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chance of being either misunderstood down to the end of a driveway on a HAZARD AWARENESS
or misapplied. Determining likelihood is well paved road with no obstructions
task based. Let’s consider the gentleman on a sunny summer day. Or it could be NFPA 70E defines a hazard as a source
who rides a motorcycle as an example. A just the opposite and very likely that an of possible injury or damage to health.
motorcyclist may categorize the Sunday accident may occur for that inexperienced To better understand the likelihood
bike ride as having a low likelihood of an driver on an old uninspected/maintained of a problem occurring as well as the
accident occurring based on many factors bike traversing various types of terrain, severity of event, we need to understand
that may include but are not limited to: including paved and gravel roads, over the hazards for the task at hand. The
• Experience of the driver a long windy road with a lot of traffic. hazards that the motorcyclist in the
• Where the ride will occur This example raises the point that we previous example can experience
• The duration or miles to be driven need to understand what the hazards are include but are not limited to:
• Planned speed to be able to determine the likelihood • Sliding on leaves or gravel
• Amount of traffic that will of an event. Understanding the hazards and laying the bike down
be encountered associated with a task is important to • Hitting a deer or other
• When the bike was last determining likelihood and severity. animal on the road
inspected/maintained A qualified individual has the ability • Collision with another vehicle
to identify what the hazards are to • Running off the road due to
Taking all of this into consideration, it determine the likelihood of an event speed and maneuvering
may be unlikely that an accident may that would cause harm could occur. • Loss of breaks due to lack
occur for that experienced driver on a of maintenance
well maintained bike who plans to drive

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