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Health and Safety Practices in The Workplace

This document discusses health and safety practices in the workplace. It defines hazards as things that can potentially cause harm, and risk as the chance of being harmed by a hazard. It then outlines different types of hazards including job, safety, biological, chemical, ergonomic, and psychological hazards. The document also explains the Japanese "5S" productivity philosophy of sort, set in order, sweep, standardize, and sustain. Finally, it briefly mentions personal protective equipment, first aid rules, and assigns a performance task applying the 5S philosophy at home.

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202 views7 pages

Health and Safety Practices in The Workplace

This document discusses health and safety practices in the workplace. It defines hazards as things that can potentially cause harm, and risk as the chance of being harmed by a hazard. It then outlines different types of hazards including job, safety, biological, chemical, ergonomic, and psychological hazards. The document also explains the Japanese "5S" productivity philosophy of sort, set in order, sweep, standardize, and sustain. Finally, it briefly mentions personal protective equipment, first aid rules, and assigns a performance task applying the 5S philosophy at home.

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HEALTH AND

SAFETY
PRACTICES IN THE
WORKPLACE
HAZARD

Hazard is a term used to describe something that has the potential to cause harm
or adverse effects to individuals, organizations property or equipment. A situation
that could be dangerous to people in the workplace
 On Job Hazards
 Safety hazards
 Biological hazards
 Chemical hazards
 Ergonomic hazards
 Psychological hazards
RISK

Risk is the chance or probability that a person will be harmed


or experience an adverse health effect caused by a hazard. It
may also apply to situations with property or equipment loss.
THE "5S" JAPANESE PRODUCTIVITY
PHILOSOPHY

Japanese 5S English Equivalent Meaning


Take out unnecessary items and dispose. Keep only the
SEIRI Sort items you need at work, and discard or store
everything else.
It means that there is a place for everything and
SEITON Set in order; Systematize everything should be in its place. Arrange necessary
items in good order for use.
At the end of each working day, take time to clean up
SEISO Sweep; Shine your office or working space. Keep the workplace neat
and clean.
Maintain high standard of cleaning and workshop
SEIKETSU Standardize; Sanitize
organization at all times.
Do things spontaneously without being told or
SHITSUKE Sustain; Self-discipline ordered. Self-discipline is a condition of training
people to follow cleaning disciplines independently.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING (PPE)
FIRST AID RULES

BURNS
FALLS POISONING
Performance Task No.1
Find a place in your home that you can apply the 5’s Japanese Productivity
Philosophy. Take a picture of your self doing the task and compile it on the
word document and send it to our google classroom.

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