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Technology and Livelihood Education

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Module 9
Identify Hazards and Risks in the Workplace

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Technology and Livelihood Education- Grade 8
Alternative Delivery Mode
Module 9: Identify Hazards and Risks in the Workplace
First Edition, 2020

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Technology and Livelihood Education
COOKERY
Module 9
Identify Hazards and Risks in the Workplace

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 Table of Contents
What this Module About..................................................................................................................................i
What I need to Know...................................................................................................................................i
How to Learn from this Module...................................................................................................................i
Icons of this Module........................................................................................................................................ii
What I Know...................................................................................................................................iii
Identify Hazards and Risks in the Workplace.................................................................................................1
What’s In.....................................................................................................................................................1
Activity1..................................................................................................................................................1
What’s New.....................................................................................................................................................2
Activity 2 # What’s up............................................................................................................................2
What is It.....................................................................................................................................................2
Activity # 3 Filled in...............................................................................................................................2
What’s More....................................................................................................................................................3
Activity #4: Identify the following words whether Hazard, Risks and Safety measures or actions.......3
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What I Have Learned.......................................................................................................................................4
Activity : Picture Analysis.......................................................................................................................4
What I can Do..................................................................................................................................................4
Summary..........................................................................................................................................................5
Post-test...................................................................................................................................................5
Answer Key.....................................................................................................................................................6
References.......................................................................................................................................................6

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What this Module About
This module is about the different hazards and risk where most of us find and might exposed
in different workplace. They must learned to determine different types of its hazards.
As they go along this module they must do the task assign on them, do different activity and
answer all assessment needed to identify hazard and risk you may encounter in different
work place.

What I need to Know

At the end of the lesson you must be able to:

LO2. Identify the Hazards and Risk in the workplace. 2.Determine
the types of hazards and risks in the workplace

How to Learn from this Module

To get the most from this Module, you need to do the following:
Begin by reading and understanding the Learning Outcome/s and
Performance Standard . These tell you what you should know and be able to do
at the end of this Module.
Find out what you already know by taking the Pretest then check
your answer against the Answer Key. If you get 99 to 100% of the items
correctly, you may proceed to the next Lesson. This means that you need not go
through
the Lesson because you already know what it is about. If you failed to get 99 to
100% correctly, go through the Lesson again and review especially thos items
which you failed to get.
Do the required Learning Activities. They begin with one or more
Information Sheets. An Information Sheet contains important notes or basic
information that you need to know. After reading the Information Sheet, test
yourself on how much you learned by means of the Self- check. Refer to the
Answer Key for correction. Do not hesitate to go back to the Information Sheet
when you do not get all test items correctly. This will ensure your mastery of
basic information.

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Icons of this Module
What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that are
Know set for you to learn as you go along the module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that of
the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented to
you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a way

to deepen your discovery and under- standing of
the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in- tended
for you to practice further in order to master the
competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show- case
your skills and knowledge gained, and applied
into real-life concerns and situations.

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 What I Know

Pre-Test (for Module-9)

Multiple choice.
Write the letter of your answer.
1. The following are the causes of accident except for one.Which one ?
A. people themselves
B. organized work area
C. defective tools and equipment
2. Safety procedure ,practices in the workplace contribute to:
A. high rates of accident
B. good employee morale
C. employee dissatisfaction
D. increase of insurance and other operating cost
3. Which of the following is not a personal hygiene practice?
A. Keep your hands always clean and nails cut short
B. Wearing of comfortable clean clothes
C. Use of PPE when working
D. Having a ring on finger while working with food
4. All these describe the working environment that is conductive to safety and health
EXCPET for one .Which one?
A. Clean floor area free from waste and grease
B. Clean cabinets, dry and closed tightly to keep away rodents and insects
C. A well fixed electrical connections
D. Defective lighting and ventilation facilities
5. Which of the following could be avoided due to carelessness?
A. Slips
B. Burns
C. Electric shock
D. Stress

6. Fixing electrical wiring prevents the danger of.

A. Falls
B. Collison
C. Electric shock
D .Burns
7. Always wipe up spills on the floor to avoid.
A. Burns
B. Slip
C. Electrocution
D. Cuts o wounds
8. Who should be kept out to avoid food .
A. Old persons
B. Those who are ill
C. Disable
D. Children

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 _ 9. The worker should be guided to proper storage of this items to avoid accident or even
death .What item are referred to?
A. Detergents
B. Chemicals
C. Condiments
D. Cutlery

10. Which foster a no-negligence environment that thrives on participative behavior

A. Whistle blowing
B. Reporting
C. Giving instruction
D. Observance of silence

II- Directions: With hazard risks as bases, match Column A with Column B.
Write the. letters only. Use separate sheet for your answers.

A B

_ 1 .Adverse health effect a. Vibration

2 .knife b. Unsafe workplace
3. Welding c. Cause harm
4.Benzene d. Determinants of Health
5 Wet floor e. Change in body function
6.Hazards f. Remind workers of correct lifting
7.Work g. Metal fume fever
8.Safety hazards h. Slips, falls
9.Back injury I. Cause harm
_ 10.Knife j . Cut

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 Identify Hazards and Risks in the
Lesson Workplace
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What’s In

Activity1
Pairing Game
Direction: Different hazards in a workplace classified into types. Pair the
words below into each type. Use another sheet for your answer.

