LEARNER’S PACKET NO.

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QUARTER 1

Name of Student:
Learning Area/Grade Level: TLE-HE BEAUTY CARE (NAIL CARE SERVICES), G7/8

Date: WEEK 5-
Activity Title: PRACTICE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROCEDURES

I. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT:

Occupational health and safety (OHS) is a planned system of working to prevent

illness and injury where you work by recognizing and identifying hazards and risks
as well as knowing ways to control it. Health and safety procedure is the
responsibility of all persons in the beauty service industries.

One of the simple but most effective way to control the danger of those hazards
are the use of Personal protective equipment. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
are the garments designed to protect the wearer’s body from injury or chemicals or
for job-related occupational safety and health purposes.

These should be considered as a control measures when exposure to a risk

cannot be minimized in another way, or when used in conjunction with other control
measures as a final barrier between the nail salon worker from the chemical hazard
and other cause of hazards. This clothing equipment does not control hazard at the
source equipment which will protect you from risks.

Personal Protective Equipment commonly used in a workplace:

1. Impermeable Glove is a garment covering to the whole hand to
protect the worker’s skin and nails.

2. Mask is a protective face covering for hygienic purposes and to

prevent the face from chemical exposure.

3. Headband is a band of absorbent material worn on or around the

head across the forehead to keep the sweat and the hair off the
face.

4. Splash Proof Apron can be worn put by the worker to protect her
clothes from the stains of the chemical agents.

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 5. Eyewear is used to protect the worker’s eye from exposure to
harmful chemicals which may lead to irritation and other related
infection.

Identifying workplace hazards means looking for those things at your place that
have the potential to cause harm.

Hazard is an adverse health effect on something or someone under certain

condition at work.

Risk is a chance or probability that a person will be harmed or will experience an

adverse health effect.

There are many hazards present at a beauty salon that deserve your
attention. Use this guide as a starting point for conducting a risk assessment at
your facility to correct potential hazards and keep your client safe. Identifying
hazards and risks should include the following:
• Consulting with salon employee
• Conducting a worker survey
• Inspecting the workplace
• Ensuring that the information supplied by manufacturers and suppliers is
regularly updated and made available to all in the workplace.

Common hazards in a beauty salon include:

1. Electricity
Common accidents in the workplace can result from contact with faulty electrical
equipment that may have become “live” or from contact with worn out or
damaged power cords and switches, the presence of water in the salon
increases the risk at electrocution or injury.
2. Chemical hazard
Chemicals used in a beauty salon like nail polish, nail polish removers, callus
removers and acrylic powders for artificial nails are common products found in
many nail salons. It causes skin irritations and respiratory problems. Information
on chemical.
Hazards can be obtained from the following:
• The product label
• Material safety data sheet (MSDS). This sheet will provide
information on what to do if you are exposed to the chemical and
has bad reaction.
• The manufacturer
3. Slips, Trips, Falls
Slips, trips and falls are common occurrences in workplace. People slip and trip
on slippery, rough or uneven surfaces and may fall from stairs or off the ladders.
Slip-loss of balance caused by too little friction between a person’s foot
Trips- hit an object, lose your balance and fall
Falls – when you lose your balance and drop to the floor
4. Fire
The range, number and “portability” of electrical equipment used in salons,
together with their proximity to water, make for potentially l hazardous situations.
5. Manual handling of material and tools

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 Lifting and moving heavy stock materials and working at poorly designed
workstations can cause injuries and muscle strains. Injury due to cutting with
cuticle nippers, cuticle scissors and cuticle nail pusher.
6. Infection hazards
Unsafe or unhygienic practices in the beauty salon may affect the health of
customers and workers that may lead to exposure to biological hazards that
cause infectious diseases such as blood borne pathogens (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis
C and HIV), fungal infections (Ringworm).
7. Ergonomic Hazards
Ergonomics is the scientific study of people at work. It is the study of how
equipment and furniture can be arranged in order that people can do work and
other activities more efficiently and comfortably. It is important in the adaptation
of work conditions to the physical and psychological nature of people. The goal
of ergonomics is to reduce stress and eliminate injuries and disorders associated
with the overuse of muscles, bad posture and repeated tasks.

