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(OHS) Guidelines and Procedures
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Policy – An Information and communication
technology (ICT) student should know how to behave when working in the computer
laboratory, as well as implement a safe way of accomplishing every task. Safety
practices should be learned early and always adheres in working with any electrical
and electronic device, including personal computers and its peripherals. This is for
your protection as well as to the people working with you, and for the devices that you
are using. The basis for this process begins with Occupational Health and Safety
Policies.
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.
Occupational Health and Safety Standards
Each student has a responsibility to their colleagues and their organization to report
and act upon any potential workplace hazard. Students need to be aware of the type
of hazards that are possibly present in their work environment.
Procedure
1. Identify the hazard
2. Clear the area close to the hazard
3. Partition the hazard off or clearly identify the area to protect other people from harm
4. If the hazard is easily and safely cleared, then do so
If not…
5. Report the hazard to the appropriate person (such as teacher in charge, principal
etc.) to obtain assistance
6. Following clearing of the hazard fill out the correct documentation to assist in
identifying improved practice to reduce further incidence of hazards.
All hazards must be reported using Accidental Report form. This enables us to track
the kinds of hazards we have in our workplace, and take action where necessary to
make it safer for all student and clients.
Accident reports
Forms are used to give specific details with regards to the accidents happened in the
laboratory during experiments.
Accident reports contain the following details:
Name of the person injured

Date and time of the accident
Type of injury
First aid given
Action taken to prevent further accidents
Hazardous Substances
If the workplace hazard appears to be dangerous to staff and clients and professional
assistance is required:
A. Call the supervisor or manager and advise them of the problem and the urgency of
the matter.
B. Depending on the risk it may be called as an evacuation.
C. Follow the evacuation procedure.
D. The supervisor or manager will call in the fire brigade or specialized personnel who will deal with the
spill.
Fire Exits
All fire exits should be kept clear of from obstacles. All students have a responsibility
to make sure that chairs, empty boxes or any other type of obstacle are not placed in
or near fire exit doorways.
All corridors also need to have equipment stored on one side only to ensure that in the event of an
emergency there is a clear exit.
Fire Safety Procedure
Each work area has a designated fire warden, who in the event of a fire will take
charge. They are recognized by the wearing of a red hard hat.
If you find the fire:
Assess the danger prior to doing anything.

If it is safe to move assist anyone in the vicinity of the fire away from danger.
If it is possible, close the door to the fire area.
Call for assistance. Verbally call FIRE, FIRE, in a loud and clear voice.
✓ Break the glass section of the fire alert call point.
✓ Call to the switch; ensure you know where the fire is, any other details that may be
of assistance to the fire brigade. Details could be size of the fire, cause or type of fire,
any people hurt or trapped, has anyone tried to put it out.
✓ If safe to do so, attack the fire with the correct extinguisher or fire hose.
If the designated fire officer is not present, someone quickly needs to take
responsibility and:
1. Locate the source of the fire.
2. Locate any people.
3. Remove all people from the building.
4. Once outside do a head count?
5. Notify the authorities.
Personal Safety While Working with PC’s
Computer equipment can be dangerous, and you or others can be injured or even
killed if you don’t follow proper safety guidelines when working along with PC’s. The
following are some precautionary measures to take before working with any computer
equipment:
✓ Wear shoes with non-conductive rubber soles to help reduce the chance of being
shocked or seriously injured in an electrical accident.
Do not work on components that are plugged into their power source.
Do not remove expansion cards from a computer when it is turned on.
Remove jewelries when working inside any computer related equipment.
Be sure not to mix electronic components and water.

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