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Hazard Identification

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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.

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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

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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