Focus on Prevention: Conducting a Fire Risk Assessment

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Mallett, Launa G. ; Brnich, Michael J. Jr.
• Description:
  The first step to emergency preparedness is defining and analyzing hazards. although all hazards should be addressed, resource limitations usually do not allow this to happen all at once. risk assessments are used to establish priorities so that the most dangerous situations are addressed first and those least likely to occur and least likely to cause major problems can be considered later. while the examples provided in this training package are specific to mine fires, the concepts and tools can be applied to any mine hazard. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Fires Mining Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention; Fire-safety; Hazard-ratings; Fire-potential; Risk-assessment
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 99-155, 1999 Oct; :1-6
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000547
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2004-101161
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:479501073b2d1845fc87763a24a0c0dff2a2f58a6d8a6769cc6365c7c5f15f8021588996d5a498d91c89c7215f911eccc7c5e564449ca029a00dda4623cb6f66
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8788/cdc_8788_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 158.72 KB ]