10 Region I

SCHOOLS DIVISON OFFICE

SAN CARLOS CITY, PANGASINAN

TVE-COMPUTER SYSTEM
SERVICING
Quarter: 4 | Module: 3 | Lesson: 3
 What I Need to Know

After reading this LESSON, STUDENT(S) MUST be able to:

 Know the different precaution before initiating actions towards

work.
 Apply the OHS

What I Know

Direction: Read the questions carefully. Select the best answer and write it
in your answer sheet.

1. OSH means…
a. Occupants safety and health
b. Occupants system and health
c. Occupational safety and health
d. Occupational system and health
2. A situation in the workplace that has the potential to harm the health
and safety of people or damage plant and equipment is called?
a. Assessment
b. Hazard
c. Make changes
d. Spot the hazard
3. Cables running across the floor is what type of hazard?
a. Chemical Hazard
b. Electric shock hazard
c. Mechanical Hazard
d. Physical Hazard
4. An example of mechanical hazard is…
a. Cables running across the floor
b. Hot components or sharp edges of computers
c. Exposed power cable

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 d. Inkjet printer cartridge
5. How badly could someone be harmed if there are cables running
across the floor?
a. Can stain skin, clothing and carpet.
b. If you stepped on the cable, it may not work properly.
c. It might cause you to lose a chunk of flesh.
d. Someone might trip, fall, and get a fractured bone
6. What is this special type of shoes used to prevent electrical shock and
for waterproofing and insulating purposes.
a. Boots
b. Leather shoes
c. Rubber soles
d. Running shoes

7. This PPE is used for protecting the eyes from dust, excessive light and
wind.
a. Goggle
b. Google
c. Reading glass
d. Sun glass
8. A garment worn over the front of the body as a protection for one’s
cloth is…
a. Apron
b. Cape
c. Dress
d. Gown
9. A covering for the face to prevent the inhaling or absorbing dust and
other chemicals.
a. Dusk Mask
b. Face Mask
c. Face Shield
d. Gas Mask
10. The covering material with a separate sheath for each finger used for
hand protection.
a. Anti Static Strap
b. Gloves
c. Hand Sanitizer
d. Ring

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Lesson Occupational Health and
3 Safety

What’s In

Have you ever walked across a carpeted floor and gotten a shock when you
touched a doorknob, table, counter, or even another person?
That little shock you got was a result of static electricity. It was also many
times what is needed to destroy some computer components.
You see, humans can't feel a static shock until it is several thousand volts
strong, but it takes less than 30 volts to damage a sensitive computer
component, such as a stick of RAM or a processor.
That's why computer technicians and home computer builders have to
guard their computers against the deadly ravages of static electricity, as well
as take steps to avoid injury to yourself. A shock that you can't even feel can
seriously damage your homebuilt computer before you're even finished
building it.

What’s New

Occupational Safety and Health or OSH is a working system that prevents

illness and injury. It is done by recognizing and identifying hazards and
risks. Changes in technology or work processes are likely to bring about the
biggest changes in computers user’s exposure to hazards.

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 What is It

Managing Health and Safety at Work

To achieve safety and health in your workplace, you need to follow the three
“Think Safe” steps.

1. Spot the Hazard (Hazard Identification)

A hazard is anything that could hurt you and/or other people. It can
harm the safety and health of people and can damage tools and
equipment.

Examples of workplace hazards include:

 frayed electrical cords (could result in electrical shock)

 boxes stacked precariously (they could fall on someone)
 noisy machinery (could result in damage to your hearing)

During work experience, you must remain alert to anything that may
be dangerous. If you see, hear or smell anything odd, take note. If you
think it could be a hazard, tell someone.

2. Assess the Risk (Risk Assessment)

Risk is the likelihood that a hazard will cause injury or ill health to
anyone or near a workplace.

In assessing risks, you work on the possibility or extent of harm that a

hazard may bring. Knowing how likely the hazard could harm and
how badly it could harm is an essential part of this step.

