Inventory of Occupational Health and Safety Hazards

Potential Hazards

Examples of Job Types Exposed

Suggestive Preventative Measures

Animal attacks (kicks, and scratches)

All employees working in the field

First aid, PPE

Burns from exposure to hot surfaces, flames, sparks,

liquids, gasses or chemicals

All employees

PPE, training

Caught in/under/between, pinched or crushed by

material, equipment, or objects

Trades, labourers,

Lock-out/Tag-out system, training, PPE, first aid, inspection program

Capsizing

Boat drivers, Res. Con. specialists, field scientists/technicians, LE Wardens

PPE, SWP, training, emergency rescue equipment

Cuts or abrasions

All employees

First aid, PPE

Drowning

Boat drivers, Res. Con. specialists, field scientists/technicians, LE Wardens,

guides/interpreters

SWP, emergency rescue equipment, emergency rescue training,

communication devices, PPE

Electric shock from unplanned contact with energized

object or electrical system(s)

Electricians, labourers, heavy equipment operators

Training, PPE, equipment selection, inspections, SWPs

Entangled, entrapped or buried

Trades, labourers, field specialists working in caves, avalanche rescue

team

PPE, training, SWP

Excessive noise

Trades, road maintenance, labourers, firearms handlers

Noise control program, PPE, Occupational Health Monitoring, training

Exposure to extreme temperatures (hot or cold)

Guides/interpreters, boat drivers, wardens, labourers, firefighters, avalanche rescue team

Policy on extreme temperatures, SWP,

Exposure to infectious disease or bio hazardous materials

Wardens, maintenance crew, field scientists/technicians exposed to wildlife

SWP, training, post-exposure,

Occupational Health Monitoring, first aid, PPE

Exposure to radiation

Welder, canal, radar and boat operators

Occupational Health Monitoring, PPE, training

Fall from height

Trades

Fall Prevention Program, fall arrest PPE, temporary structure monitoring, SWP, training

Falling or flying objects, materials or debris

Trades, labourers, firefighters

PPE, temporary structure monitoring

Fire and/or explosion

All employees

Firefighting equipment, emergency procedures, evacuation plan, training

Heavy and improper lifting, working in awkward posture, repetitive movement and vibration

All employees, machine/tool operators, vehicle users, labourers, trades, road maintenance

Equipment selection, PPE, training

Inhalation, ingestion, absorption or injection of hazardous substance

Trades, labourers, maintenance crew, cleaners, fire fighters, wardens

PPE, training, Respiratory Protection Program,

Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) Program

Oxygen deprivation

Trades, fire fighters

Confined Space training, PPE

Poisonous plants and insects or infectious animal bites

Outdoor workers, Wardens, laborers, field scientists/technicians, VE staff

SWP, training, post-exposure

monitoring, Occupational Health Monitoring Program, first aid, PPE

Physical/verbal assault

All employees

Stress Management training, EFAP, OHS Wellness programs

Physical strain/overexertion and fatigue

Trades, labourers, maintenance crew

SWP, first aid

Stress

All employees

Stress Management training, EFAP, OHS Wellness Program

Slips, trips, and falls

All employees

Fall Prevention Program, fall arrest PPE, SWP, training, good house keeping

Struck by moving objects (vehicle, vessel, mobile

equipment)

Trades, labourers, roadside worker

PPE, SWP,

Vehicular accident

Motor vehicle operators

Winter driving training, defensive driving training, SWP

Wildlife encounters

Wardens, field scientists/technicians, VE staff

Immunization, Occupational Health Monitoring Program, SWP, PPE, first aid