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TVL-IA-EIM
Quarter 2 – Module 5:
Control Hazards and Risks
TVL-IA-Electrical Installation and Maintenance NC II–Grade 11
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 – Module 5: Control Hazards and Risks
First Edition, 2020

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TVL-IA-EIM
Quarter 2 – Module 5:
Control Hazards and Risks
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the TVL – IA - Electrical Installation and Maintenance Grade-11

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Control Hazards and Risks!
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by
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teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic
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As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
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encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the
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For the learner:

Welcome to the TVL – IA - Electrical Installation and Maintenance Grade-11

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Control Hazards and Risks!

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
you master the skills in electrical installation and maintenance. The scope of
this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The
lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the
order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the
textbook you are now using.

The module contains the lesson:

• Control Hazards and Risks

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Identify the purpose of controlling hazards and risks;
2. Distinguish the ways of controlling hazards and risks;
3. Value the importance of controlling hazards and risks.

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 What I Know

A. Directions: Identify the correct answer. Write the correct answers in

your activity notebook.

A. Engineering control B. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

C. Administrative controls D. Assess the Risk
E. Substitution

_____1. Changing a piece of machinery or a work process to reduce exposure

to a hazard.
_____2. Working a limited number of hours in a hazardous area through job
rotation.
_____3. one measure of replacing one hazardous agent or work process with
a less dangerous one.
_____4. includes ear and eye protection, respirators, and protective clothing.
_____5. It the process where you analyze or evaluate the risk associated with
that hazard.

B. Direction. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. Write FALSE if the

statement is incorrect.

1. General cleanliness in the workplace is an important method of

controlling hazards.
2. Good housekeeping reduces the risk of fire and is cost-effective.
3. Safety signs are method of hazard control.
4. Hygiene (cleanliness) is not so important as a method of controlling
hazards.
5. Before you leave work, wash/shower and change your clothes when
necessary to prevent bringing workplace contaminants home to your
family.

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 What’s In

Risk control measures are actions that are taken in response to a risk factor
that has the potential to cause accident or harm in the workplace. The
control measures can either be designed to reduce the risks or eliminate
them completely.

Effective controls protect workers from workplace hazards; help avoid

injuries, illnesses, and incidents; minimize or eliminate safety and health
risks; and help employers provide workers with safe and healthful working
conditions.

Notes to the Teacher

This module contains the topics on evaluating hazards and
risks. To enhance the learners’ experience in this module,
varied activities are introduced relevant to the topic. Hence,
a thorough explanation on the use of this module is
required as well as keeping track of the learners’ progress
to ensure its effectiveness.

Continued guidance and encouragement is expected of the

facilitator within the duration of the module in order for the
learners to sustain its requirements.

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 What’s New

In these unprecedented times during the

pandemic we all find ourselves in, business
which are deemed as essential in staying open
to serve the public are having to put strict
measures in place to help protect staff,
customers and visitors within their premises.

What is It

Lesson

1 Control Hazards and Risks

All workplace hazards (chemical, physical, etc.) can be controlled by a

variety of methods. The goal of controlling hazards is to prevent workers
from being exposed to occupational hazards. Some methods of hazard
control are more efficient than others, but a combination of methods
usually provides a safer workplace than relying on only one method. Some
methods of control are cheaper than others but may not provide the most
effective way to reduce exposures.

To control hazards in your workplace you need to identify and

understand those hazards. Your priority should always be to eliminate the
hazards. If the hazards cannot be eliminated, try finding safer ways to carry

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out those tasks by substituting less harmful substances or changing the
work environment through engineering controls. Also consider changing
how work activities are organized and performed. For example, reduce the
time workers are exposed to a hazard by rotating them to another task.

A. Controlling workplace hazards

Once a hazard has been identified and the risk assessed, control measures
should be put into place. A simple list of control measures can be utilized -
the hierarchy of control.