You make the judgement about the seriousness of each hazard that
you have identified in step 1 and decide which hazard requires the
most urgent attention.

There are also factors that you need to consider when assessing risk.
It is important that you know the nature of the hazard posing the risk,
the hazards combinations, the types of injuries that you consider to
be the risks end-result. Risk assessment factors also cover the
workplace wherein hazards are found to be present. You also assess
the layout of the workplace and the people working on it especially
their working habits and postures. In addition to, you have to check

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 for all of the existing control measures implemented within the
workplace.

The use of the risk assessment table is way of assessing risks.

Included in the table are the consequences like the injuries or
illnesses and the extent or degree of chances to which these illnesses
and injuries may be experienced.

3. Make the Change

It is your employer's responsibility to fix hazards. Sometimes you may

be able to fix simple hazards yourself, as long as you don't put
yourself or others at risk. For example, you can pick up things from
the floor and put them away to eliminate a trip hazard.

Common hazards encountered by computer technicians and users:

A hazard is a situation in the workplace that has the potential to harm

the health and safety of people or to damage plant and equipment.
The situation could involve a task, chemical or equipment used.
Hazard management is a continuous process that can be used to
improve the health and safety of all workplaces.

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Physical Hazards

One of the most common physical hazards involving computer

technicians is cables running across the floor. If someone trips, falls,
and hurts himself because of a cable you ran across the floor,
someone (you, your employer, or your customer) has a serious legal
negligence problem. If you need to temporarily run a cable across the
floor, place a Danger sign similar to those "wet floor" signs used by
cleaning services.

For cables that are temporary but will need to run across the floor for
a longer period of time, use "gaffers tape". Gaffers tape is a heavy tape
with strong adhesive to stick to the floor. For long term cable routing
there is a wide variety of cable organizing devices like cable ties, cable
wraps, and cable raceways which can be used to run cable safely
along the wall or ceiling.

Other common physical hazards include leaving tools on top of

ladders and placing electronic equipment in precarious positions or on
support that is not sturdy enough or not designed for holding
electronic equipment.

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Mechanical Hazards

When working on electronic equipment, ask yourself "Is there any way
this equipment could hurt me?” You might stick your hand in a
printer and suddenly the paper feed arm moves, feeding not only
paper through the printer, but a piece of your finger too.

You might move your hand past a computer chassis and lose a chunk
of flesh because it is razor sharp. When working on electronic
equipment always be alert to any possibility of being hurt by moving
parts, hot components, or sharp edges.

Chemical Hazards

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 There is a wide array of chemicals used with electronic equipment.
There are display cleaning chemicals, keyboard cleaning chemicals,
compressed gas dirt and dust removers, and many cleaning solvents.
Some of these chemicals can be harmful if accidentally swallowed, get
on bare skin, or get in eyes. Before using any chemicals for electronic
equipment always read the warnings and instructions on the label.

Also be very careful when dealing with inkjet printer cartridges, or

laser printer toner cartridges. Ink and toner can stain skin, clothing
and carpet.

Electric Shock Hazard

Inside computers and electronic equipment, there is a range of

voltages from 3.3 volts to 25 volts, most of which are harmless. But at
the power supply, you will find line voltage, which is a lethal 220
volts.

The workplace should have safety guidelines to follow to:

 Protect people from injury

 Protect equipment from damage
 Protect the environment from contamination

Safety Precautions when working:

 Always ground or discharge yourself before touching any part of

the computer.
 Do not work alone so that there is someone who can take care
of you in case of accident or emergency.

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  Be careful with the tools that may cause short circuit.
 Always full the cable connector on the handle and not hold on
the cable itself.
 Use only rubber shoes when standing on the ground or in a
concrete floor.
 Make sure that the pins are properly aligned when connecting a
cable connector.
 Always power off and unplug the computer before working on it.
 Take away any liquid such as mineral water or soft drinks near
your working area or near computers.
 Contingency measures during workplace accidents, fire, and
other emergencies are recognized.
 Personal protective equipment is correctly used in accordance
with organization procedures and practice.
 Hazard/risks in the workplace and their corresponding
indicators are identified to minimize or eliminate risk to co‐
workers, workplace, and environment.
 Take necessary precautions to protect the component of the
computer from damaged caused by Electrostatic Discharge
(ESD).
 Hold the components by edges and do not touch the IC’s.
 Read and follow instructions on the manual carefully.
 Do not use excessive force if things do not quite slip into place.

