Independent Assessment 1. Identify what has been asked. Write your
answer on the space provided before each number. 10 items.
1. Methods or procedures designed to minimize the
exposure of hazards.
2. Equipment used for work-related occupational health
and safety purposes.
3. It is a potential source of harm or adverse health effect
on a person
4. It is used to protect our hands from cuts, burns and
dangerous substances.
5. A measure that is physical in nature, including
mechanical device or process.
Answers
Answer:
1. Risks of hazards can be minimized by using appropriate equipment, methods, and procedures to protect the researcher and others during laboratory work. These measures should include equipment, procedures, and protection designed to minimize exposures to hazardous chemicals, such as:
Laboratory hoods
Shielding
Restraints
Interlocks
Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
PPE
2.Work equipment is defined as any machinery, appliance, apparatus, tool or installation for use at work. The scope of work equipment is therefore extremely wide.
Work equipment is found and used in every department in the hospital setting.
Every year, there are a number of accidents from using work equipment. Many are serious and some are fatal.
The Safety Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations, 2007 sets out the requirements with regard to work equipment. It is not possible to list all work equipment that may be present in the hospital setting but it includes items such as beds, trolleys, cookers, water boilers, patient handling aids, medical appliances, etc.
3.A hazard is any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on something or someone.
Basically, a hazard is the potential for harm or an adverse effect (for example, to people as health effects, to organizations as property or equipment losses, or to the environment).
Sometimes the resulting harm is referred to as the hazard instead of the actual source of the hazard. For example, the disease tuberculosis (TB) might be called a "hazard" by some but, in general, the TB-causing bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) would be considered the "hazard" or "hazardous biological agent".
4. Potential hazards to hands and arms include skin absorption of harmful substances, chemical or thermal burns, electrical dangers, bruises, abrasions, cuts, punctures, fractures or amputations. Protective equipment includes gloves, finger guards and arm coverings.
Types of Protective Gloves
There are many types of gloves available today to protect against a wide variety of hazards. The nature of the hazard and the operation involved will affect the selection of gloves. The variety of potential occupational hand injuries makes selecting the right pair of gloves challenging. In general, gloves fall into the following four categories:
Leather, Canvas or Metal Mesh Gloves: These types of gloves protect against cuts, burns and punctures.
Fabric and Coated Fabric Gloves: These types of gloves are made of cotton or other fabric. They generally protect against dirt, chafing and abrasions.
Insulating rubber gloves: These gloves are used for protection against electrical hazards. For more information on insulating rubber gloves for electrical work, see Electrical Safety Protective Methods
Chemical and liquid resistant gloves: When working with chemicals with a high acute toxicity, working with corrosive materials in high concentrations, handling chemicals for extended periods of time or immersing all or part of a hand into a chemical, the appropriate glove material should be selected, based on chemical compatibility. The following table includes major glove types and their general uses. This list is not exhaustive. For more information on chemical resistant glove selection, see PPE for Chemical Hazards or the Safety Data Sheet for a particular substance.
5.An engineering control is a control measure that is physical in nature, including a mechanical device or process. For example this can be done through the use of machine guards, effective ventilation systems and setting work rates on a roster to reduce fatigue.