Safety Flashcards
Employers are obliged to do the following to ensure the safety of their employees:
1) Make the workplace safe
2) Ensure dangerous items are removed
and stored safely
3) Ensure machinery is working
4) Provide information, training and supervision
5) Provide welfare facilities
How do employers ensure safety of employees through training.
Train to operate equipment safely
Take health and safety courses
Test against health and safety executive standards to prove competence
How do employers ensure safety of employees through guarding of machines
Prevent employees hurting themselves
Guards can be simple devices that cover saw
Guards can be infrared beams that shut off machine power if beam is broken
How do employers ensure safety of employees by using personal protective clothing?
Employers issue overalls, dusk masks, safety boots, googles etc if needed
How do employers ensure safety of employees by extraction
Dust/fumes produced must be extracted
Especially when dealing with MDF or carbon fibre (dust = hazardous
How do employers ensure safety of employees by control of substances hazardous to health
Set of regulations for potentially dangerous materials
How to label, safely use and store
to protect employees
How do employers ensure safety of employees by carrying out risk assessments
Calculation of the hazards associated with a manufacturing process or job
A document assessing the type of hazard
the level of risk
who may be affected
and a description of control measures taken to minimise the risk
Can be applied to both design and manufacture
Can determine appearance, materials, components, and finishes used,
method of manufacture,
consumer advice issued with products
How do employers ensure safety of employees by using safety zones
Pedestrian walkways in a factory are clearly marked
Minimise risk of collisions
so they do not get run over by a fork lift trucks
How do employers ensure safety of employees by using safety screens?
Exposure to laser light may cause instant permanent eye damage
Heavy black opaque screening is used around production cells for laser cutter/electric arc welding to protect passers-by and workers
How do employers ensure safety of employees by using robotics?
Robots are used to remove heavy lifting during manufacturing process
Used for unpleasant jobs such as spray powder costing for finished products
Removes the need for employees to work in such environments
How do employers ensure safety of employees by using job rotation?
Employees are at risk of repetitive strain injury
They can be rotated to another production cell to work on different jobs
How do employers ensure safety of employees by using health and safety management?
Cell managers and production managers have specific roles
Conduct detailed risk assessments for each stage of manufacturing
Ensure each employee is appropriately trained
Keep detailed records of any accidents and near misses to assess how they can be avoided in the future
European union have out in place a number of product directives to ensure safety of the user. What do these directives cover?
General product safety Machines Toy safety Noise emissions from domestic products Low voltage electrical equipment
