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Safety Manual. Revised Edition 2010

Revised Edition 2010

Sources of Risk and Accident Hazards

1.3 Sources of Risk and Accident Hazards

The ISASTUR Group uses the system of classifying SOURCES OF RISK AND ASSOCIATED SPECIFIC RISKS employed by the International Labour Organization (I.L.O.), taking into account only those applicable to the type of work it carries out.

These are the following:

CODE DESCRIPTION OF THE SOURCE OF RISK
1 Walkways and gangways
2 Work spaces
3 Stairways
4 Machines
5 Hand tools
6 Objects. Manual handling
7 Objects. Storage
8 Electrical installations
9 Pressure devices
10 Gas installations
11 Refrigerated installations
12 Elevation devices and equipment
13 Transport vehicles
14 Fires
15 Chemical substances
16 Chemical pollutants (gases, fumes, etc.)
17 Ore dust
18 Asbestos
19 Lead
20 Monovinyl chloride
21 Biological pollutants
22 Noise
23 Vibrations
24 Heat or cold
25 Ionizing radiation
26 Non-ionizing radiation
27 Lighting
28 Physical workload
29 Mental workload
30 Job organisation

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