Identifying and Controlling Hazards
Course 101
Safety Certified Supervisor Series

MODULE TWO: HAZARD CATEGORIES

Four Cause Categories (MEEE)

1. Safety Management System (SMS)
2. Employee Performance

3. Equipment (continued)

Hazardous Materials (continued)
Solvents
Acids and Alkalis.

Metals.

Employees are exposed to metals primarily by skin contact and by inhalation of metal dusts and fumes.

Exposure may cause

• headaches,
• general ill-feeling,
• anemia,
• central nervous system and kidney damage, and
• reproductive problems, as well as
• cancer.

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