Consequences of hazards

The table summary is only a guideline with some examples indicating the methodology of converting hazards into
risks. There could be many more potential health and safety risks and environmental impacts for the indicated
categories of hazards:

Environmental
Source of Safety Risk and Health Risk and
Hazard/Aspect Impact and
Energy Consequence Consequence
Consequence

• Spillages of chemicals • Inhalation of

• Ammonia fumes • Skin contact fumes leads to:
• Oil/diesel spillages from: leads to skin
o lung Incorrect disposal of
burns irritation/illness/di
o Forklift chemicals leads to
• Slipping on sease
Chemicals o Truck engine
spillages cause a soil and water
o Overturned bucket o headaches.
variety of injuries pollution
o During servicing • Skin contact leads
of machinery e.g. fractures and
to skin irritation
bruises
• Disposal of chemicals (dermatitis)

• Touching open
• Open live electrical junction
junction box boxes/open live • Usage of non-
• Open live electrical cables electrical renewable
• Contact with
• Damaged electrical cables cables/damage d resources (coal)
electrical current
• Sparks from electrical cables can lead to a
can lead to electric
electrical can cause depletion of
shock, the
equipment electrocution/ski n resources
Electricity exacerbation of an
• Heat from burns/fatalities • CO2 release due to
underlying heart
overloaded • Contact with coal burning can
condition and can
electrical sparks leads to lead to air
cause a possible
equipment skin burns pollution, global
fatality
• Generation of electricity • Working with or warming and
with non-renewable touching heated climate change
resources, such as coal surfaces causes
body burns

• Being trapped
• Moving of machinery
between moving • Stretching and
and equipment
machines leads to bending when
• Unguarded • Damaged and flying
impact injuries e.g. working with
rotating machine part
amputations, incorrectly installed
Mechanical machinery discarded
fractures, degloving machinery leads to
• Flying machine parts incorrectly can lead
or bruises ergonomic
• Unprotected sharp to ground pollution
• Making contact consequences such
end/nip points on
with rotating parts as back pain
machinery
causes

body cuts and bruises

• Hand tools not • Being hit by flying
properly stored parts results in a
• Incorrect placement variety of injuries
of machinery e.g. cuts, scrapes
and bruises

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 Consequences of hazards

Environmental
Source of Safety Risk and Health Risk and
Hazard/Aspect Impact and
Energy Consequence Consequence
Consequence

• Touching or
handling equipment
with sharp ends or
nip points causes
cutting or pinching
injuries
• Tripping on tools
and equipment
that are not stored
away causes
different types of
injuries e.g.
fractures and
bruises

• Bursting
equipment due to
• Bursting over high pressure can
• Inhalation of
pressurised cause different
released gas leads • Released gas from
equipment injuries e.g. cuts
to lung irritation, over pressurised
• Pressure release from and bruises
respiratory equipment
over pressurised • Injuries due to
Pressure/ illnesses, contributes to local
equipment falling equipment
Gravity/ asphyxiation air pollution
• Loose tools/equipment from platforms e.g.
Acceleration • Vibration due • Flying parts due to
on platforms (gravity) cuts, bruises,
to unbalanced bursting equipment
• Speeding of vehicles fractures
machinery can lead to soil
• Damage speed • Reckless driving and
causes kidney pollution
control mechanisms speeding leads to
problems
on driven machinery collisions resulting in
injuries and
fatalities

• Exposure to
• Excessive noise from
gunshot or
(various source)
jackhammer noise
• Noise due to • A person being
causes NIHL
damaged damping injured due to
• Exposure to
material being unable to • Excessive noise
continuous noise
Noise • Jackhammer noise hear oncoming causes local noise
leads to TTS pollution
• Gunshot noise danger e.g. cuts,
• Exposure to the
• Continuous noise bruises, fractures,
noise can also cause
from rotating fatality
or exacerbate
equipment/
tinnitus (constant
• machinery
ringing in the ear)

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Environmental
Source of Safety Risk and Health Risk and
Hazard/Aspect Impact and
Energy Consequence Consequence
Consequence

• X-ray camera radiation

• Radiation can lead
• Damaged
to water, ground
radioactive
and air pollution
measuring • Unprotected
and can contribute
equipment • High levels of exposure to
to toxic build-up in
Radiation (instruments) radiation leads to radiation causes
ecosystems and
• Unguarded/unprotect skin burns various types of
even result in
ed radioactive cancer
species
isotopes
deformations and
• Damaged/unsafe
loss
Geiger equipment

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