Machinist – Module 1
Description
Introduction to Safety and Health
Your physical health and safety is very important and should be your primary concern when setting up and operating in a machine tool workshop environment. Thousand of workers are involved in workplace accidents every year. These accidence can be minor, they can cause permanent disabilities and sometime even result in death. It is therefore very important to understand the potential hazard present within your working environment.
Every manufacturing company has a responsibility to keep their workers safe and will have a set of strict safety rules and procedures.
However, each individual worker also should take responsibility for their own personal safety by understanding and following these rules. Ignoring these rule can lead to being either fined, dismissed or injured.
The potential hazards you may encounter within your workplace will vary depending on the following:
- Workplace environment
- Activity or task
- Machinery used
- Environmental temperature
- Materials used for production
To work safely it is necessary to understand the types of hazards, and potential dangers you may encounter during your working tasks. It is therefore important to be aware of health and safety best practice and your workshop safety procedures.
During the following lessons you will learn about the types of hazards to expect when working in a machine tooling workshop environment.
- You will learn how to use machinery safely.
- You will learn how to correctly assess risks.
- You will also learn the procedures for report work place accidents and hazards.
What Will I Learn?
- Name a machine’s point of operation and other pinch points, and explain why they
- are dangerous.
- Name different kinds of mechanical safeguards, and explain why they arenecessary.
- Describe zero energy state.
- Explain the lockout/tagout procedures established by the OSHA energy controlstandard.
- Define typical hazardous electrical locations.
- Describe the purpose of explosion-proof and intrinsically safe electrical equipment.
- Name at least two electrical safety rules in each of the following areas: clothing, equipment, water, lockout/tagout.
- Describe the importance of proper grounding.
- Describe the term “ground fault” and explain how ground faults occur.
- Describe the purpose and operation of the following devices: GFCI, fuse, circuit breaker.
- Explain proper and improper dress for working with rotating power tools.
- Describe the importance of grounding electric tools.
- Identify one safety rule to follow when using each of the following: screwdriver, wrench, pliers, hammer, chisel, knife.
- Name ways in which a company must plan for emergencies.
- State the main reason for prompt accident investigation.
- Explain the terms accident and hazard.
- Define four main types of hazards.
- List various types of accidents.
- Explain differences between the terms unsafe act and unsafe condition.
- List things that you can do to help keep your workplace in compliance with OSHA standards.
- Explain the function of each of the following agencies: NIOSH, EPA.
- List the four main objectives of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard.
- Tell what information can be found on an SDS.
- State the purpose of the OSHA Act.
- List the specific rights of employees under the Act.
- Explain what to do in a dangerous work situation.
- Explain the use of at least two different types of portable fire extinguishers.
- Name three ways of preventing fires.
- Describe fire hose and fire extinguisher maintenance
- Define the four elements of the fire pyramid.
- List five classes of fires.
- Describe the terms flash point and spontaneous combustion.
- List the fire-fighting agents, and explain how they work and when to use
- Define typical hazardous electrical locations.
- Describe the purpose of explosion-proof and intrinsically safe electrical equipment.
- Name at least two electrical safety rules in each of the following areas: clothing, equipment, water, lockout/tagout.
- Describe the importance of proper grounding.
- Describe the term “ground fault” and explain how ground faults occur.
- Describe the purpose and operation of the following devices: GFCI, fuse, circuit breaker.
