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One of the most common health hazards in the workplace, noise can have serious impacts on our health, safety, and...
Engineering Control
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As an idea, engineering controls are moderately basic. They are the favored techniques for danger control that works by isolating...
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With 85 forklift fatalities and 34,900 serious injuries each year, there’s no question that forklifts are a workplace hazard that...
From 1999 to 2015, there were about 7,393 deaths from unintentional carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in the United States. It’s often referred to...
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From ticking clocks to honking horns to music, we’re exposed to almost constant noise every day. Sometimes it’s pleasant, like a bird...
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Pesticides and fumigants can cause mild or severe poisoning. Long-term exposure to them can cause cancer. Workers most commonly absorb...
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Chlorine is a powerful disinfectant and bleaching agent. In both gas and liquid forms it is toxic and extremely dangerous....
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Hydrogen sulfide is a dangerous toxic gas found in many industries. At low concentrations it causes health problems. At high...
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Carbon dioxide becomes toxic when there is too much of it. This is especially true in confined areas. Excess carbon...
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Abrasive blasting, which uses compressed air or water to clean surfaces, apply a texture, or prepare a surface for paint...
