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Looking for H Words| | Hazard
A situation or thing that has the potential to harm a person.
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| | HCIS
Hazardous Chemical Information System
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| | Health and Safety Committee
A group established under the WHS Act that facilitates cooperation between a PCBU and workers to provide a safe place of work. The committee must have at least 50 per cent of members who have not been nominated by the PCBU — that is, workers or HSRs.
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| | Health and Safety Representative
A worker who has been elected by a work group under the WHS Act to represent them on health and safety issues.
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| | Hierarchy of controls
The hierarchy of controls, in order of effectiveness, are:
Elimination - removed the hazard. This is the most effective hazard control. For example, work from the ground instead of at height.
Substitution - replace the hazard with a something that is not hazardous or is less hazardous. This is the second most effective control. To be an effective control, the alternative must not produce additional hazards.
Engineering controls - engineering controls isolate people from hazards. For example adding safeguarding onto a piece of machinery creates a physical barrier from a person's body to the machines moving parts.
Administrative controls - administrative controls change the way people work. For example adding warning signage, introducing procedure changes or providing employee training.
Personal protective equipment - provide and require employees to wear protective equipment such as gloves, noise or eye protective, high visibility clothing, hard hats etc.
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| | Hot Work
Hot work is any process that can be a source of ignition when flammable material is present or can be a fire hazard regardless of the presence of flammable material in the workplace. Common hot work processes are welding, soldering, cutting and brazing.
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| | HRW
High risk work
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| | HSC
See Health and Safety Committee
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| | HSR
See Health and Safety Representative
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