PRACTICE

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
AND SAFETY
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SAFETY
 Learning Objective: After reading this MODULE, you
should be able to:
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 1. Discuss the practice occupational health and safety
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 2. Identify hazard and risk in the workplace
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 3. Perform the safety tips in workplace
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 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
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 It is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety and health,

health and welfare of people engaged in work. A planned system of working to
prevent illness and injury where you work by recognizing and identifying
hazards and risks.
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 What is a hazard?
 It is a situation that has the potential to harm the health and safety of the
people.
 Types of workplace hazards include:
 •Safety hazards- Inadequate and insufficient machine guards, unsafe
workplace conditions, and unsafe work practices.

 •Biological hazards- caused by organism such as viruses, bacteria, fungi and

parasites.

 •Chemical hazards- caused by solid, liquid, vapor or gaseous chemicals, dust,

fume or mist.
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 •Ergonomic hazards- Anatomical, physiological, and

psychological demands on the worker, such as repetitive and
forceful movements vibration , extreme temperatures, and
awkward postures arising from improper work methods and
improperly designed workstations, tool and equipment.
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 •Physical hazards- caused by noise, vibrations, energy, whether,
electricity, radiation and pressure.
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 •Psychological hazards- Those that are basically causing stress to
a worker.
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 ACCIDENT PREVENTION SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

 General
 Signs and symbols required shall be visible at all times when work is being
performed, and shall be removed or covered promptly when the hazard in
longer exists.
 Danger signs
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 Caution signs Exit signs

 Safety instructions signs Directional signs

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 Traffic signs

Steps in controlling OHS hazards and risks

 Step 1- identify hazard
 Step 2- assess risks
 Step 3- control hazards and risks
 Step 4- check controls
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 What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

 It’s help to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases between

patients and health care providers. Also can help to prevent the
contamination of exposed wounds or sores from germs or bacteria that
can travel from a health care provider to the patients.

 Types of Personal protective Equipment (PPE) and it’s safety purposes:

 1. Goggles or face protection- must be used when at risk from flying
particles, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids and chemical gases.
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 2. Safety shoes- with impact protection are used in work areas where
heavy objects or tools could be accidentally dropped on the feet.
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 3. Hand Protection Gloves- are required to protect your hands from cuts,
scrapes, punctures, burns, chemical absorption, and exhaust temperatures.
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 4. Hearing Protection- Appropriate earmuffs or ear plugs must be made

available as a last resort if it is not possible to make the workplace less noisy.
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 5. Over-all or Cover-all- The main purpose of wearing this kind of clothing

is to protect our limbs and body from metal dusts, flaming combustion, flying
chips, minute particles and stray metallic object from abrasive wheels, drills
and cutting tools.
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 6. Protective Headgear- A safety helmet or wide brimmed hat for

head protection.
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 7. Respirators- Appropriate respirators must be worn as a last resort if
it is not possible.
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 8. Fire extinguisher- A portable device containing chemicals that can
be sprayed on a fire to put it out.
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 9. Apron- a protective or decorative garment worn over the front of
one’s clothes and tied at the back.
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 ACTIVITY
 Direction: Identify the personal protective equipment (PPE) as shown
below: Write your answer on yellow pad paper
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 Enumeration
 Direction: Enumerate what is being ask
 6 Accident Prevention signs and symbols
 9 Personal Protective Equipment

V. Assignment
 Direction: Draw/Illustrate about hazard in occupational health and safety.
The poster should be informative and should clearly show the main
message. Write your assignment in the clean long bond paper and submit
it tomorrow.
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