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At the end of this lesson, you are expected to do the following:

1. Identify hazardous areas;

2. Use personal protective clothing and devices.


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• Ergonomic Principles- a principle of handling a delicate • Sanitize – maintain high standard of housekeeping.
object or task.
• Self-Discipline – refers to doing things spontaneously
• First Aid – it implies includes all forms of remedies given without being told or ordered.
immediately to humans in order to minimize or prevent
casualties or fatalities caused by accidents or normal • Standard – any established measure; an accurate type;
course of time. an authorative model as an example or comparison.
• Hazard – particular place, thing, or situation that is a risk • Symbols – generally common illustrations printed on
or danger to the person involved. the signs which sometimes carry a descriptive word or few
• Health – overall condition of the body. words.
• Injury – damage or harm caused to the structure or • Waste disposal – proper discharge of any solid waste
function of the body caused by an outside agent or force into or in any hand.
which may be physical or chemical. • Workplace - office, premises or worksite where a worker
• Quality Standards – sets of exact specifications to become is temporary or habitually assigned.
patterns of actions.

ACRONYMS:
OHSC- Occupational Health and Safety Commission
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OHSS – Occupational Health and Safety Standards
PPE – Personal Protective Equipment actions.
Occupational Health should aim to:

1. Promote and maintain the highest degree of


physical, mental and social well being of workers
in all occupations;
• Is a cross-disciplinary area concerned
with protecting the safety, health and 2. Place and maintain the worker in an environment
welfare of people engaged in work or suitable to his physiological and psychological
employment. As a secondary effect, it capabilities;
may also protect co-workers, family
members, employers, customers,
3. Protect workers from risk resulting from factors
supplier nearby communities, and adverse to health; and
other members of the public who are 4. Prevent workers from resignation due to health
affected by the workplace caused by poor working conditions.
environment.

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Moral- an employee
Economic – many Legal – Occupational
should not have to risk
governments realize that safety and health
injury at work, nor
poor occupational and requirements may be
should others have
health per result in cost reinforced in civil law
associated with the work
to the state. and/or criminal law.
environment.

Safety Standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes and others. 5
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1. Seiri (Sorting) –
Take out unnecessary items
and dispose. Keep only the
items you need at work, and
discard or store everything else.

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2. Seiton –
“set in order” means that there’s
a place for everything, and
everything should be in its place.
Arrange necessary items in good
order for use.

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Seiso (Sweeping)
– At the end of each working
day, take time to clean up
your office space. Clean up
any mess you make.

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Seiketsu
(Standardizing) –
maintain high standard of
housekeeping

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Shitsuke
(Sustaining) –
Do things spontaneously
without being told or ordered.

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General:

Required signs and symbols shall be visible at all times when


work is being performed and shall be removed or covered
promptly when the hazard no longer exist.

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• Danger signs shall be used
only where an immediate
hazard exists. It should be
read as the predominating
color for the upper panel;
outline on the borders; and a
white lower panel for
additional sign working.

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Caution signs shall
be used only to warn
against or caution
against practices.

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Black lettering shall be
used for additional
wording

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Exit signs, when required,
shall be lettered in legible
red letters, not less than 6
inches high, on a white field
and the principal stroke of
the letters shall be at least
three fourths in width.

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Safety Instruction signs, when
used, shall have a green upper
panel with white letters to convey
the principal message. Any
additional wording on the sign
shall be written in black on the
white background

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Directional signs, other than
automotive traffic signs specified
shall be white with a black panel
and white directional symbol. Any
wording on the sign shall be black
letters on the white background.

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Construction areas shall be
posted with legible traffic signs at
point hazard. All traffic control
signs or devices used for
protection of construction workers
shall conform to Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) standards.

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A place that is safe, healthy and work-conducive entails more
productivity. In fact, with a healthy workplace you will be doing
more work with less effort.

Hazard is a term used to describe something that has the


potential to cause harm.

Risk on the other hand, is a measure of the possibility of a


specific harmful effect in given circumstances.
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Safety hazards – Inadequate and Chemical hazards – Solid,
Biological hazards – Caused by
insufficient machine guards,
unsafe workplace conditions,
organisms such as viruses, liquid, vapor or gaseous
bacteria, fungi and parasites. chemicals, dust, fume or mist.
unsafe work practices.

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Ergonomic hazards – Anatomical, Psychological hazards –
physiological, and psychological those that are basically
Physical hazards – Noise, demands on the worker, such as causing stress to a worker.
vibration, energy, weather, repetitive and forceful movements, This kind of hazards
vibration, extreme temperatures,
electricity, radiation and and awkward postures arising from troubles an individual very
pressure. improper work methods and much to an extent that his
improperly designed workstations, general well-being is
tools and equipment. affected.

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