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current safety data sheet (SDS)

The information must be in writing, in English and presented on a shipping paper or other related shipping document such as a waybill or manifest. The shipper or distributor of the hazardous material is responsible for ensuring that emergency response information is accurate, current and available.

Categories of Emergencies

• Routine Emergency. A routine emergency is one that is handled on a daily basis by police, fire, emergency medical, and/or Operations Department personnel.
• Minor Emergency.
• Major Emergency.
• Catastrophic Emergency.

Let’s dig in.

• Communication barrier #1: Physical barriers.
• Communication barrier #2: Cultural barriers.
• Communication barrier #3: Language barriers.
• Communication barrier #4: Perceptual barriers.
• Communication barrier #5: Interpersonal barriers.
• Communication barrier #6: Gender barriers.

Lack of attention, interest, distractions, or irrelevance to the receiver. Differences in perception and viewpoint. Physical disabilities such as hearing problems or speech difficulties. Language differences and the difficulty in understanding unfamiliar accents.

When communication occurs, it typically happens in one of three ways: verbal, nonverbal and visual. People very often take communication for granted.

Principles of Effective Communication – Clarity in Ideas, Appropriate Language, Attention, Consistency, Adequacy, Proper Time, Informality, Feedback and a Few Others. The chief purpose of communication is the exchange of ideas among various people working in the organisation.

4S’s are; Shortness, Simplicity, Strength, and Sincerity. These are required for making to establish good and effective business communication. An understanding of the 4 S’s is equally important a 7 C’s of communication.

clarity, coherence, control and credibility

Hence, the correct sequence of the one-way process of communication is Sender, Encoding, Message, Channel, Decoding, and Receiver.

Although the barriers to effective communication may be different for different situations, the following are some of the main barriers:

• Linguistic Barriers.
• Psychological Barriers.
• Emotional Barriers.
• Physical Barriers.
• Cultural Barriers.
• Organisational Structure Barriers.
• Attitude Barriers.
• Perception Barriers.