EASA

MODULE 07
MAINTENANCE PRACTICES

7.01 – SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

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 MODULE – 7.1
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
 Safe working practices
 Safety precautions
 Electricity
 Gases

 Oxygen, Oils & Chemicals

 Remedial actions
 Fire – Extinguishing agents
 Accidents

B07 Part 1 Chap 1 Sect 1, 3 & 4 2

 EASA
MODULE 07
MAINTENANCE PRACTICES

7.01 – Safety Precautions – Health & Safety

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Health & Safety Guidelines

Ensure you work in accordance with

Corporate and Engineering Health &
Safety Regulations & Standards
Always check your employer’s Health
& Safety Manuals (RISK / COSHH)
Kept in a designated area

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 Employer’s Duties : -
It is the duty of every employer
to ensure -
So far as is reasonably
practicable -
The Health, Safety and Welfare
at work -
Of all employees
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 Employee’s Duties : -

 Itis the duty of every employee

while at work to take reasonable
care for the health and safety of
himself and others who may be
affected by his acts or omissions

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 Employee’s Duties : -

No person shall intentionally or

recklessly interfere with or misuse
anything provided in the interest of
health and safety or welfare

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 Know your Employer’s : -

• Smoking Policy
• Fire Evacuation Procedures
• Fire Assembly Points
• Types and Location of Fire Extinguishers
and Fire Points

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 Ensure You Know : -
• How to Operate all First Aid Fire
Appliances
• The Housekeeping Rules
• Accident Reporting Procedures
• Where the First Aid Supplies are
• How to Summon for First Aid
• Where the Risk and COSHH Assessments
are Located
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 Ensure You : -

Wear and Use Your PPE at all

Appropriate Times

Including Hand Protection Creams

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 Section 2 - Accidents
Accidents Rarely Just Happen

Usually caused by Carelessness

Deliberately Disregarding the

workshop safety rules
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 Accidents

Precautions are intended to

minimise the risk of injury, anyone
who ignores them not only
endangers their own life but also
the lives of others around him / her

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 Accidents

 Inlaw, a person might in some

circumstances be held responsible
for an accident if he / she has not
taken the necessary protective
measures

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THINK
SAFETY
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 Know Your

• Telephones.
• First Aid Boxes.
• Power Isolators.
• Fire Alarms.
• Fire Extinguishers (all types).
• Emergency Exits.

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Workshop

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PPE

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 Hand Tools

 Files
 Hammers
 Screwdrivers
 Punches
 Pliers
 Spanners
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 Power Tools
 Machines
 Electrical
 Guards Ear Protection

Gloves

 Risk Assessments
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 Machine Safety
 Do not operate a machine unless
you are authorised to do so

 Do not distract or interfere with

anyone operating a machine

 Do not start a machine unless you

know how to stop it

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 Machine Safety

 Do not walk away and leave a machine

running

 Make sure all guards are fitted

 Wear goggles

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KNOW HOW TO
USE THE
EMERGENCY
STOP
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 Portable Power Tools
Ensure Safety Checks
In Date

BEFORE PLUGGING IN TO THE MAINS

SUPPLY SOCKET BE SURE THAT THE

POWER IS SWITCHED OFF

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Compressed Air

 Do not play
around
 Connect and
Disconnect
Correctly
 Correct PPE

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Acids, Chemical & Solvents

 Fumes
 Anaesthetics
 Ventilation
 No Smoking, Eating or Drinking
 COSHH

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 Acids, Chemical & Solvents

 De-greasing Solvents

 Intoxication leading to loss of Consciousness

 PPE – Breathing Apparatus

 First Aid Awareness

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 Use in well ventilated area
Wear breathing apparatus when
necessary
Wear protective clothing

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 Manual Handling
Risk Assessments
Correct Lifting

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Storage & Benches

• Ridged
• Safe
• Clean
• Height
• Ladders / Steps
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NEXT - 7.01 – Liquids, Gases and Chemicals

Section 3 – Fire & Fire Extinguishers
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 Flammable Liquids
• Aircraft fuels, lubricants, hydraulic oil and
de-icing fluid are easily ignited

• Flammable, explosive, vapour at ordinary

temperatures

• Vapours, being heavier than air

• Aircraft refuelling and de-fuelling

operations
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 Flammable Liquids
• Spark caused by static electricity

• Leakages

• Spillage

• Drums opened using non-sparking,

non-ferrous tools

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 Oxygen
• Leakage
• Concentrations
• Trapped in clothing
• No oil or grease
• Risk of explosion
• Oxygen Charging – LOX
• Additional Precautions
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 Cleaning Materials
 Potentially dangerous fluids are to be
removed and disposed of, in accordance
with local environmental procedures
 Cotton / Paper waste used for cleaning
purposes which becomes impregnated
with cleaning fluid, paint or wax, is to be
kept in a metal container fitted with a
lid, and destroyed in the same procedures
as for the contaminating fluids

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Naked Lights

Smoking Fires

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 FIRES

Materials / Electrical / Fluids

Prevention
Training
Fire Suppression
Oxygen / Heat / Fuel

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 Water Fire Extinguishers
• Used mainly for the protection
of buildings and for
extinguishing fires involving
solid combustible materials
such as wood, paper and
textiles
• Do NOT use on: -
• Electrical or Liquid

