Practice

Occupational
Health and Safety
Procedures
Objective
At the end of the session the students are expected to:
Define hazards and risks.
Differentiateand hazard and risks.
Identify hazards and risks in the
workplace
Motivation
Let the student name some warning signs
that they could see outside their room, on
the street and in the workplace and asked
them what the meaning is and importance
of those warning signs.
Activity
Group your selves into six, each
group choose only one picture and
explain the meaning and
importance of picture chosen
Hazards- a term used to describe
something that has the potential to cause
harm.
 
A hazard is any source of potential
damage, harm or adverse effects on
properties or someone’s health under
certain conditions at workplace.
 Example of hazard and their effects
workplace hazard example of hazard example of harm
caused
tool knife cut
substance benzene leukemia
materials asbestos mesothelioma
source of energy electricity shock, electrocution

condition wet floor slips, fall

process welding metal fume fever
practice hard rock mining silicosis
 “3 forms of Hazard”

1. Dormant
2. armed
3. active
Hazard are classified into six different
types.
1. physical
2.mechanical
3. chemical
4. biological
5. psychosocial environment
6. ergonomic
Risks- a measure of the possibility
of a specific harmful effect in given
circumstances.
- is the chance or probability that a
person will be harmed or
experience an adverse health effect
if exposed to a hazard.
Some identified workplace hazards:

- manual handling
- machinery and equipment
- powered tools and hand tools
- slips, trips and falls
- confined spaces
Application
Evaluation
Directions: select the best answer.
1. It is a term used in workplaces that defines a possible source of harm to person, damage
to property or environment.
a. risk B. hazard C. accident D. danger

2. The probability of getting harmed or damaged occurring from exposure to a hazard.

b. risk B. hazard C. accident D. danger

3. What form of hazard is the situation that has a potential to be hazardous, but no people,
property, or environment is currently affected by this?
a. armed B. active C. dormant D. hidden
4. What materials/substances can attack metals or cause
permanent damage to human tissues?
a. oxidizing materials B. compressed Gas C. corrosive materials
D. solvent
5. This material has been used as the component of the brake
lining of some vehicles, which when in dust form become
hazardous to health when inhaled.
a. Hydrazine B. asbestos C. spray paint D. solvent
6. This can cause permanent hearing loss and is probably the
most common cause of hearing loss in adult males working in a
very busy industrial plant like automotive industry.
a. Hazardous substance B. Slips, Trips and fall C. Noise
D. solvent
7. What infectious materials/substances are produced by
organism and toxins?
a. biohazardous infectious materials
b. oxidizing materials
c. materials causing other toxic effects
D. corrosive materials

8. What materials which ignite and continue to burn if exposed

to a flame or source of ignition?
a. corrosive materials B. flammable and combustible material
C. oxidizing materials D. compressed gas
9. Used as a cleaner or degreaser, which is considered
hazardous if it enters the body when a person breathes in their
vapour, through skin contact, or through the mouth from contact
with food or fingers.
a. spray paints B. solvents C. batteries D. petrol container
 
10. This equipment is hazardous when not properly used like if
accidentally points to an open wound could force air to blood
stream and can be fatal.
a. fan blades B. solvent C. hand tools D. compressor
ASSIGNMENT:
Give at least 15 shop safety rules to
help prevent accidents.
THANK YOU