Not only do you have to follow these rules there is also safety requirements while using fitting skills, drilling, using the lathes and using the milling machines.
While using fitting skills in the workshop you must:
- Must where protective clothing- overalls, boots and cap
- Remove all jewellery around the hands and wrist – rings or watches
- Ensure file handles are with the files and securely on
- While using soft jaws on the benches vices ensure they are free from sharp edges
- Use chipping screen and wear safety glasses when using chisels
- remove all sharp edges before marking out
When using the drills you must:
- Wear protective clothing- overalls, safety boots and cap
- Remove jewellery- watches or rings e.t.c.
- While drilling your work is securely in a vice and make sure the vice is clamed down to prevent it rotating.
- The drill chuck guard must be in place when drilling
- Remove the chuck key before starting the machine
- Never remove swarf from the drill while the machine is still running
While using the lathes ensure that:
- Must where protective clothing- overalls, boots and cap
- Remove all jewellery around the hands and wrist – rings or watches
- Remove sharp edges from the work before holding it in the chuck
- Ensure that your work and tools are tightly clamped
- Never leave the chuck key in the chuck
- Always use the guards provided
- Co not touch the chuck or the work while it’s rotating
- Never try to clean or remove swarf from the machine while it’s revolving
- Wear safety glasses at all times
- Never leave the machine while it is running
When using a milling machine you must:
- Must where protective clothing- overalls, boots and cap
- Remove all jewellery around the hands and wrist – rings or watches
- Remove sharp edges from the work before holding it in the vice
- Ensure the work and cutters are securely clamped
- Position the coolant pipe before starting the machine as it is dangerous to do this while it is running
- Always use the provided guards and position them before starting the machine
- Do not touch the cutter or work while the machine is running
- Never try to clean or remove swarf from the machine while it’s running
- Wear safety glasses when it is necessary to
- Never leave the machine while it is running
- Isolate power supply when changing and setting up cutters
I am now going to look at C.O.S.H.H., this means CONTROL OF SUBSTANCES HAZOURDOS TO HEALTH
C.O.S.H.H is a set of UK regulations about the handling of chemicals in a work place, A C.O.S.H.H form should be supplied with any chemicals to where it is delivered and always be available to all members of staff handling it. It contains guidelines on what should be done if the chemical comes into contact with skin and other safety precautions. It should also come with warnings stating whether the chemical is any of the following:
- Irratant
- Flammable
- Poisonous
- Corrosive
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Enviromental toxicity
To comply with COSHH employers currently need to follow these eight steps
Step 1 Assess the risks
Step 2 Decide what precautions are needed
Step 3 Prevent or adequately control exposure
Step 4 Ensure that control measures are used and maintained
Step 5 Monitor the exposure
Step 6 Carry out appropriate health surveillance
Step 7 Prepare plans and procedures to deal with accidents, incidents and emergencies Step 8 Ensure employees are properly informed, trained and supervised
In the engineering workshop we are likley to be expose to many chemicals, for example:
- Oil /Grease
- Coolant
- Marking blue
- Trefolex
We comply with the coshh regulations by handling the chemicals carefully and taking the correct saftey precautions to suit the chemical, for example if the chemical is flammable we must stay as far as possible from a naked flame, or if the substance is toxic to the enviroment take care in disposing of it.
To protect ourselfs from exposure to chemicals such as oil and grease we apply barrier cream after washing our hands, barrier cream is a non-toxic and non-greasy cream that provides unique protection for any and all skin areas. It has a combined silicone compound with humectants (for moisturizing dry chapped skin) to form an invisible, non-obtrusive barrier that seals in moisture while it seals out caustic and toxic elements. This cream is mainly applied to protect your
skin from the substances that cause Contact Dermatitis.
Personal Safety
While in the engineering workshop there are certain procedures we need to make sure are carried out at all times , firstly is our protective equipment.
To be alowed into the workshop we need to have the following equipment overalls, safety boots and a cap if needed. We also need eye protection and barrier cream.
The overalls we wear should have the following properties to be suitable to wear in the workshop:
- Close fittimg
- Clear from oil and grease (should be washed weekly or more often if needed)
- Should be in a good stateof repair
They should also never be worn outside the workshop as it is liable to spread contamination.
The safety boots that should be worn must be steel toe capped and to a standard of bs 1870 (stregnth specification), these boots must be able to withstand falling weights that are possible to crush the feet and toes, stop objects piercing the foot, support the ankle for cuts e.t.c. and also protec your feet from corrosive liquids which could burn or scould your feet.
Eye protection is plastic goggles which are supplied, these must be worn when there is any foreseeable risk or injury to the eye area.
Signs are shown around the workshop warning us and enforcing regulations like for wearing saftey equipment so we never forget and expose ourselves to injuries, the signs that are shown are either:
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Manditory signs thes are rules that must always be carried out, these are generally blue
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Prohibatan signs these tell us that somehting should be done, these are generally red
- Warning signs thes warn us not to do somehting as it could result in injury these are generally yellow
Heres some examples of thes signs:
Manual lifting is also a part of our personal safety as back injuries is one of the most common industrial injuries, so certain rules need to be put in place when lifting heavy objects on our own.
The old limit to how much weight a person could lift on their own was 20kg but this rule was changed so the person lifting can asses how much weight they can handle.
The general rules for lifting are:
- Plan your route and make sure its clear of obstructions
- Use gloves to avoid injuries to hands (depending on what your lifting)
- Asses weight to your stregnth, don’t try too much
- If object is too heavy, bulky or just arkward get help
- Bend knees and use your leg stregnth
- Keep your back straight
- Keep arms as straight as possible and as close into your body as possible
- Avoid sudden movements and turns of the spine, use your feet
- If lifting with a partner choose someone with similar height and stregnth so it is possible to share the weight equally.
The sources I used in this essay were:
Wikipedia
www.dave-cushman.net
www.istockphoto.com
www.environment.nsw.gov.au
http://www.skin-protection.com/
www.walksydneystreets.net/photos/breakfast-point-signs-safety-usg.jpg
www.ce-mag.com