Principles of accident potential recognition.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A study guide for accident potential recognition is reviewed. Topic areas include site and structures, operating machinery and equipment, materials, and energy. The recognition, evaluation, and control of hazards are stressed. Goals for the recognition of accident potential are listed. Weather, lighting, environmental and site characteristics, deterioration and deformation, and poor housekeeping are considered as factors for potential hazards. Quizzes and discussion questions are also presented. The authors note that this guide is designed to provide education and training for new persons in the safety field, in order to improve their capability in recognizing accident potential in a wide range of topic areas and a broad scope of operational activities.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Plastics Preceptorship Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Contract-099-74-0066 Control-methods NIOSH-Contract
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-187
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00120875
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Contract 099-74-0066, 1975 Aug; :1-187
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Performing Organization:
  American Society of Safety Engineers
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:807477db55d96ce1a001ab22066d896436e5c692eaa40374369c0f8926e11870724d63e0562a91f64b0e0fd278c612bd5c6e1ee9914812e0eff0b800ba1d2e42
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179418/cdc_179418_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.74 MB ]