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ASSIGNMENTS

Important Tip! Writing drafts first, either offline or online, before submitting coursework, will help improve the quality of your work. On a sheet of paper, write your first draft responses for the following assignments. When finished, return to the online assignments page, enter your final coursework, and complete the course evaluation and certificate information.

See Appendix B for help in answering the extended response assignments.

Assignment 1: Describe the benefits to the (1) the employer and (2) employees from involving everyone in the hazard identification process.

Assignment 2: Give one example of a hazard in your workplace in each of the four general hazard areas and describe how you might use engineering or management controls to eliminate that hazard.

Assignment 3: There are five basic methods you can use to identify workplace hazards. Describe how your company uses each of the five methods, and each how each method helps to improve safety in the workplace.

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