Psychological hazards are elements of the work environment, management practices or organizational practices that pose a risk to mental health and well-being. Common psychological hazards include exposure to harassment, violence or traumatic events.
What are two examples of psychological hazards in the workplace?
Psychological hazards that can negatively impact on a worker’s health and safety include:
- work-related stress.
- work-related bullying.
- work-related violence.
- work-related fatigue.
Psychosocial hazards are factors in the design or management of work that increase the risk of work-related stress and can lead to psychological or physical harm. Examples of psychosocial hazards might include poor supervisor support or high job demands.
Psychosocial hazards are aspects of work which have the potential to cause psychological or physical harm.
What is the example of psychological hazard?
Common psychological hazards include exposure to harassment, violence or traumatic events. However, long term exposure to less severe psychological hazards, such as increasing job demands or role ambiguity, can also impact psychological health.
What are 5 basic workplace hazards?
6 types of workplace hazards
- Safety hazards.
- Biological hazards.
- Physical hazards.
- Ergonomic hazards.
- Chemical hazards.
- work organization hazards.
What are workplace hazards?
A workplace hazard refers to a situation within the workplace that has the potential to cause injury or adverse health effects for people and damage to the plant and/or equipment. Hazards are present at every workplace and come from a wide number of sources.
Identifying psychosocial hazards and risk factors
- reviewing organisational structure (e.g. lines of reporting, supervisory responsibilities)
- inspecting the condition of the physical workplace (e.g. equipment is working)
- assessing specific job requirements within the organisation.
- observing how work tasks are completed.
What are the causes of psychological hazard?
Causes
- Job strain.
- Effort-reward imbalance.
- Lack of supervisor and co-worker support.
- Long working hours.
- Work intensification.
- Lean production and outsourcing.
- Emotional labor.
- Work–life balance.
What are some examples of physical hazards?
Physical hazards include exposure to slips, trips, falls, electricity, noise, vibration, radiation, heat, cold and fire. The following table summarizes the sources of physical hazard exposure and their health effects.