APPLY SAFETY

PRACTICES
WHY DO WE NEED TO PRACTICE
SAFETY PROCEDURES?
• One of the main benefits of following
health and safety practices is to
prevent common workplaces injuries
such as back pain, falling from height,
asthma, injuries from slips and trips
and asbestos-related illness.
OBJECTIVES:
The students must be enabled to:
• Identify hazardous area
• Use protective clothing and
devices
• Perform safe handling of tools
equipment and materials
What are Hazardous area?
• A “hazardous area” is defined as an area
in which the atmosphere contains, or may
contain in sufficient quantities, flammable
or explosive gases, dusts or vapours. In
such an atmosphere a fire or explosion is
possible when three basic conditions are
met. This is often referred to as the
“hazardous area” or “combustion” triangle.
Different kinds of Hazardous areas
• Biological hazards are caused by living organisms that produce
hazardous substances that can enter the human body either by
breathing, touching, ingesting, or injection. These hazards can
cause acute and chronic infections in individuals who are
exposed to them. Often, working with infectious plants, animals,
or bloodborne pathogens can lead to worker exposure to
biological hazards.
• Chemical hazards are caused by exposure to toxic chemical
substances in the form of solids, liquids, gases, fumes, vapors,
mists, and dusts. Workers can be exposed to chemical hazards
by direct contact with skin also known as absorption, through
inhalation, and either by accidentally eating or drinking a toxic
substance or chemical.
• Hazards that cause a physical injury to a worker due to the
workplace environment having excessive levels of ionizing and
nonionizing electromagnetic radiation, noise, vibration,
illumination, and temperature are known as physical hazards.
For instance, exposure to loud noise for extended periods can
lead to loss of hearing.
• Safety hazards occur due to unexpected circumstances and
avoidable circumstances. The danger to workers from safety
hazards can vary and either be negligible such as a small cut, a
little more serious such as a broken hand, or can be serious with
long term repercussions such as a spine injury, and even cause
death.
• Ergonomics Hazard is the science of researching and
evaluating various tasks in the workplace (such as lifting,
holding, sitting, pushing, walking, and reaching) that can
cause discomfort or injury to the human body. Thus,
ergonomic hazards are mainly musculoskeletal injuries
that occur due to bad sitting posture, repetitive awkward
movements, frequent lifting, extreme temperature, bad
lighting, and work stress. Ergonomic injuries also can
occur due to poorly set-up workstations in offices, badly
designed chairs, and incorrect height of office tables.
Maintaining efficiency and comfort in the workplace can
minimize ergonomic hazards.
• Psychosocial hazards can occur due to the
workplace environment or work stress. Workplaces,
where there is discrimination, harassment,
victimization, or a generally negative perception by
employees, can lead to such hazards. Being
overworked or not having downtime, being overly
stressed about work or even peers can lead to
depression, anxiety, and low morale, resulting in
deteriorating the mental health and well-being of
workers.
Basic PPE equipments: