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GRUP SERVICII PETROLIERE S.A. CONSTANTA
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House keeping
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For Safety
Cost of poor housekeeping
• Splinters, cuts and eye injuries• Cuts to hands and fingers• Slip and trip accidents• Crush injuries• Wasted time• Fires• Serious injury or death• Poor quality work
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Benefits of good housekeeping
• Well organised workplace• Uncluttered work areas• Everything has a place• Less risk of accidents• More pleasant workplace• Less time wasted trying to find things
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Floors and access ways• Only keep frequently used
tools in the work area, store other tools away
• Use storage racks and shelves
• Keep floor clear around benches and machinery
• Keep doorways and exits clear
• Keep floors free of POL, liquids and loose objects
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• Never leave tools• Sitting on top of benches• Overhanging edges of bench
tops or rails• On top of vehicles or
machinery• Lying on the floor
Tools
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Materials storage• Store sheet materials in racks• Store round bar etc to prevent
rolling• Store small items in trays• Avoid storing materials:
– On top of shelf units– Underneath work benches– On window sills
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Flammable liquid containers
• Store flammable liquids in metal, flame proof cabinets,– Including paints, oils in plastic containers,
aerosol packs of paint and degreaser
• Don’t store flammable liquid containers on benches, edge of shelves or where they can be punctured or heated
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Rubbish and waste hazards
• Include• Metal Filings – cuts and eye injuries• Food scraps and wrappers – vermin
and disease• Oily rags – fire• Sharp metal – cuts to hands and fingers• Paper, cardboard, shavings - fire
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Waste and rubbish disposal
• Clean bench tops and equipment• Metal waste into metal waste bins• Paper and cardboard into bin• Food scraps and wrappers into a bin with a lid
firmly on• Oily rags and waste disposed of separately• Clean up as you go
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Slips and Trips
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The Cost
• A third of ALL major injuries reported result from a slip or fall.• They are the single BIGGEST cause of injuries at work• The COST to Employers is estimated at over US$1Bn per
year• Actions brought as a result can be damaging to the business
with Insurance only covering a small proportion of the total cost
• Effective Solutions are often simple, cheap and lead to other benefits.
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GRUP SERVICII PETROLIERE S.A. CONSTANTA The Dangers - Possible Causes
Problems:
• Everyone should be on the Common lookout for :
• Poor Flooring
• Unsuitable footwear
• Slippery surfaces
• Obstructions in walkways
• Inappropriate lighting or restricted vision
• Unnecessary haste.
• Bad housekeeping (cleanliness)
• Look out for hazards all around you
• Deal with the hazards in an appropriate manner
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Poor Flooring:
• Whether you work in an office, factory or the Shop• floor, a major cause of slips and trips is poor flooring.
Look out for the following• Loose floorboards• Cracked floor surfaces or damaged / missing tiles etc.• Old linoleum and carpets, in poor condition• Loose and worn out mats• Accidental spills onto a good floor surface• Report any problems to an appropriate person
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Footwear:
• Where the Risk Assessment identifies the risk, an employer may be required to provide staff with Protective Equipment. This could include footwear. Where this is NOT the case, avoid wearing footwear which increases your risk of slipping / tripping
• Open toed sandals• excessive high heeled shoes• smooth soled shoes
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Tripping Hazards• Objects dropped or placed in the gangway
often go unnoticed and may cause a fall.• Implement effective cable management
systems• Keep passages clear• Do not obstruct ‘high risk’ places, i.e. stair
landings, outside office doors, changes in floor level, changes in direction etc.
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• Undue Care:• rushing to get something done• forgetting to take due care• not paying attention • Stairs• Stair treads that are slippery, worn or
broken• Inadequate lighting• Missing / damaged fixtures• Obstruction of vision when ascending or
descending
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Prevention and Health & Safety Management
• A good Health & Safety management system will:
• help in identifying problem areas,• help in deciding what to do,• impact on the actions taken• monitor the effectiveness of those decisions
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A good management system will involve 4 stages
• PLANNING• ORGANISATION• CONTROL• MONITORING & REVIEWING
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PLANNING
• Identify Key Areas of Risk• Set Goals for Improvement• Carefully select Equipment and
work practices which Prevent or Contain Slip or Trip hazards
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ORGANISATION
• Staff need to be Involved and Committed to reducing risks
• Give people responsibilities to ensure that areas are kept safe
• Maintain a Record of who is responsible for which arrangements
• Make these details Clear to everyone
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CONTROL• Check to ensure that practices are being carried out
correctly• Ensure a mechanism is in place by which problems
can be reported to the appropriate person• Keep records of cleaning and maintenance work etc.• Encourage good health and safety.
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MONITOR & REVIEW• Re-examine your approach in the light of experience• Examine Accident Investigation / Inspection Reports• Ask yourself, can improvements be measured• Talk to Safety Reps. / Staff about Slips, Trips & Falls
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