1. Identify the Hazard

Identify the source of the problem

2. Assess the Risk

Risk assessment is the process where you:

• Identify hazards,
• Analyze or evaluate the risk associated with
that hazard.
• Determine appropriate ways to eliminate or
control the hazard

1. Eliminate the Hazard or Risk

Elimination of a specific hazard or hazardous work

process, or preventing it from entering the workplace,
is the most effective method of control. Eliminating a
hazard means removing it completely.

Examples:
• Use extendable tools to eliminate work at
height.
• Materials delivered cut to size to remove the
use of blades.
• Cordless equipment to get rid of trailing cables.

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2. Substitution
The risk may not be removed entirely but could be reduced by replacing the
material, substance, or process with something less dangerous.
Examples:
• Replacing ladders with tower scaffolds.
• Substituting a hazardous chemical with a safer alternative.
• Changing high-level vibrating equipment with newer equipment with
less vibration exposure.

3. Engineering Control may mean changing a piece of machinery (for

example, using proper machine guards) or a work process to reduce
exposure to a hazard. This are usually fixed temporary or permanent
controls.
This could be collective (protecting all worker e.g. edge protection for work at
height) or individual (protecting a single user e.g. anchor points for
connecting via lanyard). Give priority to measures which protect collectively
over individual measures.
Examples:
• Extraction machines to remove hazardous dust or fumes from the
air.
• Enclosing dangerous items of machinery or moving parts.
• Installing guard rails to fall hazards.

4. Administrative Controls
These are rules and systems to carry out the work.

Examples:

• Working a limited number of hours in a hazardous area is an

example of an administrative control for example, job rotation.
• Limiting use of vibrating equipment below exposure action values.
• Banning work at height and lifting operations in bad weather.
• Enforcing a one-way traffic system on site.

5. Personal protective clothes and equipment (PPE)

PPE is the last line of defense against a hazard, so while it should not be
your first choice when controlling risks, it can give added protection for any
remaining level of risk, or should other controls fail.
Examples:

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 • Use of ear defenders when using noisy equipment.
• Harnesses and lanyards where the risk of falls cannot be eliminated
completely.
• Hard hats where there may be falls of tools or materials overhead.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) includes ear and eye protection,

respirators, and protective clothing.

Remember: it is always better to control the hazard as close to

the source as possible. Using personal protection is the least
acceptable and least effective of all control measures.

Remember to make sure all the controls work well together, are detailed in
your risk assessment, communicated to your team, and are regularly
reviewed and maintained to make sure they remain effective.

What’s More

Exercise 1
Instruction: Cite your personal experience where you must control hazards
and risk. Describe your entire experience. How did you feel about it? How
did it affect your life? What valuable lessons have you learned from your
experience? Write your activity on your activity notebook.

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 Essay Rubrics

Areas of
Assessment
A B C D

Presents ideas Presents ideas

in an original in a consistent
Ideas are too Ideas are
manner manner
general vague or
Ideas
5 points 4 points unclear
1 point
3 points

Organization Strong and Organized Some No

organized beg/mid/end organization; organization;
beg/mid/end attempt at a lack
beg/mid/end beg/mid/end
10 points
7 points
4 points 1 point

Understanding Writing shows Writing shows Writing shows Writing shows

strong a clear adequate little
understanding understanding understanding understanding
10 points 7 points 4 points 1 point

Mechanics Few (if any) Few errors Several errors Numerous

errors errors

5 points 1 point
4 points 3 points

What I Have Learned

To contextualize what you have learned and to have a better appreciation of

the lesson, complete the statements below accordingly.

I have learned that ________________________________________.

I have realized that ________________________________________.

I will apply ________________________________________________.

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 What I Can Do

Activity 1

Instruction: Answer the questions below. Write your answers in your

activity notebook.

1. Describe the hazards and risks that the world is facing today.
2. What preventive measures and practices have you done to control the
hazards and risks?
3. How can you relate our lesson with our present situation?

