So what is a hazard?
In relation to Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), the most commonly used definition of a hazard is…
‘A hazard is a potential source of harm or adverse health effect on a person or persons’.
Anyone can be affected or impacted by a hazard.
This will include…
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In social care settings, there are many hazards which we need to be aware of. Some of them will exist in all care settings, whereas others may relate only to certain environments. For example, we could be talking about…
All of these hazards could potentially cause harm.
Click on the blue + symbols below to see data published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) relating to 2020-21:
These numbers could have been less with robust risk assessment management in the workplace.
Here are some of the common hazards found in the social care workplace with links to additional information which you may find useful:
You will find individual courses on each of these subjects in our course list.
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