II. Learning Skills from the MELC/CG: (TLE_HEBC7/8MT-Od-e-3)

LO 1. PRACTICE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES

1.1 Keep workplace clean
1.2 Identify protective outfit for nail care
1.3 Identify hazards and risks

III. ACTIVITIES

Activity 1. Fill in the blanks with the correct words to complete each statement. Choose
your answer from the word/s listed in the box below.

Harm OSH trainings Infection Control Mask

Infection Headband Occupational Hazards Apron
Chemical Hazards Occupational Health and Safety Impermeable Gloves

1._____________ is a condition when micro-organisms invade the body and multiply

causing illness.
2. A planned system of working to prevent illness and injury where you work by
recognizing and identifying hazards and risks is _______________________.
3._______________ are adverse health effects on something or someone under certain
conditions at work.
4.The interventions conducted to facilitate learning on occupational safety and health,
the results of which can contribute to the attainment of better and improved OSH
conditions are known as _______.
5.________________ is a process that minimizes the risk of spreading infection while
performing procedures on client.
6.Substances used and/or produced at work that have the potential to harm the health
and safety of people at work are known as ______________________.
7._____________________ can be worn out by the worker to protect her clothes from
stains of the chemical agents.
8.A protective face covering for hygienic purposes and to prevent the face from

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 chemical exposure is _______________________.
9._________________________ is a garment covering for the whole hand to protect
the writer’s skin and nails.
10. The various environmental factors or stresses that can cause sickness, impaired
health, or significant discomfort in workers and can be classified as chemical,
physical, biological or ergonomic is known as ___________________.

Activity 2. Match Column A with Column B by writing the letter corresponding to the
correct answer on the space provided in Column A.
A B
______1. a chance or probability that a person will be a. Hazard
Harmed or will experience an adverse health effect b. Risk
______2. A planned system of working to prevent illness c.Ergonomics
And injury where you work. d.Trips
______3. An adverse health effect on something or someone e. MSDS
Under certain condition at work f.Slip
______4. Loss of balance caused by too little friction between g.Electrical shock
hazard A person’s foot h.Manual handling
______5. When you lose your balance and drop to the floor i. OHS
______6. Provides information on what to do if you are exposed j. Falls
To do if you are exposed to the chemical and has bad
Reaction
______7. Lifting and moving heavy stock materials and working
At poorly designed workstations
______8. Hit an object, lose your balance and fall
______9. Cause by faulty electrical equipment that may have been
Become “live”
______10.the scientific study of people at work.

Reflection. In not less than 3 sentences, answer the following questions. Be guided by
the Scoring Rubrics below.
1. How can you avoid hazard in a workplace?
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

2. As a nail salon practitioner, why do you need to wear personal protective

equipment (PPE)?
___________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

IV. RUBRICS

1 point 3 points 5 points

Knowledge and Student was able to Student was able to Student was able to
understanding convey limited ideas on convey few ideas on convey several
the topic the topic ideas on the topic

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 Clarity and Student was able to Student was able to Student was able to
appropriateness explain the idea with explain the idea with explain the idea with
little degree of clarity few degree of clarity clarity and
and appropriateness and appropriateness.
appropriateness

V. ANSWER KEY

Activity 1:

1. Infection 6. Chemical Hazard

2. Occupational Health and Safety 7. Apron
3. Harm 8. Mask
4. OSH Trainings 9. Impermeable Gloves
5. Infection Control 10. Occupational hazard

Activity 2
1. B 6. E
2. I 7. H
3. An 8. D
4. F 9. G
5. J 10. C

VI. REFERENCE:

Book
K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Technology and Livelihood Education
Learning Module in Beauty Care Grade 7/8
Note: Practice Health
Protocols at all times.
Prepared by: Edited by:
Validated by:
XENIA R. ESPESO ALBERT NOLASCO
LOURDES CARIŇO

Reviewed by:
LALAINE V. FABRICANTE
EPS-I

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