OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

AND SAFETY
What is OHS?
Occupational Health &
Safety (OHS)
• A planned system of working to prevent illness and injury
where you work by recognizing and identifying hazards and
risks.
• There are three (3) steps to manage health and safety at
work.
Steps to manage OHS
1. Spot the Hazard (Hazard Identification)
2. Assess the Risk (Risk Assessment)
3. Make the Changes (Hazard Control)
1. Spot the Hazard
• A hazard is anything that could hurt you or someone else.

EXAMPLE:
• Damaged electrical cords (could result in electrical shock)
• Boxes stacked unsteady (they could fall on someone)
• Noisy machinery (could result in damage to your hearing)
2. Assess the Risk
• Assessing the risk means working out how likely it is that a
hazard will harm someone and how serious the harm
could be.
Whenever you spot a hazard, assess the risk by asking
yourself:
• How likely could the hazard harm me or someone else?
• How badly could I or someone else be harmed?
3. Make the changes
• It is your employer’s responsibility to fix hazards.
• Sometimes you may be able to fix simple hazards yourself,
as long as you don’t put yourself or others at risk.
EXAMPLE:
• You can pick up things from the floor and put them away
to eliminate a trip hazard.
 What are the common
hazards encountered by
computer technicians and
users?
 COMMON HAZARDS
1. Physical Hazard
2. Mechanical Hazard
3. Chemical Hazard
4. Electrical Hazard
 1. PHYSICAL HAZARD
EXAMPLE:
• Cable running across the floor
• Leaving tools on top of the ladder
• Placing electronic equipment in an
unstable position
2. MECHANICAL HAZARD
• When working on electronic equipment,
ask yourself “Is there any way this
equipment could hurt me?”
EXAMPLE
• Hot components
• Sharp edges
• Moving parts
 3. CHEMICAL HAZARD
EXAMPLE
• Cleaning agents
• Compressed gas dirt
• Inkjet printer cartridges
 4. ELECTRICAL HAZARD
• Inside computers and electronic components,
there is a range of voltages from 3.3 volts to 25
volts, most of which are harmless.
• But at the power supply, you will find line
voltage, which is a lethal 220 volts.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
WHEN WORKING
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN WORKING
• Always ground or discharge yourself before
touching any part of the computer.
• Do not work alone.
• Be careful with tools that may cause a short circuit.
• Use only rubber shoes when standing on the
ground.
• Always hold the cable connector on the handle,
not the cable itself.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN WORKING
• Make sure that pins are properly aligned when
connecting a cable connector.
• Always power off and unplug the computer before
working on it.
• Take away any liquids near your working area or near
computers.
• Hold the components by the edges and do not touch the
ICs.
• Read and follow instructions on the manual carefully.
HAZARD TYPE OF RISK HAZARD
HAZARD CONTROL