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 How are these risks encountered when doing pose to health and currently controlled? the task? safety? Truck—faulty truck Truck and Plant Truck could cause accident compressor have Compressor and and cause injuries to maintenance pressure hose workers and others schedule Compressor and Checklist for visual pressure inspection for plant fuel line in before it leaves depot compressor could Reporting and tagging cause burns and system for defective injuries through fire plant or explosion Heavy load, Compressor has Manual Loading and unloading awkward, sustained handles fitted to handling the compressor postures and assist in lifting and Carrying the repetitive actions can carrying compressor to and from cause sprains, Two persons required the toilet strains, back injuries to lift and carry Sweeping water to dry or fractures and cuts compressor the floor if dropped on foot Only workers who have been trained able to lift and carry compressor Floor sweeping roster Skin irritation, rashes Only Chemical Cleaning agents used to and illness caused by cleaning agents used clean toilets and basins exposure to Gloves provided to chemicals and their avoid skin contact vapours in confined space Contracting an Universal precautions Infection at Communicable disease infectious disease plus specific work Non-communicable such as hepatitis protection for the infection Contracting a route of exposure bacterial infection Hearing loss from Hearing protection Noise Operating the prolonged exposure provided for wearing compressor in a closed to 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 and falls out the toilet block wet surface soles
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 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 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 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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