Workplace Hazards

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The list below details a number of hazards that may be present in an office environment. This is not an exhaustive list but only a starting point to help risk assessors for the purpose of risk assessment.

Types of Hazard

1. CHEMICALS

2. BIOLOGICAL

3. PHYSICAL

4. ERGONOMIC

5. PSYCHO-SOCIAL

A

• Acoustic shock

• Arson

• Asbestos

B

• Bio hazards

• BIOLOGICAL

• Bombs

• Break-in

• Building fabric

• Building materials

• Building plant and equipment

C

• Carbon monoxide

• Carcinogens

• Carrying

• Changes in level

• CHEMICALS

• Cold surfaces

• Computers

• Confined spaces

• Construction work

• Contaminated floors

• Cooking fats or oils

• Corrosive chemicals

• Cross contamination

D

• Data loss

• Data theft

• Display screen equipment

• Distracting reflections

• Driving

• Drowning

• Dust

E

• Electricity

• ERGONOMIC

• Explosion

F

• Falls

• Falling or flying objects

• Fire

• Flammable liquids

• Flood

• Fragile roofs

• Freezing Metals or Vapors

• Fumes

G

• Gas leak

• Gasses

• Glare

H

• Harmful substances

• Handling

• Hand tools

• Heat

• High temperature

• High voltage

• Hot work

• Hot surfaces

• Hot liquids

• Housekeeping

• Hygiene

I

• Icy conditions

• Infection control

• Infestation (rodents and pests)

K

• Kitchens

L

• Ladders

• Legionnaires disease

• Lifting

• Lifts and hoists

• Lighting

• Lightning

• Low temperature

M

• Mechanical and electrical systems

• Manual handling

• Moving vehicles

N

• Noise

• Natural disaster

• Needle stick injuries

O

• Operating machinery

• Overloaded sockets and circuits

• Overhead cables

P

• PSYCHO-SOCIAL

• PHYSICAL

• Physical abuse

• Poisoning

• Poisons

• Portable appliances

• Posture

• Power failure

• Power tools

• Pressure systems

Q

R

• Radiation

• Repetitive tasks

S

• Severe and adverse weather conditions

• Sharps

• Slips

• Slippery surfaces

• Spillages

• Smoke

• Snow

• Steam

• Storage tanks

• Stress

• Suspect packages

T

• Terrorist attack

• Trapping from moving parts

• Trips

• Theft

U

• Underground cables

• Uneven ground

V

• Vehicles

• Verbal abuse

• Vibrations

• Violence

W

• Wet floors

• Workstation

• Work environment

• Work equipment

• Working at height

X

Y

Z

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