Effective occupational health and safety management requires a structured approach to hazard identification and risk assessment, which is best achieved by a management system. The implementation of an ...

Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 201: Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) Guide It is a mouthful to say and not a small task for the fifty states that will have staff working ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- One of the root causes of workplace injuries, illnesses and incidents is the failure to identify or recognize hazards which are present or could have been anticipated in ...

Products being used within their end-product application can suffer systematic or random failures. Functional safety standards are designed to help influence the reduction of potential risks of ...

Although it may not be readily apparent–nor a matter of much concern–to most firefighters, the fact is that the research, development, testing, certification and production processes for all elements ...

Chemical regulations exist to safeguard human and environmental health throughout a substance’s life cycle (manufacture, intended use phase, and disposal). Regulatory decisions require scientific ...

I don't know how many audits I have conducted over the last 20 years, but I know it is in the hundreds. One of the areas that I have found hardest to assess as an auditor is the hazard assessment ...