Fire Safety Guidelines

1. Know the location of fire extinguishers, how to use them and which to
use for electrical fires and for combustible fires.
2. Find an escape route in case a fire gets out of control.
3. Know how to contact emergency services quickly.
4. Keep the workspace clean.
5. Keep most solvents in a separate area.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

It refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other gear designed to
protect the wearer's body or clothing from injury by electrical hazards, heat,
chemicals, and infection, for job-related occupational safety and health
purposes.
PPE can also be used to protect the working environment from pesticide
application, pollution or infection from the worker (for example in a
microchip factory).
Students even teacher during their laboratory period should require to use
of personal protective equipment. Some of these are:

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Goggles – A large spectacles, with
shields around the rims, for
protecting the eyes from dust,
excessive light, wind, etc.

Rubber Sole – A special type of shoes

used to prevent electrical shock and for
waterproofing and insulating purposes.

Apron – A garment worn over the front of the

body as a protection for one’s cloth.

Dust Mask- A covering for the face to prevent

the inhaling or absorbing dust and other
chemicals.

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 Gloves - The covering material with a
separate sheath for each finger used for hand
protection.

ANTI-STATIC AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

The little shock you experienced while you are walking across a carpeted
floor or touched a door knob, table, counter or even another person is a
result of static electricity. Static electricity is the discharge of electricity
between two objects with different electrical potential. Humans can't feel a
static shock until it is several thousand volts strong, but it takes less than
30 volts to fry a sensitive computer component, such as a stick of RAM or a
processor.
That's why computer technicians and home computer builders must guard
their computers against the deadly ravages of static electricity, as well as
take steps to avoid injury to yourself.

HARDWARE SAFETY RULES

When installing/removing computer hardware and other peripherals:

 When possible, try to avoid working in carpeted areas. Carpeting

greatly increases static buildup within your body.

 Always use an anti-static wrist strap

when working on a computer except
when working on monitors: more
about that below. One end is an
elastic band that fits around your
wrist and which is connected to an
alligator clip by a wire. The clip
connects to a metal part of the
computer chassis, which equalizes the
voltage between you and the
computer, thus avoiding static sparks.

Better anti-static kits also include a rubberized anti-static mat that is

placed below the computer while you are working on it. This not only

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 provides better anti-static protection, but also protects your table from
scratches.

 Another option is to use anti-static gloves when handling delicate

electronic components.

 Always grasp a metal part of the computer chassis with your bare
hand before you touch anything inside. Do this even if you are
wearing an anti-static wristband.

 Always handle electronic components by a non-conducting

(nonmetallic) edge. Don't touch the pins or other connectors.

 Never plug an ATX power supply into AC power unless it is connected

either to a computer's motherboard or to a dummy test load.

 Always use a UL-approved surge protector or an Uninterruptible

Power Supply that incorporates surge and spike protection.

 Never eat, drink, or smoke while working on a computer.

The most important safety rule of all: Always Be Careful! (ABC)

Common wire/network cable safety procedures

 Plan It Out
Always have a safety plan. This plan should include emergency
activities, evacuations, and meet building codes. Not only will this
help should there be any issues, but also conform to any legalities.

 (Don’t) D-I-Y
Do-it-yourself projects are becoming more and more popular with the
rise of YouTube and other online advice. Nonetheless, we suggest
contacting a professional electrician / network technician who is
extremely familiar and experienced with cable/wire installation and
handling. Anytime you are dealing with electricity or other wire
currents, it can be a dangerous job. Electricians are trained and
understand safety protocols and guidelines. While they may be more
expensive, their expertise will save money in the long run whether it’s
a small installation in your home or a big project in the workplace.
Plus, you really can’t put a price tag on safety and health.

