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Risk assessment Occupational health and safety Hazard Hazard Electric shock hazard

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ACTIVITY SHEET

TLE – Information and Communication Technology


Computer System Servicing
Grade 7

Occupational Health and Safety Procedures

Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control

Occupational safety and health (OSH) is a planned system of working to prevent illness and
injury where you work by recognizing and identifying hazards and risks. Health and safety procedure
is the responsibility of all persons in the computer and technology industries. You must identify the
hazards where you are working and decide how dangerous they are. Eliminate the hazard or modify
the risk that it presents.
There are three steps to manage health and safety at work: (1.) Spot the Hazard (Hazard
Identification), (2.) Assess the Risk (Risk Assessment) and (3.) Make the Changes (Risk Control).
You can use these three Think Safe steps to help prevent accidents at work
The Think Safe Steps
1. Spot the Hazard
A hazard is anything that could hurt you or someone else.
Examples of workplace hazards include:
 frayed electrical cords (could result in electrical shock)
 boxes stacked precariously (they could fall on someone)
 noisy machinery (could result in damage to your hearing)
During working hours, you must remain alert to anything that may be dangerous. If you see, hear or
smell anything odd, take note. If you think it could be a hazard, tell someone.

2. Assess the Risk


Assessing the risk means working out how likely it is that a hazard will harm someone and how
serious the harm could be.
Whenever you spot a hazard, assess the risk by asking yourself two questions:
How likely is it that the hazard could harm me or someone else?
How badly could I or someone else be harmed?
Always tell someone (your employer, your supervisor or your health and safety representative)
about hazards you can't fix yourself, especially if the hazard could cause serious harm to anyone.
For example, (1)Ask your supervisor for instructions and training before using equipment,
(2)Ask for help moving or lifting heavy objects, and (3) Tell your supervisor if you think a work
practice could be dangerous.
If you are not sure of the safest way to do something during work experience, always ask your
supervisor.

3. Make the Changes


It is your employer's responsibility to fix hazards. Sometimes you may be able to fix simple
hazards yourself, as long as you don't put yourself or others at risk. For example, you can pick up
things from the floor and put them away to eliminate a trip hazard.

Common hazards encountered by computer technicians and users

A hazard is a situation in the workplace that has the potential to harm the health and safety of
people or to damage plant and equipment. The situation could involve a task, chemical or equipment
used. Hazard management is a continuous process that can be used to improve the health and safety
of all workplaces.

Physical Hazards
One of the most common physical hazards involving computer technicians is cables running
across the floor. If someone trips, falls, and hurts himself because of a cable you ran across the floor,
someone (you, your employer, or your customer) has a serious legal negligence problem. If you need
to temporarily run a cable across the floor, place a Danger sign similar to those "wet floor" signs used
by cleaning services.
For cables that are temporary but will need to run across the floor for a longer period of time, use
"gaffers tape". Gaffers tape is a heavy tape with strong adhesive to stick to the floor. For long term
cable routing there is a wide variety of cable organizing devices like cable ties, cable wraps, and
cable raceways which can be used to run cable safely along the wall or ceiling.

Other common physical hazards include leaving tools on top of ladders and placing electronic
equipment in precarious positions or on support that is not sturdy enough or not designed for holding
electronic equipment.

Mechanical Hazards
When working on electronic equipment, ask yourself "Is there any way this equipment could
hurt me?” You might stick your hand in a printer and suddenly the paper feed arm moves, feeding not
only paper through the printer, but a piece of your finger too.
You might move your hand past a computer chassis and lose a chunk of flesh because it is
razor sharp. When working on electronic equipment always be alert to any possibility of being hurt by
moving parts, hot components, or sharp edges.

Chemical Hazards
There is a wide array of chemicals used with electronic equipment. There are display cleaning
chemicals, keyboard cleaning chemicals, compressed gas dirt and dust removers, and many cleaning
solvents. Some of these chemicals can be harmful if accidentally swallowed, get on bare skin, or get
in eyes. Before using any chemicals for electronic equipment always read the warnings and
instructions on the label.
Also be very careful when dealing with inkjet printer cartridges, or laser printer toner cartridges. Ink
and toner can stain skin, clothing and carpet.

Electric Shock Hazard


Inside computers and electronic equipment, there is a range of voltages from 3.3 volts to 25
volts, most of which are harmless. But at the power supply, you will find line voltage, which is a lethal
220 volts.

Identification.
Direction: Identify the appropriate term described in each sentence. Write your answers on the
space provided.

_________1. Working out how likely it is that a hazard will harm someone and how serious the harm
could be.

________2. A planned system of working to prevent illness and injury where you work by recognizing
and identifying hazards and risks.

________3. A situation in the workplace that has the potential to harm the health and safety of people
or to damage plant and equipment.

________4. Anything that could hurt you or someone else.

________5. Inside computers and electronic equipment, there is a range of voltages from 3.3 volts to
25 volts, most of which are harmless.

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