Definition(s)
Significant Hazard
“Significant hazard” means a hazard that is an actual or potential cause or source of:
• Serious harm; or
• Harm (being more than trivial) where the severity of effects on any person depend (entirely or among other things) on the extent or frequency of the person’s exposure to the hazard; or
• Harm that does not usually occur, or usually is not easily detectable, until a significant time after exposure to the hazard.
Source: Approved Code of Practice for Managing Hazards to Prevent Major Industrial Accidents, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Department of Labour, New Zealand, July 1994. Regulatory Guidance
Significant Hazard
Significant hazard means a hazard that is an actual or potential cause or source of—
(a) serious harm; or
(b) harm (being harm that is more than trivial) the severity of whose effects on any person depend (entirely or among other things) on the extent or frequency of the person’s exposure to the hazard; or
(c) harm that does not usually occur, or usually is not easily detectable, until a significant time after exposure to the hazard.
Source: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Public Act 1992 No 96, New Zealand, as of 1 July 2011. Legislation