CSE3506 - Essentials of Data Analytics
Facilitator: Dr Sathiya Narayanan S
Assistant Professor (Senior)
School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE), VIT-Chennai
Email: sathiyanarayanan.s@[Link]
Handphone No.: +91-9944226963
Winter Semester 2020-21
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Suggested Readings
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(For Modules 5, 6 & 7).
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Contents
1 Module 5: Managing Health and Safety
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Module 5: Managing Health and Safety
Topics to be covered in Module-5
Performance Criteria
Basic Workplace Safety Guidelines
Types of Accidents in Workplace
Types of Emergencies in Worksplace
Hazards
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Performance Criteria (PC)
PC1 Comply with your organization’s current health, safety and security
policies and procedures
PC2 Report any identified breaches in health, safety, and security policies
and procedures to the designated person
PC3 Identify and correct any hazards that you can deal with safely,
competently and within the limits of your authority
PC4 Report any hazards that you are not competent to deal with to the
relevant person and warn other people who may be affected
PC5 Follow your organization’s emergency procedures promptly, calmly,
and efficiently
PC6 Identify and recommend opportunities for improving health, safety,
and security to the designated person
PC7 Complete any health and safety records legibly and accurately
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Module 5: Managing Health and Safety
Basic Workplace Safety Guidelines
Fire safety: Employees should be aware of all emergency exits
(including fire escape routes) of the office building and also the
locations of fire extinguishers and alarms.
Falls and slips: All things must be arranged properly. There should
be proper lighting in all areas (including stairways). Any spilt liquid,
food or other items must be promptly cleaned to avoid any accidents.
First Aid: First-aid kits should be kept in places that can be reached
quickly and these locations should be known to all employees. These
kits should contain all the important items for first aid, for example,
items to deal with cuts, burns, muscle cramps, etc.
Electrical Safety: Electrical engineers and staffs should carry out
routine inspections of all wiring to make sure there are no damaged or
broken wires. Employees must be provided instructions about
electrical safety such as keeping water and food items away from
electrical equipment.
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Module 5: Managing Health and Safety
Basic Workplace Safety Guidelines
It is the joint responsibility of both employer and employees to ensure that
the workplace is safe and secure. State whether the following are correct
or not.
At any office, the first-aid kit should always be available for use in an
emergency.
It is optional to participate in the random fire drills conducted by the
Offices from time-to-time.
There is no need to train employees on how to use the fire
extinguisher. They can operate extinguishers following the instruction
written on the extinguisher case, when needed.
Wet floor can be identified easily, without the signs. The “Wet Floor”
sign is not needed and causes problems for people.
It is okay to place heavy and light items on the same shelf.
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Module 5: Managing Health and Safety
Types of Accidents in Workplace
The following are some of commonly occurring accidents in organizations:
Trip and fall
Slip and fall
Injuries caused due to escalators or elevators
Accidents due to falling of goods
Accidents due to moving objects
Try to avoid accidents by finding out all potential hazards and eliminating
them. One person’s careless action can harm the safety of many others in
the organization.
Figure 1 shows the major types of safety hazards and Figure 2 shows the
major types of workplace hazards.
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Module 5: Managing Health and Safety
Figure 1: Major types of safety hazards. Source:
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Figure 2: Major types of workplace hazards. Source:
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Types of Emergencies in Worksplace
Categories of emergencies include (but not limited to) the following:
Medical emergencies, such as heart attack or an expectant mother in
labor
Substance emergencies, such as fire, chemical spills, and explosions
Structural emergencies, such as loss of power or collapsing of walls
Security emergencies, such as armed robberies, intruders, and mob
attacks or civil disorder
Natural disaster emergencies, such as floods and earthquakes
Keep a list of numbers to call during emergencies. Regularly check that all
emergency handling equipments are in working condition. Ensure that
emergency exits are not obstructed.
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Hazards
In relation to workplace safety and health, hazard can be defined as
any source of potential harm or danger to someone or any adverse
health effect produced under certain condition.
A hazard can harm an individual or an organization. Hazard to an
organization include loss of property or equipment while hazard to an
individual involve harm to health or body.
Examples of potential hazards: (i) Materials such as knife or sharp
edged nails can cause cuts; (ii) Substances such as Benzene can cause
fume suffocation. Inflammable substances like petrol can cause fire;
(iii) Naked wires or electrodes can result in electric shocks; (iv)
Condition such as “Wet floor” can cause slippage, (v) Objects falling
on workers; and (vi) Clothes entangled into rotating objects.
Figure 3 shows some signage boards used to notify hazards and Figure 4
shows some common safety signs.
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Figure 3: Signage boards to notify hazards
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Figure 4: Common safety signs
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Module-5 Summary
Performance criteria (7 in total)
Basic workplace safety guidelines: fire safety, first-aid kit, electrical
safety, etc.
Types of accidents: trips, slips, injuries/accidents due to
falling/moving items, etc.
Types of emergencies: medical, structural, natural disaster, etc.
Hazards: sources of potential harm (notified using signage boards)
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