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. 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 load, awkward, Compressor has Manual Loading and unloading sustained postures handles fitted to handling the compressor and repetitive actions assist in lifting and Carrying the can cause sprains, carrying compressor to and from strains, back injuries Two persons required the toilet block or fractures and cuts to lift and Sweeping to dry the if dropped on foot compressor floor Only workers who have been trained able to lift and carry compressor Floor sweeping roster Skin irritation, rashes Only non-toxic Chemical Cleaning agents used to and illness caused by cleaning agents used 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 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. 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 block Sweeping to dry the floor 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 compressor Only workers who have been trained able to lift and carry compressor Floor sweeping roster Chemical Cleaning agents used to 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 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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