Download the brochure of module 3 - Hazards Identification and Control Measures in chemical (industrial) workplaces
This Module provides the information on various methods of hazards identification and control measures at chemical (industrial)
workplaces. At the end of this module, trainees will be able to:
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Module 3: Training in industrial Disaster Risk Management - Hazard Identification and Control Measures
This module was prepared by the Disaster Management Institute Bhopal in cooperation with the Indo-German bilateral cooperation - InWEnt Capacity Building International and GTZ-ASEM.
- understand the philosophy of hazards recognition;
- understand the philosophy and methods of control;
- understand and suggest several methods of preventing and
- controlling hazards in their own workplaces; etc.
This module is mainly targeted to:
- Safety auditors
- Emergency responders
- Emergency planners and regulators
- Civil administrators
Content
Workplace Hazards
What is a hazard?
Why hazards identification?
Categorising hazards
How to identify hazards
Broad categories of hazard
General understanding about hazards
Control measures
Elimination
Substitution
Engineering controls
Administrative controls
Personal protective equipment
Other methods of control
Check lists
Conclusion
Glossary
Reference
Glossary
- OSHAS: occupational health and safety management system
- HAZOP: Hazards and operability studies
- FMEA: Failure mode effect analysis
- FTA: Fault tree analysis
- ETA: Event tree analysis
- MAH: Major accident hazards
- PPE: Personal protective equipments
- MSDS: Material safety data sheet
- SCBA: Self contained breathing apparatus
References
- Factories Act 1948 and amendments
- ILO Bureau for workers' activities: your health and safety at work 1999