Essay Rubrics

Areas of
Assessment
A B C D

Presents ideas Presents ideas

in an original in a consistent
Ideas are too Ideas are
manner manner
general vague or
Ideas
5 points 4 points unclear

1 point
3 points

Organization Strong and Organized Some No

organized beg/mid/end organization; organization;
beg/mid/end attempt at a lack
beg/mid/end beg/mid/end
10 points
7 points
4 points 1 point

Understanding Writing shows Writing shows Writing shows Writing shows

strong a clear adequate little
understanding understanding understanding understanding
10 points 7 points 4 points 1 point

Mechanics Few (if any) Few errors Several errors Numerous

errors errors

5 points 1 point
4 points 3 points

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 Assessment

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write the answers in
your activity notebook.

A. Personal Protective Equipment B. Risk Assessment

C. Eliminate the Hazard or Risk D. Administrative Control
E. Engineering Control

____1. It includes ear and eye protection, respirators, and protective

clothing.
____2. It may mean changing a piece of machinery.
____3. Working a limited number of hours in a hazardous area that
includes job rotation.
____4. The process where you identify hazards, analyze, or evaluate the
risk associated with that hazard, and determine appropriate ways to
eliminate or control the hazard.
____5. It is the most effective method of control.

B. Direction. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. Write FALSE if the

statement is incorrect.

1. Hard hats where there may be falls of tools or materials overhead is an

example of engineering control.
2. Engineering control can be collective or individual.
3. Installing guard rails to fall hazards is an example of personal protective
equipment.
4. Working a limited number of hours in a hazardous area is an example
of an administrative control for example, job rotation is an administrative
control.
5. Use extendable tools to eliminate work at height is one way of eliminating
hazard or risk.
6. Banning work at height and lifting operations in bad weather is one
example of substitution.
7. Once a hazard has been identified and the risk assessed, control
measures may not be necessary.
8. Eliminating a hazard means removing it completely.
9. PPE is the last line of defense against a hazard.
10. Substitution is usually fixed temporary or permanent controls.

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 Additional Activities

Activity:
Imagine yourself living near a river. Supply answers for the following:
1. Identify hazards
2. Evaluate the risk associated with that hazard
3. Determine appropriate ways to eliminate or control the hazard.

Essay Rubrics

Areas of
Assessment
A B C D

Presents ideas Presents ideas

in an original in a consistent
Ideas are too Ideas are
manner manner
general vague or
Ideas
5 points 4 points unclear
1 point
3 points

Organization Strong and Organized Some No

organized beg/mid/end organization; organization;
beg/mid/end attempt at a lack
beg/mid/end beg/mid/end
10 points
7 points
4 points 1 point

Understanding Writing shows Writing shows Writing shows Writing shows

strong a clear adequate little
understanding understanding understanding understanding
10 points 7 points 4 points 1 point

Mechanics Few (if any) Few errors Several errors Numerous

errors errors

5 points 1 point
4 points 3 points

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Assessment
A.
1. C
2. E
3. D
4. B
5. A
B. What I Know
1. FALSE
2. TRUE A. B.
3. FALSE 1. A 1. TRUE
4. TRUE 2. C 2. TRUE
5. TRUE 3. E 3. TRUE
6. FALSE 4. B 4. FALSE
7. FALSE 5. D 5. TRUE
8. TRUE
9. TRUE
10. FALSE
Answer Key
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work/prevent-harm/biological-hazards

Cardenas, Elpidio, Fundamental and Elements of Electricity; Philippines,

1989

Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers of the Philippines, Philippine

Electrical Code, Cubao Quezon City, 2000 Edition

“Hair Beauty and Holistic Therapies Hairdressing.” FE and Vocational.

Accessed November 14, 2020.
https://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk

“5 Best Risk Assessment Control Measures.” Haspod.com Blog Paperwork.

Accessed November 14, 2020. https://www.haspod.com/blog/paperwork/5-
best-risk-assessment-control-measures

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