The Basics of hazards and the risks associated with them.. ~ The term 'hazard' means a tendency or an object which develops the tendency of being at the risk (either to human or the property). ~ It is observed that there are many industries which are at extreme risk. In specific a risk could be of the following:- 1) Fire and explosion. 2) Electrocution. 3) Biological hazard. 4) Ergonomical hazard. 5) Psychological hazard. 6) Chemical hazard. ~ Now there are some categorically known industries which can address the aforementioned incidents comparatively more than the others and they are:- a) Petrochemical industries b) Ship Breaking Industries c) Chemical Industries. d) Nuclear power stations. e) Oil and refinery industries etc.