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    This document discusses applying the Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC) guideline to identify hazards in a laboratory experiment involving filtering calcium carbonate slurry using a filter press. Six activities in the experiment were identified as potential hazards: weighing calcium carbonate powder, transferring it to water, standing for long periods, opening pumps/valves, handling slurry tanks, and water flow. Applying HIRARC allowed analyzing risks through a risk matrix to determine appropriate control measures, such as having students take turns to avoid ergonomic hazards from long standing. Proper identification and control of hazards through HIRARC can improve safety in student laboratory sessions.

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    This document discusses applying the Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC) guideline to identify hazards in a laboratory experiment involving filtering calcium carbonate slurry using a filter press. Six activities in the experiment were identified as potential hazards: weighing calcium carbonate powder, transferring it to water, standing for long periods, opening pumps/valves, handling slurry tanks, and water flow. Applying HIRARC allowed analyzing risks through a risk matrix to determine appropriate control measures, such as having students take turns to avoid ergonomic hazards from long standing. Proper identification and control of hazards through HIRARC can improve safety in student laboratory sessions.

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    This document discusses applying the Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC) guideline to identify hazards in a laboratory experiment involving filtering calcium carbonate slurry using a filter press. Six activities in the experiment were identified as potential hazards: weighing calcium carbonate powder, transferring it to water, standing for long periods, opening pumps/valves, handling slurry tanks, and water flow. Applying HIRARC allowed analyzing risks through a risk matrix to determine appropriate control measures, such as having students take turns to avoid ergonomic hazards from long standing. Proper identification and control of hazards through HIRARC can improve safety in student laboratory sessions.

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    Hirarc Intro Practical 1

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    This document discusses applying the Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC) guideline to identify hazards in a laboratory experiment involving filtering calcium carbonate slurry using a filter press. Six activities in the experiment were identified as potential hazards: weighing calcium carbonate powder, transferring it to water, standing for long periods, opening pumps/valves, handling slurry tanks, and water flow. Applying HIRARC allowed analyzing risks through a risk matrix to determine appropriate control measures, such as having students take turns to avoid ergonomic hazards from long standing. Proper identification and control of hazards through HIRARC can improve safety in student laboratory sessions.

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    Introduction

    Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control, (HIRARC) is a guideline to


    objective or systematic approach for worker to identify the hazard and assessing its risk to reduce
    accidents at the workplace. It becomes general duties to the employer to provide safe workplaces
    environment to their employers and other related person according to the Occupational Safety and
    Health Act 1994 (Act 514).

    Using the HIRARC form based on guidelines by Department of Occupational Safety and
    Health, the hazard had been analyzed based on the experiment procedures through the calculation
    of risk matrix which were likelihood time severity. By using calculation of risk matrix, the possible
    control measure can be minimize the risk and the hazard can be concluded.

    The purpose of this experiment is to study the operation of filter press for filtration of
    calcium carbonate slurry. This experiment have six activities that is possibly can cause hazards
    which is weighing the calcium carbonate powder, transferring calcium carbonate into water,
    standing too long during experiment, opening the pump or valve, handling the slurry tank pump
    and water flow in the tank or pump. Thus, these hazards should be identified so that the
    consequence and risk control can be made.

    First, when weighing the calcium carbonate powder, it falls in chemical hazard where the
    exposure from the chemicals can cause dangerous powder inhalation. Next, when transferring the
    calcium carbonate into water, possibility of solution spillage of chemicals might happen and this
    falls under safety hazard. Other than that, ergonomics hazard also happens when student is
    standing too long during the experiment because it cause muscle strain and back pain.
    Furthermore, another hazard that possibly happen occurs when opening the pump or valve
    because electric shock might happen when operating it. The fifth activity which is handling the
    slurry tank pump because machine failure might happen during the experiment. Lastly, water
    flowing to the tank or pump might cause rusting to the equipment. All these three activities are
    falls into safety hazards.

    The application of HIRARC could improve more on safety measurement during student
    conducting the lab session. This was because the hazardous had been highlighted for each of work
    activities. Eventually, those safety measurement had become routine and hence the hazard can be
    avoided. Through the risk matrix, the control measure that can be taken was student can take turn
    with another student to avoid this hazard.

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