Work Place Safety Exercise

•State the 3 Workplace Safety & Health framework.

a)      Reducing risks at the source by requiring all stakeholders to eliminate or minimize the risks they create; 

b)      Instilling greater ownership of safety and health outcomes within the industries; and

c)      Preventing accidents through higher penalties for compromises in safety management.

•Briefly explain 3 risk management duties of every employer.

• conducting risk assessments to remove or control risks to workers at the workplace;

• maintaining safe work facilities and arrangements for the workers at work;

• ensuring safety in machinery, equipment, plant, articles, substances and work processes at the workplace;

•What is the use of having a Safety Signage?

       -Safety signs must be used whenever a hazard or danger can not be avoided adequately or reduced in another way. 

•List the color and shapes of the various safety signages.

üRed for prohibition

üYellow for caution

üGreen for positive action

üBlue for mandatory actions

üO Discs for prohibitions and instructions

üΔ Triangles for warnings

ü□ Squares and rectangles for emergency and information signs

•State 3 methods for risk controls on a workplace environment.
       •replacing old cabling

       •replacing hazardous materials with less harmful ones

       •changing behavior or work practices

       •changing workplace layouts or lighting systems

•State the appropriate methods use to eliminate the 
damages incur by the effect of Electrostatic Discharge on 
any electronic components.

•Use antistatic bags to store components

•Use grounded mats on workbenches

•Use grounded floor mats in work areas

•Use antistatic wrist straps when working

on computers 

•Provide the proper methods use to clear any accessories or 
computer components.  

•Clean, organized, and properly lit workspace

•Proper procedures for handling equipment

•Proper disposal or recycling of components containing hazardous materials