The simplest hazard definition is: “something that could potentially cause harm, injury, or damage to people and property” although the likelihood of it doing so may be quite small. Figure 7.1 is a great example of a potentially hazardous activity that is clearly controlled well.
Now that we have a comprehensive picture of how work moves through the firm, we can look at some of the more obvious hazards in each of these areas. We have included damage to property as sometimes this can lead to harm to someone at a later date and we want to make sure your insurers are happy that you and the business have things under control. Later chapters consider health and fire risks in more detail, but for now we are concentrating ...
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