In order to gather advice and information from the team, the Safety Manager asked questions and shared the responses by writing them on a whiteboard or butchers paper, as shown in Table 4. Table 4 Example 1: Questions asked by the Safety Manager and responses What hazards are What risks do these pose How are these risks encountered when doing to health and safety? currently controlled? the task? Truck—faulty truck Truck and compressor Plant Truck could cause accident have maintenance Compressor and and cause injuries to schedule pressure hose workers and others Checklist for visual Compressor and inspection for plant pressure hose—faulty before it leaves depot fuel line in compressor Reporting and tagging could cause burns and system for defective injuries through fire or plant explosion Heavy load, awkward, Compressor has Manual Loading and unloading sustained postures and handles fitted to assist handling the compressor repetitive actions can in lifting and carrying Carrying the cause sprains, strains, Two persons required compressor to and from back injuries or to lift and carry the toilet block fractures and cuts if compressor Sweeping water to dry dropped on foot Only workers who have the floor been trained able to lift and carry compressor Floor sweeping roster Skin irritation, rashes Only non-toxic cleaning Chemical Cleaning agents used and illness caused by agents used to clean toilets and exposure to chemicals Gloves provided to basins and their vapours in avoid skin contact confined space Contracting an Universal precautions Infection at Communicable disease infectious disease such plus specific protection work Non-communicable as hepatitis for the route of infection exposure Contracting a bacterial infection Hearing loss from Hearing protection Noise Operating the prolonged exposure to provided for wearing compressor in a closed the noise levels when hosing out the space with hard generated by the toilet block surfaces compressor Fractures or strains Safety boots provided Slips, trips Wet floor when hosing caused by slipping on with slip-resistant soles and falls out the toilet block wet surface
In order to gather advice and information from the team, the Safety Manager asked questions and shared the responses by writing them on a whiteboard or butchers paper, as shown in Table 4. Table 4 Example 1: Questions asked by the Safety Manager and responses What hazards are encountered when doing the task? What risks do these pose to health and safety? How are these risks currently controlled? Plant Truck Compressor and pressure hose Truck—faulty truck could cause accident and cause injuries to workers and others Compressor and pressure hose—faulty fuel line in compressor could cause burns and injuries through fire or explosion Truck and compressor have maintenance schedule Checklist for visual inspection for plant before it leaves depot Reporting and tagging system for defective plant Manual handling Loading and unloading the compressor Carrying the compressor to and from the toilet block Sweeping water to dry the floor Heavy load, awkward, sustained postures and repetitive actions can cause sprains, strains, back injuries or fractures and cuts if dropped on foot Compressor has handles fitted to assist in lifting and carrying Two persons required to lift and carry compressor Only workers who have been trained able to lift and carry compressor Floor sweeping roster Chemical Cleaning agents used to clean toilets and basins Skin irritation, rashes and illness caused by exposure to chemicals and their vapours in confined space Only non-toxic cleaning agents used Gloves provided to avoid skin contact Infection at work Communicable disease Non-communicable infection Contracting an infectious disease such as hepatitis Contracting a bacterial infection Universal precautions plus specific protection for the route of exposure Noise Operating the compressor in a closed space with hard surfaces Hearing loss from prolonged exposure to the noise levels generated by the compressor Hearing protection provided for wearing when hosing out the toilet block Slips, trips and falls Wet floor when hosing out the toilet block Fractures or strains caused by slipping on wet surface Safety boots provided with slip-resistant soles
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