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Lesson 3 - Types of Hazard in The Workplace
Lesson 3 - Types of Hazard in The Workplace
Performance Standards:
The learner consistently applies safety
measures in the workplace
Objective:
Identify risks and hazards in the workplace
and report them in accordance with the
workplace guidelines.
Guessing Game (4 pics, 1 word)
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Guessing Game (4 pics, 1 word)
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S A F E T Y
Why safety is important in the
workplace?
PHYSICAL/
CHEMICAL
ERGONOMICS
Type of
Hazards
PSYCHO-
MECHANICAL SOCIAL
/ELECTRICAL
Biological Hazards
A. Chemicals C. Risk
B. Exposure D. Hazard
It is the likelihood that a hazard will
cause injury or ill health to anyone
at or near a workplace.
A. Risk C. Hazard
B. Exposure D. Chemicals
It includes bacteria, viruses, mold,
mildew, insects, vermin, animals
A. Biological C. Mechanical
B. Chemical D. Psychosocial
It includes workplace stressors
arising from a variety of sources.
A. Psychosocial C. Chemical
B. Biological D. Mechanical
It includes chemical substances
such as acids or poisons and
those that could lead to fire or
explosion, like pesticides,
herbicides, cleaning agents,
dusts and fumes.
A. Psychosocial C. Mechanical
B. Biological D. Chemical
It includes electricity, machinery,
equipment, pressure vessels,
dangerous goods, fork lifts,
cranes, hoists.
A. Psychosocial C. Mechanical/Electrical
B. Biological D. Chemical
This includes floors, stairs, work platforms,
steps, ladders, fire, falling objects, slippery
surfaces, manual handling (lifting, pushing,
pulling), excessively loud and prolonged noise,
vibration, heat and cold, radiation, poor
lighting, ventilation, air quality.
A. Physical C. Psychosocial
B. Biological D. Mechanical
This occurs when
a person comes
into contact with
a hazard.
A. Risk C. Hazards
B. Exposure D. Chemicals
It is the physical or environmental
conditions of work which comply with the
prescribed Occupational Health Safety
(OHS) standards and which allow the
workers to perform his or her job without
or within acceptable exposure to hazards.
A. Safety C. Psychosocial
B. Biological D. Chemicals
It is the practices related to
production and work process.
A. Occupational C. Psychosocial
Safety Environment
B. Biological D. Safety
Assignment:
Visit an enterprise/company/shop (i.e. tailoring
shop) take a photo of the workplace and identify
the hazard/risk present in the workplace. In
short size bond paper, paste the picture/s and
write suggestions/recommendations to solve the
identified risk/hazard.