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POTENTIAL HAZARD [4 records]

Record 1 2011-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
CONT

A safety and health committee ... may request from an employer such information as the committee considers necessary to identify existing or potential hazards with respect to materials, processes or equipment in the work place ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
CONT

Le comité de sécurité et de santé [...] peut demander à l'employeur les renseignements qu'il juge nécessaires afin de recenser les risques réels ou potentiels que peuvent présenter dans le lieu de travail les matériaux, les méthodes de travail ou l'équipement [...].

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Toxicology
CONT

To determine whether a product is a controlled product, an assessment of potential hazards must be carried out using the criteria for each of the hazard classes found in ... the Controlled Products Regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Toxicologie
CONT

Le développement des techniques de génie génétique et de fusion cellulaire a introduit la notion de danger potentiel, c'est-à-dire de danger imaginé ou estimé comme possible mais qui n'est pas nécessairement existant ou réalisable.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signage
DEF

A hazard existing in possibility and capable of developing into actuality.

CONT

Warning signs shall be of two types, as follows: (a) The caution sign, which denotes a potential hazard; and (b) The danger sign, which denotes a definite hazard. (ACNOR CAN-3-Z-321-17).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (panneaux)
DEF

Danger potentiel qui pourrait devenir réel.

Spanish

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