MACHINERY SAFETY

Automotive Safety

Hazards/Risks & Solutions

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• SAFETY

• HAZARD

• RISK

• PREVENTION

the fact that a thing is safe to do or use

something that could be dangerous or could cause damage or accidents

something that may cause injury or harm

the act or practice of keeping something from happening

• the fact that a thing is safe to do or use

• something that could be dangerous or could cause damage or accidents

• something that may cause injury or harm

• the act or practice of keeping something from happening

Simple steps to safety

• Talk with your team. Identify and resolve health and safety issues.

• Manage hazards. A process to find problems, collect information about risks and control them.

• Inform, train and supervise. Provide easy information about particular hazards and how to work safely.

• Maintain a safe workplace. Keep an ongoing focus on health and safety.

• Monitor and review. Manage and improve safety needs.

​Bending, stretching and reaching movements, static lifting and positioning tasks can lead to stress on the body, muscle strain, overexertion and injuries.

​​Hazardous manual tasks

​Working at height, exposed to poor isolation of energy sources, placing hands close to mechanisms and being injured if caught or trapped by moving parts all create portential hazards.

​​Machinery and equipment

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​​Slips, trips and falls

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​​Hazardous substances

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HAZARDOUS MANUAL TASKS: Wheel and tyre fitting

• The primary risks arise from high force and awkward postures during manual handling,

• rotating parts, nuisance dusts and asbestos (from brake linings),

• nipping and trapping points, exposure to noise, falling vehicles, nearby

• traffic, compressed air and tyre/wheel

• explosion due to defective or split rims

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HAZARDOUS MANUAL TASKS: Working inside vehicle cabins

• Working inside the confined and

• awkward spaces within vehicle cabins,

• often for sustained periods,

• can result in body-stressing injuries.

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HAZARDOUS MANUAL TASKS: Working under bonnets

• Associated risks include

• reaching, awkward or sustained postures,

• poor lighting and

• unguarded parts (e.g. belts, fans).

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HAZARDOUS MANUAL TASKS: Working under vehicles

• Associated risks include

• poor lighting,

  cramped working

• conditions, awkward

  or sustained postures, hot

• engine parts and hazardous substances (e.g. fuels, fluids).

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MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT: Angle grinders

Angle grinders can be ​

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power tools. KIckbacks can result in severe ​

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. Discs can ​

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or disintegrate, and the fragments may cause eye ​

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MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT: Electrical

Electrical ​

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that is properly earthed or ​

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can lead to electric shock, serious ​

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or even death.

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MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT: Guarding

Workers who operate inadequately guarded ​ ​

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and equipment are at ​​

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of minor abrasions, burns or cuts, and more severe ​ ​

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such as lacerations, crushing, fractures or even amputation. Common ​ ​

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arise from nip points, rotating parts, noise, sparks and flying ​

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MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT: Vehile jacks

Associated ​

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include the sudden fall of vehicles due to ​

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, incorrect use of jacking points, poor ​

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or leaking hydraulic ​

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, and use of jacks on surfaces that are not ​

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or firm.

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SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS: Ladders

* Place ladders on firm, dry, level ​

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engaging all locks and braces.

* Only one ​

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should be on the ladder at any given time.

* When ascending ot descending, maintain 3 points of contact: 2 ​

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and 1 ​

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* Climb and ​

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facing the ladder.

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ground

person

feet

hand

descend

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SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS: Floors, stairs and landings

* Restrict ​

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to areas that are potentially hazardous.

* Provide ​

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lighting.

* Use warning ​

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access

adequate

signs

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SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS: Service pits

* Cover pits when ​

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in use.

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systems with vents in the side walls.

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the pit interior white and outline the edges in a conspicuous ​

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like yellow.

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ventilation

paint

colour

Hazardous substances include paints, solvents, lead, powders, lacquers, paint removers, resins, battery acid, used oils, adhesives, degreasers, surface preparation products, rust converters and removers, and dusts.

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​Hazardous Substances