{"id":1076,"date":"2022-01-10T19:02:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T00:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1076"},"modified":"2022-02-02T13:17:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T18:17:54","slug":"workplace-hazards","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/chapter\/workplace-hazards\/","title":{"raw":"Workplace hazards","rendered":"Workplace hazards"},"content":{"raw":"In order to work safely, you must know the kinds of hazards to which you may be exposed and how to minimize the risk of injury. When hazards are identified and assessed they can be addressed quickly, reducing the hazard potential.\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Watch the WorkSafeBC video \"<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aRvULYpobms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding Hazards and Risks<\/a>\"<\/div>\r\nThese hazards may be of an obvious nature\u2014presenting immediate danger\u2014or they may be very subtle and cause damage through exposure over a longer period of time. For example, many workers in noisy environments gradually lose their hearing without even being aware of the loss. This can be high- or low-frequency hearing loss, depending on the intensity or amount of exposure.\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Watch the WorkSafeBC video \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worksafebc.com\/en\/resources\/health-safety\/videos\/the-hearing-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hearing Video<\/a>\"<\/div>","rendered":"<p>In order to work safely, you must know the kinds of hazards to which you may be exposed and how to minimize the risk of injury. When hazards are identified and assessed they can be addressed quickly, reducing the hazard potential.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Watch the WorkSafeBC video &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aRvULYpobms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding Hazards and Risks<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n<p>These hazards may be of an obvious nature\u2014presenting immediate danger\u2014or they may be very subtle and cause damage through exposure over a longer period of time. For example, many workers in noisy environments gradually lose their hearing without even being aware of the loss. This can be high- or low-frequency hearing loss, depending on the intensity or amount of exposure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Watch the WorkSafeBC video &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worksafebc.com\/en\/resources\/health-safety\/videos\/the-hearing-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hearing Video<\/a>&#8220;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1495,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1076","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":38,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1675,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1076\/revisions\/1675"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/38"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1076\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1076"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1076"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/tradesaccesscommoncorelinea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}