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  2. Anticipate, recognize, evaluate, control, and confirm - Wikipedia

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    The anticipate, recognize, evaluate, control, and confirm (ARECC) decision-making framework began as recognize, evaluate, and control.In 1994 then-president of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Harry Ettinger added the anticipate step to formally convey the duty and opportunity of the worker protection community to proactively apply its growing body of knowledge and experience ...

  3. Hierarchy of hazard controls - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, some PPE, such as respirators, increase physiological effort to complete a task and, therefore, may require medical examinations to ensure workers can use the PPE without risking their health. Employers should not depend solely on personal protective equipment (PPE) [18] to manage hazards when more effective controls are available ...

  4. Personal protective equipment - Wikipedia

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    Personal protective equipment (PPE) is protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective equipment include physical, electrical, heat, chemical, biohazards , and airborne particulate matter .

  5. Hazardous Materials Identification System - Wikipedia

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    The second edition was released in 1986, HMIS II, which introduced letter codes for identifying personal protective equipment to be used, and the 'asterisk' to the Health bar, to identify when a substance poses a long term health hazard, such as carcinogens. This would be placed in the same box as the health number. [3] [5] [6]

  6. Layers of protection analysis - Wikipedia

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    Layers of protection analysis (LOPA) is a technique for evaluating the hazards, risks and layers of protection associated with a system, such as a chemical process plant. . In terms of complexity and rigour LOPA lies between qualitative techniques such as hazard and operability studies (HAZOP) and quantitative techniques such as fault trees and event trees.

  7. Occupational exposure banding - Wikipedia

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    When conducting a workplace hazard assessment, occupational hygienists may find it useful to start with occupational exposure banding to identify potential hazards and exposure ranges, before moving on to control banding. Together, these tools will aid the health & safety professional in selecting the appropriate risk mitigation strategies.

  8. Immediately dangerous to life or health - Wikipedia

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    The term immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH) is defined by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as exposure to airborne contaminants that is "likely to cause death or immediate or delayed permanent adverse health effects or prevent escape from such an environment." Examples include smoke or other ...

  9. Job safety analysis - Wikipedia

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    Workplace hazard identification and an assessment of those hazards may be required before every job. Analyses are usually developed when directed to do so by a supervisor, when indicated by the use of a first tier risk assessment and when a hazard associated with a task has a likelihood rating of 'possible' or greater.