TLE: OHS

• what does OHS stands for?

  Occupational Health and Safety
• REASONS FOR OHS:

  • Eliminates possible danger
  • safeguard employee productivity
  • means to promote workplace processes
  • protect employee rights
  • maintain worker health
• HAZARD


  is anything with potential to cause injury, illness, or damage
• OHS

  • the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, control and prevention of hazards from work that may result in injury, illness, or effect the well being of workers.
  • means by which to control aspects of work production that involve any degree of risk or danger that may cause injury or harm
• TYPES OF HAZARDS:

  • physical hazards
  • biological hazards
  • ergonomic hazards
  • psychological hazards
  • chemical hazards
• What is PHYSICAL HAZARDS?


  Brought by unhealthy working conditions, poor lighting, poor ventilation, insufficient facilities, inefficient or faulty equipment or machine, and improper work practices such as wrong use of knives.
• What is BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS?


  Brought by workers infected with diseases or illnesses, unhygienic personal practices that can transmit bacteria, parasites, fungi to other workers and food and equipment being handled.
• What is ERGONOMIC HAZARDS?


  Brought by poor posture when working long periods of standing, bending, pushing, lifting, carrying that can cause body stress, muscle pains and soreness, back injury, numbness of hands, feet and other parts of body.
• What is PSYCHOLOGICAL HAZARDS?


  Brought by too much stress from work may cause mental and emotional strains, anxieties, depression- losing focus on one's work and others.
• What is CHEMICAL HAZARD?


  Brought by use of chemicals such as disinfectants for cleaning equipment and floorings, fumes, and smokes from cooking.
• What does SAFE stands in Preventing Hazards?

  • Spot the hazards
  • Assess the risks
  • Fix the problem
  • Evaluate results
• What are the STRATEGIES IN IDENTIFYING HAZARDS AND RISKS?

  • OBSERVATION
  • RECORDS
  • INTERVIEWS
• What is OBSERVATION?


  observe your workplace
• What is RECORDS?


  look into past records of work-related injuries and find the causes: gather information about the workplace from other people
• What is INTERVIEWS?


  interview co-workers of any complaints