Identify two hazardous chemicals to which workers are exposed in your facility. Explain the routes by which workers can get exposure to these chemicals, and the associated potential health risks.
In this SLP, you will be a health and safety manager in a company that has a manufacturing facility with multiple occupational hazards. This setting could be a place where you currently work, one that you may be familiar with, or one that you just find interesting.
This SLP will address chemical hazards in the workplace:
- Identify two hazardous chemicals to which workers are exposed in your facility.
- Explain the routes by which workers can get exposure to these chemicals, and the associated potential health risks.
- Choose one method to sample for each of these chemicals in the facility. Justify your choice.
- Consider how the hazards may be controlled and select the best approach, the one that protects workers best.
