As a result of its fine-grained abrasive character and widespread distribution by wind, volcanic ash is a major hazard to aviation while ash fallout to the ground can pose significant hazards to flora, fauna, and infrastructure (Casadevall 1994).
Such landslide-derived sediment pulses pose significant hazards to downstream settlements and infrastructure on alluvial fans, where they cause massive aggradation, increased flooding frequency, and large-scale channel avulsion.
In 2014, the average federal penalty issued by OSHA for a "serious violation" — health and safety hazards that pose significant risk of injury or death — was just $1,972.
In addition, psychosocial hazards (also often termed work organisation characteristics or organisational stressors) have been shown to pose significant risk and have a negative impact on mental health, mainly through the experience of work-related stress [ 11, 12].
Because of its highly flammable nature, any accidental release of liquefied natural gas (LNG) could possibly pose significant fire hazard.
The 4-to-0 decision on Monday had been widely expected since the commission's staff concluded in March that the construction and operation of the pipeline would not pose significant environmental hazards.
For example, a draft 1982 report by the agency found that asbestos-contaminated vermiculite caused "significant adverse health effects" among people working with the ore, and that the public was generally unaware that some consumer uses could pose significant health hazards.
Volcano monitoring equipment is presently concentrated on a small number of active volcanoes that are known to pose significant eruption hazards.
From this study, we conclude that these water bodies pose significant public health hazards.
