OHS Definitions

____________is a potential source of harm or injury; the potential to cause injury, illness or disease.

• Hazard

• Risk

• Harm

• Consequence

_______________is the chance (or likelihood) that a hazard will cause harm to people.

• Hazard

• Likelihood

• Risk

• Manual Handling

______ is death, injury, illness (including psychological illness) or disease that may be suffered by a person from a hazard or risk.

 

• Control

• Risk

• Likelihood

• Harm

_______________refers to how often people will be exposed to the hazard.

• Risk-Assessment

• Likelihood

• Manual Handling

• Consequence

_________is looking at what will happen if people are exposed to the hazard and how severe the injury, illness or disease will be.

• Consequence

• Risk-Assessment

• Manual Handling

• Hazard

___________ is a process for developing knowledge and understanding about hazards and risks so that sound decisions can be made about control.

• Manual Handling

• Risk Assessment

• Control

• Risk

A _______ is a thing, work process or system of work that eliminates an OHS hazard or risk or, if this is not reasonably practicable, reduces the risk so far as is reasonably practicable.

• Consequence

• Harm

• Control

• Hazard

__________means using your body to exert force to lift, lower, push, pull, carry, move, hold or restrain objects or people.

• Consequence

• Likelihood

• Risk

• Manual Handling