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Assignment Safe Work Procedures

This document contains an assignment on safe work procedures submitted by Abdul Rahim Bin Mohammad from Batch 17. The assignment addresses identifying hazards associated with machinery maintenance, examples of injuries that could occur, and measures to minimize risks. It also discusses why developing safe work systems with worker involvement and written procedures is important for a new work activity being introduced. The responses provide guidance for performing tasks safely and reducing risks from potential exposures.

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Assignment Safe Work Procedures

This document contains an assignment on safe work procedures submitted by Abdul Rahim Bin Mohammad from Batch 17. The assignment addresses identifying hazards associated with machinery maintenance, examples of injuries that could occur, and measures to minimize risks. It also discusses why developing safe work systems with worker involvement and written procedures is important for a new work activity being introduced. The responses provide guidance for performing tasks safely and reducing risks from potential exposures.

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NAME:ABDUL RAHIM BIN MOHAMMAD BATCH:17 I.D NUMBER:1-81104F5 ASSIGNMENT TITLE:SAFE WORK PROCEDURES LECTURER:MR.

FESTUS

CONTENT 1.Question 1(A,B,C) 2.Question 2(A,B) 3.Reference

1)A.Identify hazards associated with maintenance operations on machinery in the workplace.(3 marks) Hazards associated with maintenance operations on machinery in the workplace is noise.The machinery used maybe too noise which is more than 90db when its operates.Second,the machinery exhaled dust that can have a bad impact to health if it is too many dusts that can risk the people who operates it.Third,if it is too much need to be work to the maintenance operations, it will cause fatigue and injury to the body.

B. Give examples of how a worker could be injured when carrying out maintain operations on an item of machinery in the workplace.(3 marks) Examples of injury cause by noise is the ear may not hearing well and if it is not treated, it will cause damages to the ear drum and cause deaf.Second,if injury by dust,the employee will have coughing always and if the dust is harmful such as asbestos, the lungs will destroys because the asbestos will damages the lungs bit by bit.Third,if injury by body,it will expose the body to fatigue and injury if the body is push to the limit without rest.

C. Outline measures to be taken to minimise the risk of injury during the maintenance of machinery.(3 marks) The measures that can be taken to minimise the risk of injury in the ear is to have a hearing test every 6 months. Earplug is also works in minimize the noise. Second, if the injury is cause by dust, the employee must have regular check-up to make sure that the dust is not too harmful to the body.PPE also must be used to prevent the dust from entering the body.

2.An organisation is introducing a new work activity that requires a safe system of work.(6 marks) A. Explain why it is important to involve workers in the development of a safe system of work. First, to provide information necessary to assist all employees to perform tasks safely. Second, aim to reduce the risk by minimizing potential exposure. Third, to make up a system of work and associated control measures to apply in doing the job or task.

B. Explain why it is important for safe systems of work to have written procedures. First,as a guide for the worker through a task from start to finish in a chronological order with the aim to reduce the risk by minimizing potential exposure. Second, to identifies the health and safety issues that may arise from the jobs and tasks that make up a system of work and associated control measures to apply in doing the job or task. Third, to prevent workplace incidents and injuries.

REFERENCES

NOTE 1.Safe work procedures,topic 2:Safe work procedures.

INTERNET 1. http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz/publications/factsheets/machine-guarding/information-installationoperation-maintenance.html

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