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Identify hazards and risk in
the workplace

• EVALUATE HAZARDS
AND RISK IN THE
WORKPLACE
WHICH PICTURE DOES DESCRIBE ME BEST?

CHEMICAL HAZARDS

PHYSICAL HAZARDS

BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS

ERGONOMIC HAZARDS

PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS

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AFTER YOU FINISHED THIS
MODULE, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO:

 Classify the types of hazards/risks according to

physical, biological, and chemical

 Describe the effects of ergonomics in the workplace.

 Perform basic contingency measures such as

evaluation, isolation, or contingency drills.
 HAZARD RISK

Is possibility of something
Is an agent which has bad happening. Risks
the potential to cause involves uncertainly  about
harm the effects/implications of an
activity
HAZARD RISK
categories of
hazards are:
BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS

• include viruses (covid-19),

bacteria,  insects, animals,
etc., that can cause adverse
health impacts. For example,
mold, blood and other bodily
fluids, harmful  plants,
sewage, dust and vermin. 
CHEMICAL HAZARDS

• Can result in both health

and physical impacts,
such as skin irritation,
respiratory system
irritation, blindness,
corrosion and explosions
PHYSICAL HAZARDS

• Are environmental factors

that can harm an employee
without necessarily touching
them, including heights,
noise, radiation and
pressure. 
EFFECTS OF ERGONOMICS
IN THE WORKPLACE:
ERGONOMIC HAZARDS

• are a result of physical factors

that  can result in
musculoskeletal injuries. For
example, a poor workstation
setup in an office, poor posture
and manual handling. 
 PSYCHOLOGICAL HAZARDS

 are the elements of your

personality that limits or enhance
the ways that you think.  A phobia
(illogical and uncontrollable fear)
can limit or even  control the
ways that you think or react. 
 PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS

are things related to your

physical body that affect your
thinking. For example when,
your body’s chemistry is off
due to unbalanced nutrition,
dehydration, alcohol, etc.