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safety at work Luis García Molina. I.E.S Serra Perenxisa. Torrente (Valencia). 2013

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The prevention of work hazards A work risk is any likelihood of injury to the worker when carrying out its

task.

The health and safety at work discipline seeks to promote the safety and health of workers by:

> Identification, evaluation and control of hazards and risks associated with a production process

>the development of activities and measures to prevent work-related risks (eg lectures and training courses)

The law 31/1995 of 8th November about work risks prevention is devoted to this topic and requires companies to manage risk, for which they usually hire a qualified work risks technician.

Luis García Molina. I.E.S Serra Perenxisa. Torrente (Valencia). 2013

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Types of work hazards

Types:

• work hazards related to work organization. – Order, place, duration, worker assignement of operations ...

• work hazards related to work environment. – Light / Noise / Gas / liquid / solid / living ...

• work hazards arising from instruments, machines and tools. - Moving parts / sharp edges / electricals / chemicals / heights...

• work hazards related to the operator – Position / distraction / tiredness / training


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combating work risks What to do to reduce the risks and harms?

A. Before it occurs (PREVENTION). – A.0 Health and safety department.

• Hiring work risks technicians services to make the work risks prevention plan, including de formational and training plan.

– A.1 General measures (dedicated to all cases)

• Order, quietness, cleanliness and hygiene.

• Maintenance of equipment

• Signage, distances, obstacles ...

• Personal protective equipment (PPE)

– A.2 Specific measures for each case: Designed with a focus on integrated security (all aspects covered)

• Measures in production organization.

• Measures in work environment and working conditions

• Measures in tools and machines

• Measures in human operators.

B. Just if an accident happened. • First aid kits, mobile phones for calling emergence groups.

• toxic gases ventilation ...

• Fire protection: plan of evacuation routes and exits, emergency lighting, fire extinguishers ...

• etc ...


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A.0 Health and safety deparmentL


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º We must engage the services of a technician in work risk prevention.

Currently the title is obtained by means of courses and masters that

are validated at official level.

In the future there will be the creation of an official title.

At our business we must create a work risks management system (WRMS)

which as any management system has the following parts:

Initial assessment

Policy and objectives

Execution Checking and

correction

Evaluation of results

Planning

• Initial risk analysis

•Written Risk prevention Manual (for ever)

• Written Annual Plan

• written report


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written documents of a WRMS

• DOC 1: WORK RISKS MANUAL: WRMS description.

– 1.0: Identification of risks and factors.

– 1.1: General policy: The organization defines its commitments and motives to achieve about health and safety at work.

– 1.2: Objectives: We propose the goals to achieve.

– 1.3: General heads: It means a Health and safety committee.

– 1.4: Heads of checking and correction.

– 1.5: Heads of the final evaluation.

• DOC 2: ANNUAL PLAN:

– 2.1: Annual objectives: Specific objectives for the year.

• DOC 3: PROCEDURES

Specific procedures to achieve the objectives. (Eg Procedure for maintenance of the drill, evacuation procedure in case of fire ...)

In each next points must be indicated:

• Goals of the procedure.

• Assignment of responsibility and procedure verification.

• Assignement of material resources

• Instructions of the procedure.

• DOC 4: ANNUAL

• Explanation of the final evaluation. Results. New goals for the coming year.


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A.1 general measures


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A.1.1 safety signs Activity: write the meaning of these signals:


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Activity: write the meaning of these signals:


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Activity: Write the meaning of these signs:


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Activity: write the meaning of these signals:


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A.1.2 PPE Personal Protective Equipment

Activity: write the name of the PPE and wich hazard they protect from.


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A.2 specific preventive measures


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Activity: Here is an analysis of the risks from the use of machines and

tools. Read it and complete it if you think about something else.

• Risks arising from the energy source.

Electricity

• electrical current : work risk: through the body: burning, death.

• electrical current : Work risk: short circuits or overloads: overheating and fire.

Liquid or gaseous fuels

• Work risk: Explosions/ Spill, leak / toxicity.

• Risks arising from moving parts.

– Work risk: entrapment (serious injury, loss of limbs)

– Work risk: breakage of parts and release (injury, death ...)

– Work risk: Vibration, noise, friction (psychological distress, stress…)

• Risks from needlestick parts.

– Work risk: punctures, cuts, wounds ...

• Risks arising from the weights or other objects or substances

– Work risk: falling (rush)

– Work risk: gas exhaust (explosions, toxicity ....)

• Risks arising from the volume and weight of the machine:

– Work risk: overturning (Crush)

• And so on..


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Activity: Lists measures that you propose in your business against work

risks arising from the use of machines and tools.

Ensure to have an integrated safety approach that includes the following

sections:

> Measures about organizational: work organization.

> Measures about environment: environmental and working conditions

> Measures about human factors: in the workers

> Measures about material resources: objects, tools, machines, products

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B. protective measures


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Activity: Regarding the same issue (risks from the use of machines and

tools) and continuing with the previous activity ...

Add now the protective measures you would take just if the accident

would happen

Eg mobile crews and first aid

vent toxic gases ...


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