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Hazard Identification And Control. by philoedu(m): 4:50pm On Nov 03, 2021
1. What is Hazard? Hazard is defined as a potential to harm and is often associated with uncontrolled conditions or activities that may result in injury or death.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, hazards must be identified, control and eliminated as early as possible to prevent any injuries, illness, or death in any working environment.
2. What is Job Hazard Analysis? This is the technique that focuses attention that allows for the identification of hazard before any injury or accident take occur in any environment. Therefore, JHA also focuses attention on the relationship between the Workers, the tasks, Tools, and the Environment, - (J.H.A= W.T.T.E).
3. What is the importance of JHA?. The importance of JHA cannot be overemphasized, as it tends to embrace everything that has to do with safety. And some of the importance of JHA is the like of adding value to life and to the task we do as well as the entire management system.
It is also the best method to determine in establishing any work procedure. The same is true, that it also comes to act as component of commitment and consistency in safety health and management system.
(4.) What is the value of JHA?, The value of JHA is the credibility stance, it tends to maintain as it put in evidence the high level of commitment and consistency in safety and health management system.
(5.) Method of hazard Identification; The JHA is an exercise of detecting and controlling hazard in the workplace and it's goal is to discover the followings;-
1. Discover of what can go wrong .
2. Discover of what is the likely consequences .3. Discover of how it could arise.
4. Discover of what could be other contributing factors.
5. Discover of how likely any such hazard could occur.
Therefore, to make the JHA useful, it is important to document the answers of the above questions in a consistent manner.

In describing the hazard in this way, tends to ensure that any effort made to eliminate the hazard and to implement the hazard control will assist to target the most important contributor to hazard. (To be continue).

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