LESSON 1

HEALTH AND SAFETY

PRACTICES IN THE
WORKPLACE
 OBJECTIVES
 Explain the concepts and principles of
health and safety practices in the workplace
based on the recommended occupational
health and standards.
 Identify and clearly explain workplace
hazards and risks.
 Identify and use correctly PPE in accordance
with organization’s OHS procedures and
Policies.
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF
OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH
AND SAFETY
 OHSS

Is a multi-disciplinary field concern

with the safety, health and welfare of
people at work.
TERMINOLOGIES
& ACRONYMS
 SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

Printed illustrations which

sometimes carry a descriptive
word intended to caution or warn
somebody.
 INJURY
A damage or harm caused to the
structure or function of the body
by an outside agent or force
which maybe physical or chemical.
 HAZARDS
A particular place, thing or
situation that is a risk or danger to
a person
 RISK
The chance or probability that a
person will be harmed or
experience an adverse effect once
exposed to health hazard.
 FIRST AID
Includes all forms of remedies given to
individuals to minimize or prevent
casualty or fatality caused by accidents.
 HEALTH
Overall condition of the body.
 WORKPLACE
Office, premises, worksites where a
worker is temporarily or usually
assigned.
 QUALITY STANDARDS
Set of exact specifications to
become patterns of actions.
 5S
JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY
JAPANESE ENGLISH

SEIRE SORT
BISAYA TAGALOG

HAGPAT SURIIN
DESCRIPTION:

Tidiness, organization.
Take out unnecessary Items
and dispose.
JAPANESE ENGLISH

SEITON SYSTEMATIZE

BISAYA TAGALOG

HAN-AY SINUPIN
DESCRIPTION:

Orderliness.
Arrange necessary items in
good order of use.
JAPANESE ENGLISH

SEISO SWEEP
BISAYA TAGALOG

HINLO SIMUTIN
DESCRIPTION:

Cleanliness.
CLEAN YOUR
WORKPLACE
JAPANESE ENGLISH

SEIKITSO SANITIZE

BISAYA TAGALOG

SIGURADUHIN
HAPSAY ANG KALINISAN
 DESCRIPTION:

Standards.
Maintain high standard in
housekeeping (part of
regular work)
 JAPANESE ENGLISH

SHITSUKE SELF-
DISCIPLINE

BISAYA TAGALOG

SARILING
HAMTONG KUSA
DESCRIPTION:

Sustaining Discipline.
Do things spontaneously
without being told or
ordered.
Make 5s a habit.
Japanese English Brief Explanation
Arrange necessary items in
SEITON SYTEMATIZE good order of use.
Do things spontaneously
SHITSUKE SELF DISCIPLINE without being told or
ordered. Make 5S a habit.

Maintain high standard in

SEIKITSO SANITIZE/ housekeeping.
STANDARDIZE

Take out unnecessary items

SEIRE SORT and dispose.
SEISO SWEEP/SHINE Clean your workplace.
Five Basic
Workplace
Hazards
• CHEMICAL HAZARDS
A chemical hazard is a type of occupational
hazard caused by exposure to chemicals in the
workplace. Exposure to chemicals in the workplace
can cause acute or long-term detrimental health
effects.
• PHYSICAL HAZARDS
A physical hazard is defined as "A factor within
the environment that can harm the body without
necessarily touching it.
• BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
Biological hazards are organic substances
that pose a threat to the health of humans and
other living organisms.
• ERGONOMIC HAZARDS
If the job is poorly designed, you can develop
long term health problems which can arise from
simple things like working for long periods in an
awkward position or having to make the same
motions over and over again.
• PSYCHOLOGICAL HAZARD
Those that are basically causing stress to a
worker which can trouble an individual very much to
an extent that his general well-being is affected.
Stress can lead to long term health problems.
Controlling
Workplace
Hazards
Identify the Hazard

Identify the source of the problem

Assess the Risk

A process where you identify, analyze or

evaluate the risk associated with the
hazard, and determine appropriate ways
to eliminate or control the hazard.
Eliminate the Hazard or
Risk

Elimination of a specific hazard

or hazardous work process, or
preventing it from entering the
workplace is the most effective
method of control.
Engineering Control

It may mean changing a piece of

machinery (example using proper
machine guards) or a work process
to reduce exposure to a hazard.
Administrative Control

Providing a limited number of hours

in a hazardous area are example of an
administrative control (Example job
rotation).
Substitution

Replacing one hazardous

agent or work process with a less
dangerous one.
 ROLEPLAYING
Present a 3-5mins roleplay about the
5S Japanese Philosophy.
CRITERIA:
Quality of Content
5 pts
Quality of Scenario
5 pts
Presentation Skills
5 pts
Impact
5 pts