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HEALTH AND
SAFETY
PROCEDURES
COMMON HAZARDS
ENCOUNTERED BY
COMPUTER
TECHNICIANS AND
USERS
PHYSICAL HAZARD
This type of hazards includes factors
within the environment that can
harm the body without necessarily
touching it.
It can be both natural and human
made elements
MECHANICAL HAZARD
A harmful or danger posing situation that
involves machines mostly in a working
environment
When working on electronic equipment, ask
yourself "Is there any way this equipment
could hurt me? You might stick your hand in
a printer and suddenly the paper feed arm
moves, feeding not only paper through the
CHEMICAL HAZARD
Exist in the form of gases, dust, corrosives,
vapor and liquids. These chemicals can
become dangerous to persons, when inhaled
or absorbed through the skin.
BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
Blood
and
other
body
fluids,
fungi/mold, bacteria and viruses,
insect bites and animal and bird
droppings are examples of this
hazard.