 Two-Way Street
Safety is a top priority for us. The same should be true at your place
of business. Prior to installation, be sure to inspect machinery and
equipment to see if it is running properly. While faulty wiring often
leads to safety hazards, so does malfunctioning equipment. Reduce
risks by ensuring your equipment is up-todate. Not only that, but the

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 tools used for wire and cable handling matter, too. Here’s a quick list
of safety tools that help minimize electrical risks.

 Know Your Surroundings

Wire and cable installation can sometimes lead you to some obscure
locations and positions. Those can include:

o Various heights
o Concealed spaces
o Underground areas
o Areas near water

Scope out your workplace environment and identify any potential

hazards first, before you begin a project. Also, diagnose the building’s
guidelines and restrictions. Some safety precautions may seem
reasonable and obvious, while others may actually be mandatory.

 Gear Up
Remember to always wear protective clothing when handling cable
and wire. There is always potential for sparking or other electrical
risks. Sport non-conductive gloves and protect your eyes with proper
safety eyewear. Flame-retardant clothes are a good investment for
those who maintain cable and wiring frequently. Be sure to wear
equipment that is necessary for your building or work area. This could
include hard hats for possible falling materials, specific shoes to
prevent slipping, and any other articles of clothing to reduce risk.

 Testing in Progress
After successful configuration before reopening and allowing public
access to the work space, be sure to test everything out multiple
times. Just because something is connected does not mean it will
function properly. Testing and examining every step of the process will
actually reduce time spent on the project. Plus, your work space is
easily accessible if any changes need to be made.

What’s More

DIRECTION: Unscramble the letters to form a word(s).

1. SHIPALCY - PHYSICAL
2. LAHEMCCINA - MECHANICAL
3. REELICCT - ELECTRIC
4. ACEMLICH - CHEMICAL
5. DHAZRA - HAZARD

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 What I Have Learned

A. Enumerate the Safety Precautions when working.

B. Enumerate the Fire Safety Guidelins

What I Can Do

Direction: Send a picture of yourself on how you do precautions and safety in your
house. (sample: you arranging the wires of your electric fan so that no one will
stumble in it)

Assessment

Direction: Read the questions carefully. Select the best answer and write it
in your answer sheet.

1. OSH means…
a. Occupants safety and health
b. Occupants system and health
c. Occupational safety and health

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 d. Occupational system and health
2. A situation in the workplace that has the potential to harm the health
and safety of people or damage plant and equipment is called?
a. Assessment
b. Hazard
c. Make changes
d. Spot the hazard
3. Cables running across the floor is what type of hazard?
a. Chemical Hazard
b. Electric shock hazard
c. Mechanical Hazard
d. Physical Hazard
4. An example of mechanical hazard is…
a. Cables running across the floor
b. Exposed power cable
c. Hot components or sharp edges of computers
d. Inkjet printer cartridge
5. How badly could someone be harmed if there are cables running
across the floor?
a. Can stain skin, clothing and carpet.
b. If you stepped on the cable, it may not work properly.
c. It might cause you to lose a chunk of flesh.
d. Someone might trip, fall, and get a fractured bone
6. What is this special type of shoes used to prevent electrical shock and
for waterproofing and insulating purposes?
a. Boots
b. Leather shoes
c. Rubber soles
d. Running shoes

7. This PPE is used for protecting the eyes from dust, excessive light and
wind.
a. Goggle
b. Google
c. Reading glass
d. Sun glass
8. A garment worn over the front of the body as a protection for one’s
cloth is…
a. Apron
b. Cape
c. Dress
d. Gown

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9. A covering for the face to prevent the inhaling or absorbing dust and
other chemicals.
a. Dusk Mask
b. Face Mask
c. Face Shield
d. Gas Mask
10. The covering material with a separate sheath for each finger used for
hand protection.
a. Anti Static Strap
b. Gloves
c. Hand Sanitizer
d. Ring

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