Different Hazards: floors, noise , poor lighting ,electricity

machinery equipment, pesticides,
virus, herbicides, molds, stress

Types of Hazards Hazards

Physical
Mechanical
Chemical
Biological
Psychological

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 What’s New
Read information sheet no.1. Be ready to answer the following activity.

At work, it is important to distinguish, hazard risk, and exposure when undertaking

risk management. By Definition hazard is the potential for harm, or adverse effect on an
worker’s health. While Risk is likely having that a hazard will cause injury or health to
anyone at or near workplace. The level of risk increases with the severity of the hazard and
the duration and frequency of exposure. Exposure occurs when a person comes into contact
with the hazard.
Activity 2 # What’s up
Identify at least ten emergencies at work environment. Ex.
Fire, accident

1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

What is It

Read and understand information sheet no. 2.

Types of Hazard
1. Physical – includes floors, stairs, work platforms, steps, ladders, fire, falling objects, slipper
surfaces, manual handling (lifting, pushing, pulling), excessively loud and prolonged noise,
vibration, heat and cold, radiation, poor lighting, ventilation, air quality.
2. Mechanical and/or electrical – includes electricity, machinery, equipment, pressure vessels,
dangerous goods, fork cleft, cranes, hoist.
3. Chemical – includes chemical substances such as acids or poison of those that could lead to
fire or explosion, like pesticides herbicides, cleaning agents, dusts and fumes from various
processes such as welding.
4. Biological – includes bacteria, viruses, mold, mildew, insects, vermin, animals.
5. Psychosocial environment – includes workplace stressors arising from a variety of
sources.
BREAD AND PASTRY PRODUCTION NCII – Page # 56 - 58
Activity # 3 Filled in.
Identify types of hazard in working place.

Types of Hazards Difference Emergencies

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 What’s More

Read and understand information sheet no. 3.

Factors that influence the degree of risk include :

 how much a person is exposed to a hazardous thing or condition; and
 how the person is exposed (e.g., breathing in a vapor, skin contact), how severe
are the effects under the condition of exposure.

Risk assessment is the process where you;

 Identify hazards;
 Analyze or evaluate the risk associated with that hazard
 Determine appropriate ways to eliminate or control the hazard.

Activity #4: Identify the following words whether Hazard, Risks and
Safety measures or actions.
Ex. Lifting heavy objects incorrectly – Hazard
Back Injury – Risks

1. Manual Handling of tools – knives, secateurs, loppers, crowbars, weed, bags,

mattocks.
2. Repetitive strain
3. Teach and remind workers of correct lifting and carrying techniques.
4. Repetitive movements, bending and awkward working positions.
5. Back/Limb injury

Hazard Risks Safety measures or

actions

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 What I Have Learned

Activity : Picture Analysis:

Identify the different hazard and risk of the picture above. List it down at least 10.

What I can Do

In your journal, answer the following:

1. Based on the lesson, what are the types of hazards you encountered, list it down
included working place it happened.
2. What did you do to resolved such hazards?

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Summary
Identifying Hazards and Risk in a workplace will lead to healthy workers’ environment. This
lesson leads the learner to focus on proper work habit where he/she must mindful for careful
workplace, healthy, and stress free environment. While learning different factors of hazard will lead to
different degree of risk assessment and let the individual find safety measures/action.

Post-test

1. It is the potential for harm, or adverse effect on an employee ‘s health. Anything which may cause
injury or ill health to anyone at or near a workplace
a. Chemicals b. Exposure c. Risk d. Hazard

2. It is the likelihood that a hazard will cause injury or ill health to anyone at or near a workplace.
a. Risk b. Exposure c. Hazard d. Chemicals

3. This occurs when a person comes into contact with a hazard.

a. Risk b. Exposure c. Hazard d. Chemicals

4. This includes floors, stairs, work platforms, steps, ladders, fire, falling objects, slippery surfaces,
manual handling (lifting, pushing, pulling), excessively loud and prolonged noise, vibration, heat and
cold, radiation, poor lighting, ventilation, air quality.
a. Chemicals c. Psychosocial environment
b. Mechanical and/or electrical d. Physical

5. It includes electricity, machinery, equipment, pressure vessels, dangerous goods, fork lifts, cranes,
hoists.
a. Mechanical and/or electrical c. Biological
b. Chemicals d. Psychosocial environment

6. It includes chemical substances such as acids or poisons and those that could lead to fire or
explosion, like pesticides, herbicides, cleaning agents, dusts and fumes from various processes such as
welding
a. Chemicals c. Mechanical and/or electrical
b. Psychosocial environment d. Biological

7. It includes bacteria, viruses, mold, mildew, insects, vermin, animals

a. Biological c. Mechanical and/or electrical
b. Chemicals d. Psychosocial environment

8. It includes workplace stressors arising from a variety of sources.

a. Psychosocial environment c. Chemicals
b. Biological d. Mechanical and/or electrical

9. It is the physical or environmental conditions of work which comply with the prescribed
Occupational Health Safety (OHS) standards and which allow the workers to perform his or her job
without or within acceptable exposure to hazards.
a. Safety c. Psychosocial environment
b. Biological d. Chemicals

10. It is the practices related to production and work process

a. Occupational safety c. Psychosocial environment
b. Safety d. Biology

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References:
• Bread and Pastry Production Learning Module pp.63-64
• SEDP Series, Home Technology Food Management and Services pp.47
• http:/www.oshc.dole.gov.ph
• google.com.ph/?.gob
• https://www.slideshare.net/chloeandreaa/occupational-health-and- safety-
ohs

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