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• Vacuum cleaner


  Device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and optionally from other surfaces as well. The dirt is collected by either a dust bag or a cyclone for later disposal.
• Floor buffer


  Electrical appliance that is used to clean and maintain non-carpeted floors, such as hardwood, marble, tile or linoleum. Also known as a floor polisher or floor burnisher.
• Correct Maintenance of Tools and Equipment is important to avoid hazards. Only qualified people should carry out the maintenance.
• Management and maintenance of tools and equipment

  1. Assess and identify hazards

  2. Implement controls to manage the hazards

  3. Ensure safe use of tools and equipment
• Employers' responsibilities to limit risks

  • Place guards on machinery to protect fingers and limbs
  • Ensure that system controls have appropriate warning devices
  • Insist staff wear personal protective clothing as necessary
  • Arrange for maintenance when equipment is safely shut down and not in use
• Occupational Safety and Health

  Cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work. The goal is to foster a safe work environment.
• The Occupational Safety and Health Center in the country was established by Executive Order No. 307. The implementing rules and regulations are issued by the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC).
• These Implementing Rules and Regulations are issued pursuant to the authority of the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) under Section 8 of Executive Order No. 307 establishing the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC).
• Hazard


  A situation that could be dangerous to people in the workplace.
• Risk


  The likelihood that a person may be harmed or suffers adverse health effects if exposed to a hazard.
• Modes of hazards


  • Dormant - The situation has the potential to be hazardous, but no people, property, or environment is currently affected
  • Armed - People, property, or environment are in potential harm's way
  • Active - A harmful incident involving the hazard has actually occurred
• Types of hazards


  • Biological - come from working with animals, people or infectious materials
  • Chemical - present when a worker is exposed to any chemical preparation in the workplace
  • Mechanical - any hazard involving a machine or process
  • Physical - the most normal occurrences in workplaces
  • Ergonomic - physical factors within the environment that harm the musculoskeletal system
• Biological hazards


  • Infections; skin irritations; allergy; Tuberculosis; AIDS
• Chemical hazards


  • Lung diseases; Difficulty in breathing; allergy
• Mechanical hazards


  • Slips; Falls; Entanglement
• Physical hazards


  • Fire; Decreased efficiency; Annoyance; Falls
• Ergonomic hazards


  Physical factors within the environment that harm the musculoskeletal system, such as uncomfortable workstation height and poor body positioning
• the purpose of the dining room is to serve, eat, and enjoy meals
• Clean Air Act


  Constitutional law designed to make sure all Filipinos have air that is safe to breathe
• Clean Air Act


  • Primary goal is public health protection
  • Also seeks to protect the environment from damage caused by air pollution
• Congress enacted Republic Act No. 8749, the Philippine Clean Air Act


  1999
• Waste management


  Collection, transport, processing, recycling, or disposal of waste materials
• Waste Management program


  Helps manage hazardous chemical, radioactive, medical and other wastes safely and legally
• Types of waste


  • Solid wastes
  • Liquid Wastes
• Solid waste


  Any waste that is dry in form and is discarded as unwanted
• Solid waste


  • Plastics, Styrofoam containers, bottles, cans, papers, scrap iron, and other trash
• Liquid waste


  Includes human waste, runoff (storm water or flood water), sullage, industrial wastewater and other forms of wastewater from different sources
• Liquid waste


  • Chemicals, oils and wastewater from ponds
• Classification of wastes according to their properties

  • Biodegradable
  • Non-biodegradable
• Biodegradable wastes


  Can be broken down (decomposed) into their constituent elements by bacteria and other microorganisms
• Biodegradable wastes


  • Human and animal wastes, food wastes, papers, and agricultural wastes
• Non-biodegradable trash


  Any discarded item that cannot be broken down by living organisms
• Non-biodegradable trash


  • Plastics, bottles, old machines, containers and others
• Health and the environment

  • Hazardous wastes
  • Non-hazardous
• Hazardous wastes


  Unsafe substances used commercially, industrially, agriculturally, or economically
• Hazardous wastes


  • Paint, motor oil, pesticide, drain opener, prescription drugs, air fresheners, batteries
• Non-hazardous


  Safe substances used commercially, industrially, agriculturally, or economically
• Non-hazardous


  • Papers, cardboard, linings, wrappings, paper packaging materials, or absorbents
• Flow of Waste Management

  • Reduce
  • Re-use
  • Recycle
  • Recover
• Reduce


  To buy less and use less