Safety precautions are safe actions taken to prevent accidents and injuries. Some quarters may refer to it as safety tips, but it still represents the same thing.
Though there is what most people call “General safety precautions, “all precautions are task/job specific. What we mostly call general safety precautions is a set of precautionary measures that try to highlight simple safety tips to guide mostly routine activities, but they still cover different activities.
There are safety precautions necessary for all tasks/jobs; this is why we have safety precautionary measures that should be adopted while driving, swimming, sailing, cutting, carrying out electrical repairs, carrying out oxy-acetylene welding, working at height, working in confined spaces, use of compressed gas, lifting, etc.
This article aims to highlight some sets of safety precautions for different tasks.
HSEWatch has previously published some precautions on different tasks; what will be done in this article is to give an overview of each job safety precautionary measure and link back to the full article.
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10 Tasks Specific Safety Precautions
1. Safety precautions for the use of gas cylinders
Gas cylinders contain compressed gas. Certain specific properties of compressed gases make them highly useful in various research activities. Compressed gases can be very dangerous if not handled in an appropriate manner. Accidents involving gas cylinders can cause serious injury or even death.
2. Hot Work Safety Precautions
A typical hot job being carried out every day in our different work sites is welding work. It has its inherent hazards, which should be managed to prevent accidents.
3. Demolition Safety Precautions
Due to the numerous risks involved with demolition activity, it is always advisable for a proper risk assessment to be carried out before the commencement of the job. This risk assessment will help identify potential hazards and analyze what could happen if a hazard occurs. Some of the risks involved in the demolition process are: Fall from height, falling objects, uncontrolled collapse, connected services, exposure to hazardous materials, traffic issues, noise, vibration, fire & explosion, etc.
4. Bitumen paint safety precautions
Bitumen paint may cause lung damage if swallowed, repeated exposure may cause skin dryness or cracking, and inhaled vapor may cause drowsiness and dizziness.
Laser safety enhances the safe use of laser devices to prevent or minimize the hazards that accompany the laser device. It is understood that even a small amount of laser can result in permanent eye injury and, to a lesser extent, the skin, depending on the class.
6. Construction Safety Precautions
Construction safety involves all the safety plans, procedures, precautions, and guidelines necessary for ensuring safe completion of all the individual tasks that make up the construction job. Construction jobs a hazardous land-based jobs with potential risks including: Falls, trenches, musculoskeletal injury, electric shock, different forms of cuts, spills, explosions, respiratory disorders, skin disorders, etc. The construction industry accounts for one of the highest fatality rates among all other industries.
7. Radiation safety precautions
This topic “Radiation safety precautions” aims at highlighting the hazards associated with exposure to radiation (Specifically Ionizing radiation), and also enumerates important safety precautions to stay safe when working around or within the radiation zone.
8. Table saw safety precautions
Table saw safety precautions should be adopted anytime the machine is used. Like other machines, it makes the job easier and faster, but if not used properly, the table saw can be very dangerous.
9. Extension lead safety precautions
Extension lead safety precautions are important if you must use it. The extension lead is a length of flexible electrical power cable with a plug on one end and one or more sockets.
Poor use of extension leads can pose hazards/risks of:
- Trip and fall
- Electric shock/Electrocution
- Fire breakout
10. Oxy-Acetylene welding/cutting safety precautions
Oxy-Acetylene welding/cutting is also called Oxy-fuel welding/cutting. It is a process that uses oxygen and fuel gases to weld and cut steel or metallic components. In this type of welding, acetylene gas and oxygen are mixed in a torch so as to attain the high temperatures that are required for the welding process.
This process, like any other process, has risks that should be managed.
Above are some specific safety precautionary measures for a task. The list is not exhaustive, as there are precautions for every task.