Understanding Hazards and Risks

Product: OC/239D

The principle of current workplace health and safety philosophy is simple, if we either eliminate the hazards or control them so they pose no serious risks to our health and safety, then we have a safe workplace. Any successful safety strategy has this principle as its foundation. However, the degree to which it is successful is dependent on the following three factors:

• The ability of the organisation to identify all of the hazards that are present
• The ability of the organisation to implement satisfactory control measures whenever necessary
• The level of commitmernt from all personnel within the organisation to accept the rules, regulations and safe work practices and procedures that have been established