Workplace Health and Safety Practices

This assignment delves into critical workplace health and safety (WHS) practices. It covers emergency procedures, WHS considerations when interacting with customers, and definitions of key WHS terms like duty of care, hierarchy of hazard control, and JSA. The document also outlines manual handling techniques, fire-fighting appliance locations, spill kit types and procedures, and the importance of active listening. This assignment provides a practical guide to ensuring a safe and healthy work environment.

Running head: CERTIFICATE III IN MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY
CERTIFICATE III IN MECHANICAL TECHOLOGY
[Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees]
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Q1.
Emergency Procedure
Serious injury of a
worker
 Reporting the injury to the supervisor
 Filling the Injury Report
 Meeting the Risk Management team for review of documents and
filing a claim for compensation
Event requiring
evacuation
 Stop all activities as soon as an evacuation alarm rings
 Offer assistance to any person in immediate danger only after
ensuring it’s safe to do so
 Follow the directions and instructions of the emergency control
personnel and leave the building immediately
Hazardous
substance/chemical
spill
 Avoid breathing vapors
 Swiftly identify the spilled substances if it can be done safely
 Turn off all sources of ignition if its safely possible
 Alert any other people in the area and evacuate closing behind all
the entrances
Explosion or bomb
alert
 Do not hung up the call
 Keep calm not, not saying anything that may illustrate irrational
behavior
 Turn off mobile phones
 Follow the instructions of the warden
 Evacuate the premises through alternate exits, leaving open the
openings
Q2.

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WHS practices that need to be considered when dealing with customers
 Provision of safe working premises
 Ensure safe handling of commodities and substances
 Ensuring and maintaining safe equipment and materials
 Risk assessment and adoption of the most appropriate mitigation measures
Q3.
Term Meaning/Application
Duty of Care The responsibility and duty owed to the application of reasonable care. It
means one has to act as a reasonable being.
Hierarchy of
Hazard Control
A system in a workplace used for the elimination or minimization of the
exposure or vulnerability to hazards
HSC Health and Safety Committee- A committee that makes easy the cooperation
between the employees and PCBU in establishing and enacting measures
aimed at ensuring safety and health at workplace.
HSR Health and Safety Representatives-ensure representation of workers thus
offering a channel of enhancing facilitating consultation and involvement of
employees and giving them a say in matters related to health and safety.
DWG Designated Work Group- a bargained and conceded groups of employees who
share the same interests and conditions of health and safety at a workplace
JSA Job Safety Analysis-a protocol that aids in the incorporation of the accepted
principles and practices of health and safety into a particular job
Near Miss An impromptu event that has did not culminate into illness, injury or damage

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but had the ability to do so.
PIN Provisional Improvement Notices- A notice issued to a person who is
reasonably believed to be going against any of the provisions of WHS Act and
instructs the person to address a safety and health concern at a workplace
Hazard
Register
A document providing an overview of the hazards, risk priorities and the
mitigation measures needed
PPE Personal Protective Equipment-Equipment used to protect the user against
risks of injury or harm at place of work
Carcinogens Chemical, biological or physical agents as well as the conditions of work in an
environment that increases the risks of contracting and developing cancer
Flashpoint Circumstances or events that can result in violence among workers at the place
of work
ACM The first step of management of risk exposure to asbestos
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheets-A source of procedures that workers and
emergency personnel adopt when handling certain substances
Solvent tank Containers used in the storage of toxic solvent substances to prevent them from
spillage and thus causing harm to the workers
Safety
container
Containers into which chemicals are transferred from the original
manufacturer’s container and they are used in the laboratory
Flammable The characteristic of matter to catch fire and how swift and easily it happens
Manual
Handling
Any movement of load from one point to another or support of a load by the
use of hands or bodily force
Mutagen An agent or substances that brings about an increase in the rate of changes in

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the gene
Q4.
a. A set of rules and practice codes that check on safety and health in the workplace
b. Plant or parts used in the delivery of services in the workplace
c. The requirement to offer and pay for equipment and clothing
Q5: Manual handling practices
 Think before handling or lifting
 Get a proper hold
 Take a stable position
 Begin in a good posture
 Don’t flex any further while lifting
 Keep the load close to the waist
Q6: General location of fire-fighting appliances
 By the main entrance
 Fire exit doors
 Top and/or bottom of stairs
 Fire exit routes
Q13: Type of spill kits for
Chemical spills-HazMat spill kit
Fuel, oil, petroleum-Oil only spill kits

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Q14: Procedure for using spill kits
 Establish the identity of the spilled material and any associated risks
 Protect yourself by ensuring you have the correct PPE
 Help the injured only upon establishing it’s safe to do so
 Stop the source of the spill
 Contain the spill
 Cover any surface drains of water in case of risks with booms or drain plugs
 Commence the work of cleaning up the place
 Label all bags and set them in a quarantine area to facilitate evacuation by an authorized
carrier
 Restock the spill kit ensuring it is ready for use again
Q15.
Active listening refers to giving full concentration and attention to the speaker and what is being
said unlike merely just hearing what is being said by the speaker. It involves a listening with all
the senses.