HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT (HSE) HAZARDS GUIDE 

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HAZARDS 
 Avalanche  Airplane  Biological  Spills on  Liquids like  Radiation  Improperly  Blood and other body  Workload
crash attack floors cleaning (Ionizing and adjusted fluids demands
 Animal products, Non-Ionizing) workstations
disease  Dam failure  Chemical  Blocked paints, acids, and chairs  Fungi / mold  Workplace
outbreak attack aisles or solvents –  High exposure to violence
 Levy failure cords running ESPECIALLY sunlight/ultraviolet  Frequent  Bacteria and viruses
 Drought  Cyber across the if chemicals rays lifting  Intensity and /
 Mine accident incident floor are in an  Plants or pace
 Earthquake unlabeled  Temperature  Poor posture
 Hazardous  Explosives  Working at container! extremes – hot  Insect bites  Respect (or lack
 Epidemic materials attack height and cold  Awkward of) flexibility
release  Vapors and movements,  Animal and bird
 Flood  Radiological  Defective fumes that  Noise especially if droppings  Control or say
 Power failure attack ladder come from they are about things
 Hurricane welding or  Arc Flash repetitive  Bacteria
 Radiological  Sabotage  Incomplete exposure to  Social
 Landslide release scaffolding solvents  Exposure to  Repeating  Viruses support/relations
 School and system unguarded or the same
 Pandemic  Train workplace  Gases like unprotected movements  Protozoa  Sexual
derailment violence  Roofs acetylene, electrical over and harassment
 Tornado propane, equipment over  Food Infection
 Urban  Unguarded carbon  Violence in the
 Tsunami conflagration machinery monoxide and  Working with  Having to  Food Intoxication workplace
helium high voltage use too
 Volcanic  Moving equipment much force,  Blood or other body  Work pace
machinery  Flammable especially if
eruption fluids or tissue Human
parts materials like  Exposure to you have to waste  Working alone
gasoline, electromagnetic do it
 Wildfire
 solvents, and fields frequently 
Earth moving  Anthrax Over / under
machinery explosive
 Winter worked
storm (skid steer chemicals.  Incorrect wiring  Vibration
loader ‘’Bob  Bacteria and viruses  Worker phobias
Cat’’, cranes  Pesticides  Loose surface  Position of
all types, man conditions Display  Poisonous plants  Poor leadership
lifter ‘’EWP’’,  Chemical Screen
boom truck, reactions  Equipment
Wet surface  Animal waste  Lack of
dumper, conditions ‘’DSE’’ motivation
excavators all  Production of
 Threat of insect or
types, etc. chemicals  Object(s) on the  No  No procedures
animal bites
floor availability of
 Frayed cords  Chemical neck rest on  Drugs / cytotoxic  Bullying and
incompatibility  Blocked the chair substances harassment
 Missing walkways  No
ground pins  Chemical availability of  Client / patient
storage  Poor design or arm rest on  Allergies aggression
 Improper lay-out of work the chair
wiring  Flammable area  Fatigue
substances  No
 Confined  Uneven surfaces availability of  Arbovirus  Shift work
spaces  Combustible Small or mouse pad
substances inadequate  Incompetency
 No provision walkways  No
of Lock Out /  Carcinogenic availability of  Avian influenza  Lack of
Tag Out substances  Force of foot rest with management
System movement computer involvement
 Mutagenic work station
 Excavation substances  Repetition of  Bovine spongiform  Mismatched
movement  Poor grip encephalopathy (BSE) tasks (no
 Suspended  Teratogenic availability of
load substances  Awkward  No right man for the
Postures availability right job)
 Oxidizing or  Cholera
substances  Sustained / static insufficient  Bullying
postures rest breaks
 Corrosive  

substances  Contract stress  No  Ebola

availability of
 Pressurized  Vibration light weight
containers mops
 Poor work station  Epidemics
design  Improper
 Antibiotic age manual
nts in animals  Lighting lifting
destined for conditions  Food poisoning
human  Untrained
consumption  Temperature personnel
extremes for
ergonomics  Malaria
 Humidity
 Arsenic - a extremes  Repetition
contaminant
of fresh water  Exposure to  High force  Molds
sources sunlight / UV
(water wells) radiation  Contact
stress
 Working at  Onchocerciasis (river
heights  Hand Arm blindness)
Vibration
  Restricted /
 Asbestos – confined spaces  Pandemics
carcinogenic  Working with
powered
equipment
 Pathogens
 DDT  Working with
unguarded
equipment
 Pollen for allergic
 Carcinogens  Pinch points people

 Nip points

 Dioxins  Unguarded  Rabies

machines or work
areas

 Endocrine  Overhead  Severe acute

disruptors hazards respiratory
syndrome (SARS)
 Sharp edges

 Explosive  Fast moving

material equipment  Sick building
syndrome

 Cosmic rays
 Fungicides

 Drought
 Furans

 Earthquake
 Haloalkanes

 Electromagnetic
 Heavy metals fields

 Herbicides  E-waste

 Floods
 Hormones in
animals
destined for  Fog
human
consumption

 Light pollution

 Lead in paint

 Lighting

 Marine debris

 Lightning

 Mercury

 Noise pollution

 Mutagens

 Quicksand

 Pesticides

 Ultraviolet light

 Polychlorinate
d biphenyls
 vibration

 Radon and
other natural  X-rays
sources
of radioactivity

 Soil pollution

 Tobacco
smoking
 Toxic waste

 Radon