Hazards and Consequences

Alcohol or drugs

Loss of: situational awareness, mental faculties, balance, time; unable to complete task

Animal and bird droppings

Disease, infection

Animal attack (dog bites)

Amputation, death, lacerations, loss of balance, infection, rabies

Batteries

Burn, eye injury, skin irritation

Biocides

Burn, eye injury, skin irritation, poisoning, pollution (water)

Boat Speed

Damage to berth or boat or other boat ie collisions; crushing of persons, persons falling over or even overboard, drowning

Capsizing

Drowning, death, hypothermia

Chemicals

Burn, eye injury, damage to equipment, dermatitis, skin irritation, poisoning, pollution of water/land

Confined spaces/inadequate ventilation

Breathing difficulties, death, drowning, headaches, head injury, loss of situational awareness

Contagious illnesses

Breathing difficulties, blood related problems, colds and flu, disease, infection, loss of custom, unable to complete task

Deep water

Drowning, death, hypothermia

Dust

Asthma, breathing difficulties, lung damage, air pollution, unable to complete task

Eating, drinking in work area

poisoning, scald

Ergonomics

back injury, breathing difficulties, eye strain, headaches, loss of balance, tiredness and fatigue

Electrical (fire)

Breathing difficulties, burn, damage to property, death, electrocution, eye injury, lung damage, air pollution, unable to complete task

Electrical (loss of power)

unable to complete task

Electrical (shock, short circuit)

burn, electrocution, death, broken limb, unable to complete task

Electrical (static)

damage to property

Engine exhaust emissions

Breathing difficulties, death, headaches, global warming, loss of mental faculties and situational awareness, lung damage, poisoning, unable to complete task

Excavation (collapse)

Breathing difficulties, death, broken limb, crushing, damage to property, drowning, loss of equipment

Explosion (chemical reaction)

Burn, death, damage to property, lung damage, air pollution, skin irritation

Explosion (over pressurization)

Burn, death, damage to property, unable to complete task

Exposure to the elements

Colds and flu, hyperthermia, hypothermia, sunstroke, pneumonia, tiredness and fatigue

Failure of Safe Systems of Work (eg tag-out or isolations)

Damage to property, death or personal injury

Failure/lack of PPE

Damage to property, death or personal injury

Falling materials or tools

Crushing, broken limb, damage to property, death, head injury, knocks cuts and bruises, loss of custom/reputation, unable to complete task

Falling Overboard

Drowning, death, hypothermia, crushing, severed limbs from rotating propeller

Fire, heat

Breathing difficulties, burn, damage to property, death, eye injury, lung damage, air pollution, unable to complete task

Flammable gases

Breathing difficulties, burn, explosion, damage to property, death, lung damage, air pollution, unable to complete task

Fuelling

Fire, explosion, fumes, spillage, pollution

Gases which displace oxygen from the environment

Breathing difficulties, suffocation, death

Hot liquids

Scalding, damage to property

Inadequate headroom

Head injury, headache, limited vision

Inadequate machine guards

Amputation, death, lacerations, damage to workpiece, eye injury

Ingestion of liquids, solids

Scalding, poisoning

Inhalation of particulates, bacteria (eg asbestos)

Asthma, breathing difficulties, lung damage, poisoning

Lack of planned maintenance

Damage to property, death or personal injury

Lack of safety awareness

Damage to property, death or personal injury

Lack of supervision

Damage to property, death or personal injury

Lack of training or competence

Damage to property, death or personal injury

Lifting/handling heavy or awkward items

Back injury, crushing, damage to property, loss of balance

Lighting levels

Eye strain, loss of situational awareness, headaches, tiredness and fatigue

Mechanical failure

Damage to property, death or personal injury

Noise

Loss of situational awareness, damage to hearing, tiredness and fatigue

Pesticides

Poisoning, skin irritation, breathing difficulties

Repetitive movements

Repetitive strain injury, tiredness and fatigue

Shallow water

Running Aground; sudden stop, exposure, crushing, drowning

Spillage of Oil or Fuel

Pollution in Harbour, shutting Harbour, Poisoning, skin irritation, breathing difficulties, damage to the environment

Sewerage

Blood-related problems, breathing difficulties, contamination of food and water, disease, ecotoxicity, infection, water pollution, loss of reputation, loss of custom

Slips/falls, wet surfaces

Knocks, cuts and bruises, sprains, back injury, broken limb, loss of balance, loss of time, unable to complete task

Stress

Stress related illnesses, mental health, loss of time, unable to complete task

Travel to work problems

Loss of time, unable to complete task

Vapours, smoke, fumes

Breathing difficulties, death, headaches, global warming, loss of mental faculties and situational awareness, lung damage, poisoning, unable to complete task

Vehicle hazards off site(eg safety of staff and company vehicles)

Broken limb, death, head injury, crushing, knocks cuts and bruises, loss of time, loss of equipment, unable to complete task

Vehicle hazards on site (eg fork lift movements)

Broken limb, death, head injury, crushing, knocks cuts and bruises, loss of time, loss of equipment, unable to complete task, financial loss

Vibration

Loss of feeling or fine motor control (white finger), permanent nerve damage, loss of situational awareness, loss of hearing, tiredness and fatigue, deafness, unable to complete task

Waste (general and organic)

Blood related problems, contamination of water or dermatitis, infection, lacerations, poisoning, pollution of land or water, skin irritation

Working at height

Back injury or paralysis, head injury or concussion, broken limb, death, loss of time, unable to complete task

Working in remote or isolated areas

Loss of situational awareness, difficulty in obtaining assistance

Workplace violence

Broken limb, head injury, stress-related injury and mental health, loss of reputation, unable to complete task

Parting Lines

Loss of Limbs, drifting boats, lines trapped in propeller running aground, collision