H9: Hazards in the Workplace

You are carrying out a safety survey of your workshop to determine if there are any imminently dangerous activities or equipment being employed on aircraft maintenance. Which of the following activities, situations or equipment would be classified as imminently dangerous?

• A heated salt bath being properly used in the skin bay.

• Explosive fire bottle cartridges stored in the explosives cabinet.

• The steel wheels of a maintenance dolly standing on top of the electrical cable feeding a portable light.

A good warning should

• startle in order to get attention.

• be attention-getting but not startling.

• always illuminate a red lamp.

You are asked to design a new hangar for the new incoming aircraft. To design a good hangar, you should take a

• financial-centred approach to ensure that project is within budget.

• aircraft-centred approach.

• user- or work-centred approach so that maintenance crews do not have to work in adverse conditions.

Which of the following injuries is Aircraft Maintenance Technicians NOT specifically vulnerable to?

• skin cancer

• lower back pain

• cumulative trauma disorder

The three basic steps in dealing with an emergency are

• Assess situation, make safe and then summon assistance.

• make safe, summon assistance and then assess situation.

• summon assistance, assess situation and then make safe.

When dealing with an emergency, the first priority is to protect

• buildings and equipment.

• yourself and others.

• others only.

When evacuating casualties you would first move

• the most seriously wounded if incapacitated.

• fatalities.

• walking wounded.

When faced with casualties that have been overcome with gas, you should

• turn off the gas supply, ventilate the area and then treat the casualties.

• ventilate the area, treat the casualties and then turn off the gas supply.

• treat the casualties, ventilate the area and then turn off the gas supply.

The background colours of a hazard warning saying “DANGER” are

• Red and green.

• Black and yellow.

• Red, White and Black.

Which is the correct order for hazard/danger sign?

• Electric Shock  Wear Protective Clothing  CPR

• Keep Out  Danger  refer to hazard manual/register for descriptions

• Electric Shock  Danger  CPR

• Danger  Electric Shock  Keep Out