health & safety part 2
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HEALTH AND SAFETY PART 2
CONTENTS
• Electricity• Machinery• Fire• Fire extinguishers• Personal responsibility• Hazardous substances• Personal protective equipment
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ELECTRICITY
• Electricity.• Electric shock is a
major hazard.• 240 volts is often
enough to kill people.• This is why 110 volts is
usually used on site.
• The colour of 110v cables onsite are yellow
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ELECTRICITY
• Electricity.
• Check that it is dead before it kills you.
• Follow the rules and proper procedures.
• Electricity can be used safely.
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110V ON-SITE
• Transformers step down electricity from 240v to 110v
• And are yellow in colour
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ELECTRICITY – PLUGS
Wire colours
•Earth – yellow and green
•Neutral- blue
•Live/line – Brown
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MACHINERY• You must be competent to
operate any machinery or be under supervision.
• To be competent one must be.
• Authorised.
• Experienced.• Trained.
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MACHINERY
• Unless you are adequately supervised or deemed competent.
• You shall not operate self-propelled construction plant.
• You shall not act as a signaller/banksman for lifting operations.
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MACHINERY
• You shall not operate a hoist.
• You shall not use a cartridge-operated tools.
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MACHINERY
• Never use any machinery that you have not used before, without seeking approval and training from your supervisor.
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FIRE
• There are three essential factors for fire.
• Oxygen.• Heat.• Fuel.
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FIRE• The new standard colour for all fire extinguishers
is red.
• Which could lead to confusion and injury if care is not taken when an extinguisher is being used.
• The content of each extinguisher is indicated by a contrasting colour band on the cylinder. The colour of the contrasting panel will be the same as the colours on the old extinguishers.
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FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
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FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Type Colour Panel
Use on
Water Red Solid fuelsFoam Cream Flammable liquids
and liquifiable solids
Dry powder Blue Flammable liquids and liquifiable solids, Flammable and liquified gases
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FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Type Colour Panel
Use on
Carbon dioxide Black Flammable and liquified gases
Halon* Green Flammable and liquified gases and electrical fires
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PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Operatives who have been trained in the use of fire extinguishers may be confident to fight a fire with the extinguishers available on site. In doing so they must.
• Not put themselves or anyone at risk.
• Ensure that they always have an escape route available.
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PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
All operatives should be aware of :
• The warning signals used to indicate that a site evacuation is taking place.
• The routine for testing of the evacuation signal.
• The location of the assemble point to which they report to, larger sites may have more than one.
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PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
All operatives should be aware of :
• The identity of the person to whom they report.
• What they should do once they have reported.
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
• Potentially harmful substances.• Pitch, tar and bitumen.• Cement, brick and stone dust.• Tile and plaster dust.• Paint, varnish, lacquers,and
adhesives.
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
• Potentially harmful substances.• Wood dust, fibre glass, and
resins.• Solvents, fuels, and oils.• Spirits, thinners, acids, and
alkalis.
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
• All hazardous substances are covered by COSHH- control of substances hazardous to health
• NOTE* that asbestos and lead have there own set of regulations and are not covered by the COSHH regulations
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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
• Personal Protective Equipment is known as PPE- this is to be supplied by your employer
• It is an offence under the Act to misuse or interfere with equipment provided for your health and safety or that of others.
• Your employer also has a duty to ensure that the safety equipment provided is kept in good condition, but they cannot cater for human error or negligence
• Gloves, overalls, goggles, aprons, boots, leggings, dust masks, respirators, ear defenders, etc.
• According to work being done.
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