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Typical Hazards

Many regulatory and standards organizations require procedures to include the health and safety hazards associated with the process (OSHA 1910.119(f)(1)(iii); EPA 40 CFR § 68.69, 1999; API RP 75 § 5.2, 2004).

Common practice is for environmental impacts of the process to be also included.

With this information, workers are:

  • Informed about the hazards associated with the process the procedure is associated with, not just the procedure itself.
  • Able to more quickly and easily identify hazardous conditions when they are encountered
  • More likely to adhere to precautionary statements and actions (Parsons, Seminara, & Wogalter, 1999)

Without this information, workers are:

  • More likely to assume the hazards are either non-existent or minimal and thus do not require any specific actions (Parsons, Seminara, & Wogalter, 1999)