Health and Safety at

Workplace How to Prevent Accidents At

Workplace?

The Hazards

• Key points • Must provide a safe and healthy environment for all the employees • Also need to take account of their welfare needs • Things that need to be consider: • Lighting • Ventilation • toilets

Brainstorm!! • What is the meaning of Hazards?

• What are the: • Physical Hazards? • involve accidents or physical trauma (e.g., slipping or tripping hazards, unstable ladders, using a saw without the guard, getting into altercations with violent customers) • Chemical Hazards? • involve burns, rashes, or illness resulting from exposure to unsafe chemicals, e.g., chemical spills, improper handling or use of a chemical substance, prolonged exposure to toxic fume • Ergonomic Hazards? And • involve injuries resulting from improper lifting, repetitive motions, overextending (e.g., spending long periods at the computer, poor set-up of workstation) • Biological Hazards? • involve exposure to unhealthy germs, bacteria, and other life forms (e.g., contact with used needles, contact with bodily fluids, exposure to poisonous plants, insects, or reptiles)

A Safe Place of Work

• The employer MUST: • Make sure that the building in a good conditions • Put right any dangerous defects immediately • Have enough space for safe movement and access • Have windows that can be opened and cleaned safely • Keep outdoor routes safe e.g no obstruction

Three Key Steps of Prevent From Accidents

• There are three key steps that can be use to assess and reduce the risk of hazardous situations: • Recognition – • “See it” • Evaluation- • “Think It” • Control – •  “Do it”

• For three key steps, need to have Questions to ask: • “See it” • What is unsafe? How many unsafe acts or conditions are there? What are the hazards? • ”Think it” • Why is it a hazardous situation? What could happen? What is creating the hazard? What injuries could occur? • “Do it” • What could be done to prevent an accident from happening? What could minimize the risk? What could be done to eliminate or minimize the hazard?

Slips, Trips and Falls

• These three accidents are the most common accidents that occur either at work or home, which can lead to injuries.

• The major injuries are: • Broken bones • Serious burns • Loss consciousness

Basic Requirements for preventing Slips, Trips and

Falls • Floor must not have holes or slopes, or be uneven or slippery

• Floors in a work place must be kept free from obstructions and from any article or substance that may cause the person to slip

Slips, Trips and Falls

• “see it” • What to look for: • If your floor gets contaminated water, liquid or anything else • If your floor has a smooth surface, even for a tiny contamination • Do mats or floor tiles curled up? • Are cables and pipes properly trailed?

• “think It” • Stop the floor getting wet or contaminated: • Maintain equipment to stop leaks • Clean floors to a dry finish • Control and contain processes to prevent spillages and splashes • By wearing a non- slip shoes

• “Do it” • Deal with it: • Cleans up spillages immediately • Put a warning sign or barricade the place • Have procedures for both routine and ‘spillages response’ cleaning

Example of HSE in Brunei • Brunei Shell Petroleum is the organization that practices HSE as part of their daily operation.

• Shell as a whole implemented 12 life saving rules as part of their HSE aspect that must be followed.

• Shell has committed that any violation of this rules, the organization will no longer allowed the employee to work on their sites/place.

• BSP has enforce their employee to understand and committed to live and work by the 12’s life saving rules.

12 Life Saving Rules

• GROUP WORK

SCENARIO 1

SCENARIO 2

SCENARIO 3