was done and people misused its money. FEMA swore that
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Occupational hazard is a danger that’s inherent in a particular work requirement or environment. It is a job which entails a greater risk than that to the population at large‚ such as a risk of illness from exposure to toxic materials‚ mining disters‚ etc. Occupational hazards are regulated by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). OSHA defines an occupational illness as‚ "any abnormal condition or disorder‚ other than one resulting from an occupational injury‚ caused by exposure
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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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The four categories of human environmental hazards include cultural‚ physical‚ chemical‚ and biological hazards Environmental cultural hazard is the risk of damage to the environment involving air pollution form all of the massive factory’s and mills that are placed around the earth. Water pollution is a main hazard because it kills a lot of the aquatic life that we as humans feed on and it also kills the food that the food we eat feeds off to survive. Toxins like all of our trash that is getting
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Hazard identification Malathion is an insecticide that is used primarily on crops to control insects. Malathion brakes down quickly when exposed to the elements like soil‚ water‚ and sunlight. Normally people are not exposed to this insecticide unless they are in the vicinity of the area that is being sprayed. Then the risk will be the spray that is in the air‚ or on surfaces that have been touched. (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov) Malathion affects how the brain and the nervous system
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the legal responsibilities of nurses in the work setting. Within the nursing license‚ the nurse is legally bound to practice within the scope of nursing that each state defines by a Nurse Practice Act (NPA). The scope includes upholding the patient bill of rights and total patient care. According to the NLN (Springhouse‚ 2004)‚ “Patients have the right to information about their diagnosis‚ prognosis‚ and treatment — including alternatives to care and risks involved — in terms they and their families
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Introduction to Duty of Care in Health‚ Social Car or Children and Young Peoples Settings UNIT 5 1.1 Being a support worker means I have a responsibility of duty of care‚ which I am to adhere to at all times. This responsibility is a legal obligation as part of my job role. If these standards of care are not met I can put the service user/s in jeopardy of harm. The duty of care should be my self acting in the best interest of the individual at all times which should not be detrimental to the
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1. Assess the similarities and differences between threat‚ risk‚ hazard‚ and peril. Threat‚ Risk‚ Hazard and Peril are all siblings of the same beast‚ if you will. A risk professional could refer to hazards as the contributing factor to a peril. Perils are the cause of the risk‚ such as a kitchen fire raging out of control. With cooking comes the threat of a fire‚ the hazard being the fire or source of fuel‚ the risk being the ever increasing chance of getting burned‚ making the peril
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Hazard identification‚ assessment and control report for Outdoor Timber Ltd (20.05.2012) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to create an identification‚ assessment and control process for Outdoor timber Ltd to identify‚ manage hazards on their worksite. We have developed and described a hazard management and identification process. We have also identified and prioritised existing significant hazards‚ and analysed the potential harm of these hazards. We have
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