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This document discusses hazards, risks, and safety procedures related to working with computers and technology. It outlines three key steps to managing health and safety at work: 1) identifying hazards, 2) assessing risks, and 3) implementing controls. Some common hazards identified include physical hazards like tripping over cables, mechanical hazards like moving parts of devices, chemical hazards from cleaning products, electric shocks, and high voltages inside CRT monitors. The document provides guidance on safety practices to address these hazards like using warning signs for cables, discharging CRT monitors before opening, and always reading chemical labels.

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Las Grade 12 CSS 2

This document discusses hazards, risks, and safety procedures related to working with computers and technology. It outlines three key steps to managing health and safety at work: 1) identifying hazards, 2) assessing risks, and 3) implementing controls. Some common hazards identified include physical hazards like tripping over cables, mechanical hazards like moving parts of devices, chemical hazards from cleaning products, electric shocks, and high voltages inside CRT monitors. The document provides guidance on safety practices to address these hazards like using warning signs for cables, discharging CRT monitors before opening, and always reading chemical labels.

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CSS-GRADE 12

Name of Learner: _____________________________ Grade Level: _______________


Section: ___________________________ Date: ________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET


Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and Risk Control
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
1. Workplace hazards and risks are identified and clearly explained.

Occupational safety and health (OSH) is a planned system of working to prevent illness and injury
where you work by recognizing and identifying hazards and risks. Health and safety procedure is the
responsibility of all persons in the computer and technology industries. You must identify the hazards
where you are working and decide how dangerous they are. Eliminate the hazard or modify the risk that it
presents. This Module is intended to give you some guidelines and advice on common areas of health and
safety problems in the computer industry and to help you gain a general awareness of your
responsibilities as user and technician in a safe environment.
Three steps used to manage health and safety at work
1. Spot the Hazard A hazard is anything that could hurt you or someone else.
Examples of workplace hazards include:
 frayed electrical cords (could result in electrical shock)
 boxes stacked precariously (they could fall on someone)
 noisy machinery (could result in damage to your hearing)
During work experience, you must remain alert to anything that may be dangerous. If you see, hear or
smell anything odd, take note. If you think it could be a hazard, tell someone.
2. Assess the Risk Assessing the risk means working out how likely it is that a hazard will harm someone
and how serious the harm could be.
Whenever you spot a hazard, assess the risk by asking yourself two questions:
• How likely is it that the hazard could harm me or someone else?
• How badly could I or someone else be harmed?
Always tell someone (your employer, your supervisor or your health and safety representative)
about hazards you can't fix yourself, especially if the hazard could cause serious harm to anyone.
For example:
• Ask your supervisor for instructions and training before using equipment.
• Ask for help moving or lifting heavy objects.
• Tell your supervisor if you think a work practice could be dangerous.
If you are not sure of the safest way to do something during work experience, always ask your
work experience supervisor.
3. Make the Changes It is your employer's responsibility to fix hazards. Sometimes you may be able to
fix simple hazards yourself, as long as you don't put yourself or others at risk. For example, you can pick
up things from the floor and put them away to eliminate a trip hazard.

Common Hazards Encountered by Computer Technicians and Users

1. Physical Hazards One of the most common physical hazards involving


computer technicians is cables running across the floor. If someone trips, falls, and hurts himself because
of a cable you ran across the floor, someone (you, your employer, or your customer) has a serious legal
negligence problem. If you need to temporarily run a cable across the floor, place a Danger sign similar to
those "wet floor" signs used by cleaning services.
For cables that are temporary but will need to run across the floor for a longer period of time, use
"gaffers tape". Gaffers tape is a heavy tape with strong adhesive to stick to the floor. It comes in a wide
range of colors, from unintrusive matte black to hazard warning red. Although it has strong adhesive, it
can be removed easily and cleanly.
2. Mechanical Hazards 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 printer, but a piece of your finger too. You might move your
hand past a computer chassis and lose a chunk of flesh because it is razor sharp. When working on
electronic equipment always be alert to any possibility of being hurt by moving parts, hot components, or
sharp edges.
3. Chemical Hazards There is a wide array of chemicals used with electronic equipment. There are
display cleaning chemicals, keyboard cleaning chemicals, compressed gas dirt and dust removers, and
many cleaning solvents. Some of these chemicals can be harmful if accidentally swallowed, get on bare
skin, or get in eyes. Before using any chemicals for electronic equipment always read the warnings and
instructions on the label. Also be very careful when dealing with inkjet printer cartridges, or laser
printer toner cartridges. Ink and toner can stain skin, clothing, and carpet.
4. Electric Shock Hazard
Inside computers and electronic equipment, there is a range of voltages from 3.3 volts to 25 volts, most of
these are harmless. But at the power supply, you'll find line voltage, which is a lethal 220 volts. Most of
the time while working inside computers and electronic equipment, you'll want them unplugged from the
wall socket. If you need to work on equipment while it is still plugged in or powered up, remove all
jewelry and wrist watches.
If you must work inside a line power distribution box, wear an electrician’s rubber insulated
gloves and safety glasses. You might think you don't need these safety devices because you are going to
be extra careful, but one little slip could cause a flaming explosion that could take off your hand, embed
shrapnel in your eyes, or conduct electricity through your heart, where it takes only 10 milliamps (0.01)
to kill a human.
5. CRT Monitor High-Voltage Hazard CRT monitors are becoming less common nowadays, but
should you run into one, it is best NOT to open it up. Instead, outsource any CRT repair job to a qualified
CRT repair service. A CRT monitor has a high-voltage anode inside it, which can carry a charge of up to
25,000 volts, and it can still be holding a high charge days after the power is removed. If you must open a
CRT monitor case for some reason, be sure to study the proper way to discharge a CRT before you
proceed. It involves using a jumper wire and a flat blade screwdriver to shorten the anode to ground.
After being discharged, even with no power connection, the anode voltage will actually build up again.
So, you have to repeatedly discharge it.

A. Direction: Read carefully each statement below. Place T on the line if the statement is
TRUE. Place F if the statement is FALSE.

_____ 1. Health and safety procedure is the responsibility of all persons in the
computer and technology industries.
______ 2. Spotting the hazards means working out how likely it is that a hazard will
harm someone and how serious the harm could be.
______ 3. If you need to temporarily run a cable across the floor, place a Danger sign
similar to those "wet floor" signs used by cleaning services.
______ 4. An LCD monitor has a high-voltage anode inside it, which can carry a
charge of up to 25,000 volts, and it can still be holding a high charge days after the
power is removed.
______ 5. Inkjet printer cartridges, or laser printer toner cartridges are hazardous to users.

B. Direction : Identify what hazard is being illustrated in the situation below.


__________ 1. Slippery computer laboratory floor
__________ 2. Hot components, or sharp edges of computer devices
__________ 3. Laser printer toner
__________ 4. Obstructed electrical cables
__________ 5. Open CRT monitor

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