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Workplace Safety Essentials — glossary

Workplace Safety Essentials — glossary

Plain-English definitions of the 3 terms used in this course. Each one is written to make sense on its own, so you can look up a single word without reading anything else.

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N

Near miss #

An incident that could have caused harm but did not — report it so the cause can be fixed.

P

PPE #

Personal Protective Equipment — the last line of defence after other controls have reduced the risk.

R

Risk assessment #

The process of identifying hazards and deciding on control measures before work starts.

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