Working Safely in an Engineering Environment Element 4 - Recognise and control hazards in the...

Working Safely in an Engineering Environment

Element 4 - Recognise and control hazards in the workplace

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Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment

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What is a Hazard?

A hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm

Hazards are: Chemical, Biological, Physical & Ergonomic

A Risk Assessment considers the likeliness and severity of the hazard to do harm ( which leads to the precautions to take to minimise the risk )

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RISK ASSESSMENT

Both are HAZARDS.

Which is the greater RISK ?

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Risk Assessment - Petrol

In a tank of a car

Filling up at a petrol pump

Pouring from can into motorcycle tank

Lighting a barbecue

Which is the greatest risk?

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General Engineering Hazards

Touching moving parts

Entanglement

Crushing

Cuts

Ejection

Slips and Trips

Noise/Vibration/Heat

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Workplace Precautions

Guarding

Lighting

Stop/Start switches

Operating Instructions

Permit to Work

Risk Assessments

Safety Information

Safety Inspections

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Risks in Apprentice Workshops

Machinery

Electrical equipment

Chemical

Handling and Transporting

Heights

Failure to report

breakage's

Failure to follow

instruction's

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Your measures to minimise risks

Isolate the hazard

Stop work activities

Comply with instructions

Ensure safe access and

egress

Use guards

Use fume extraction

Use PPE

Report to Supervisor

Consultation

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Your Risk Assessment

Seconds Out for Safety

Job Description:

Move the furniture andequipment out of the

room intothe corridor in

preparation for anew floor covering

Seconds-out

for

Safety

Seconds-out

for

Safety

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Walk Round

Near Miss reporting forms

Risk Assessments

Machinery risks