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 Foam Extinguishers
• Floats on the surface of fuels and
oil by reducing its density to a
point below that of the burning
liquid
• Two Types : -
• Chemical Foam
• Chemical reaction acid - alkali
• Mechanical Foam
• Water containing a foaming agent
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 Fire Extinguishers

 Sand
 Buckets filled with Dry Sand
 Usually for liquid fires

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 Dry Powder Fire Extinguishers

• Usually potassium sulphate

• Pressurised - CO2
• Forms a dense cloud of
powder - occupies the space
immediately above the surface
of the fire, replacing the
oxygen available for
combustion
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 Inert Gas Fire Extinguishers

• Inert gas, provided it is heavier

than air, will occupy the space
above the seat of a fire,
replacing oxygen
• Usually CO2
• Also Halon 1211 (BCF)

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Extinguishing Medium Colour

BS5423
BS EN3
(Old Standard)

Water Signal Red 100% Signal red

95% Red
Foam Pale Cream
5% Pale Cream

95% Red
Dry Powder French Blue
5% French Blue

95% Red
Carbon Dioxide Black
5% Black

95% Red
Halon Emerald Green
5% Emerald Green
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 OXYGEN SAFETY AND FIRE
PREVENTION

Why Does Oxygen Increase Fire Risk?

An oxygen-enriched atmosphere dramatically

lowers the flash point of combustible
material.

The ignition point decreases as the

concentration of oxygen increases
Wet Chemical Fire Extinguishers
• Wet chemical fire extinguishers are a new
innovation in the fire industry. Cooking
appliances are the biggest single source of
accidental fire in the workplace, with this in
mind a wet chemical fire extinguisher is the
most effective means of extinguishing fires
involving deep fatwet
Moyne-Roberts friers.
chemical M1022 + water
• The wet chemical solution cools and
emulsifies when applied to burning fats and
oils. This seals the surface and prevents re-
ignition of the fire. A wet chemical fire
extinguisher also carries the A class fire
rating.
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 ANY QUESTIONS ?

NEXT – Sect 4
Hangar & Workshop Safety
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 Propellers

Propellers can KILL

 Ignition system on a piston engine
operates on what is effectively an open
circuit principle
 Turning an aircraft propeller - operate
the magneto and fire the engine

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 Propellers
Propellers can KILL
 Never turn a propeller by hand -
unless instructed to do so by the
Maintenance Manual - only after strictly
adhering to ALL relevant safety
precautions

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 Lifting Equipment

 Regularly
checked by a competent,
approved inspector

 Under no circumstances are you to

ever use an item of lifting equipment
that is unregistered or whose
registration is out of date

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 Lifting Equipment

 Lifting
slings - stored in their correct
locations
Serial number, date of inspection
and safe working load stamped
onto a tag attached to the sling

 Pre-use
inspection of all lifting
equipment
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 Lifting Equipment

 Never lift anything that exceeds

the safe working load of sling
 Follow all local instructions for the
use of lifting equipment
 Never stand or work under a
suspended load

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 Lifting Equipment

 Never leave a suspended load

unattended
 One nominated person in charge
of any lifting operation
 After use, ensure returned to its
correct storage location

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 Aircraft Jacking

 Aircraft on jacks can be

dangerous

 Unless instructed to do so, do not

climb on board an aircraft on jacks

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 Aircraft Jacking
 Do not walk or walk under a
jacked aircraft

 Jacking team is to have one

clearly identified person in charge
of raising or lowering the aircraft

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 Hangar Refuelling
 Under normal circumstances, aircraft
are not to be refuelled or de-fuelled
inside a hangar

 All relevant bonding connections are

to be made

 No live electrical services on the

aircraft
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 Hangar Refuelling

 Only flame-proof lamps and electrical

equipment is to be used

 No smoking

 Warning signs are to be posted

around the aircraft at a distance of at
least 10 metres
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 FOD

Foreign Object Damage

 Potentially lethal consequences

 Gas Turbine Engines

 Good housekeeping

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 FOD
 When entering an aircraft, always
check your shoes

 Always ensure pockets are empty

 Security badges and clothing are

secure

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 FOD

 Always ensure effective tool

control

 When ground-running the aircraft,

always check the ground around
the engines for stones, etc.

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 FOD
 Never wear head gear on a
manoeuvring area

 Check your vehicle tyres for stones

 Servicing inside an aircraft ensure

all items of swarf is removed

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 Mobile Phones
 Can cause explosion due to fuel in the hangar
 Carrying a mobile telephone in the pocket of your
coveralls can be dangerous to yourself
 The easiest solution is never to carry a mobile
telephone when you are around aircraft
 Distraction
 Interference with Aircraft Electronics

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Intrinsic Safety / Explosive Proof

This classification of equipment’s electrical

power usage is below the level of power
required to set off an explosion within a
given hazardous area.
In addition, "intrinsic safe'" products are
incapable of storing large amounts of
energy which might spark an explosion
when discharged.
 An intrinsically-safe radio handset,
which has been designed and tested to
not become an ignition source in a
flammable atmosphere. Test standards
may specify combinations of internal
failures which may be present while
still passing the ignition test
Ramp Safety

 Clothing
 Noise
 Intakes / Exhausts
 PPE / High Viz

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ANY QUESTIONS ?

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