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Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
BEE1611 Occupational Safety & Health
Assignment 1
Mapping CO,PO : CO1,PO6
CO1: Interpret the legislative requirement and its liabilities under OSHA1 1994.(C2)
CO2: Explain the principles of good housekeeping. (C2)
PO6: The Engineer and Society - Apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge
to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent
responsibilities relevant to professional engineering practice.
PO8: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and
responsibilities and norms of engineering practice.
INSTRUCTION TO PREPARE A WORKPLACE ASSIGMENT REPORT
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW
ALL INSTRUCTIONS.
A. WORKPLACE ASSIGNMENT
1. Select a workplace. This can be the whole workplace or a separate
section of the workplace.
2. Identify at least 6 safety and health hazards, including at last 2 health
hazards at this workplace. Discuss the techniques used to identify
each of these hazards.
3. Estimate the safety and health risks from each and every one of these
hazards.
4. Priorities and list these hazard based on their risk rating. Determine the
most critical hazards.
5. Suggest and discuss the control measures to eliminate or reduce the
risks of both critical hazards.
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6. Recommend document review program for step (5) to ensure the
effectiveness of managing safety and health at the workplace.
B. REPORT FORMAT
1. This assignment shall be type in English.
2. The fonts used must be Times New Roman size 12 and using 1.15
spacing (except for tittle page) and single spacing for the abstract.
3. The left and right margins must be 2.5 cm, while the top and bottom
margins must be 3 cm and formatted in paper sized A4.
4. Use one sided paper only.
5. The report must have a front cover.
STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PREPARE A REPORT BASED ON
THE FORMAT GIVEN BELOW.
1. ABSTRACT
A short summary of your assignment background, objective, methods
used and result obtained, suggestions and control recommended to
benefit the safety and health at the workplace.
2. INTRODUCTION
A brief description of your organization and the workplace chosen. The
description must include the organizational chart, number of worker,
activities, overall work processes, specific work process for workplace
assignment and work environment in terms of safety and health.
Any figures or photographs can be placed in this section or attached as
appendices if they are referred to in the text.
3. OBJECTIVES
State the objectives of the report.
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4. METHODOLOGY
4.1 Explain three methods used in the hazard identification process in
the workplace.
4.2 Explain methods of risk assessment (risk estimation and risk
evaluation). Provide matrix used, explanation of likehood and
severity, and decision for action.
5. RESULT and DISCUSSION
5.1 List and tabulate 6 hazards (at least 2 health hazard) according to
criticality of the risk.
5.2 List the hazard that based on their risk rating.
5.3 Rationalize your choice for the most critical hazard (1 safety hazard
and 1 health hazard).
5.4 Explain the impact of the most critical safety and health risks
identified to the organization.
6. RECOMMENDATION
6.1 Explain in detail the proposed control measures (preventive and
corrective) for the most critical SAFETY HAZARD.
6.2 Explain in detail the proposed control measures (preventive and
corrective for the most critical HEALTH HAZARD.
6.3 Explain the proposed review program on the effectiveness of the
proposed control measures in subsection 6.1 and 6.2.
6.4 Discuss the benefits of the recommendations in subsection 6.1 and
6.2 to the organization.
7. REFERENCES / SOURCES
List all references used in this report. Information such as author’s
name, tittle, publisher and year should be stated.
