Occupational Health and Safety in ICT

Objectives

• Define risk and hazard.
• Give examples of hazards in the ICT environment.
• Describe the 5S of visual management.

What is a Hazard?

Hazard

• It is anything that can hurt you or anyone else

Risk

• It is the possibility that a hazard might harm someone.

• Some examples of hazards include:

  • slippery floors, disorganized cables running on the floor (physical hazard)
  • computers and electronic equipment (electrical hazard)
  • cleaning chemicals and solvents, compressed gas for dust removal (chemical hazard)

The 5s of Visual Management

Five S

• Also known as 5S.
• These are the five Japanese terms used to describe the five steps of visual arrangement.
  Namely, they are: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, shitsuke.
  • Seiri (sort)
    • Sort and put things in order.
    • Remove and discard what is not needed.
    • Keep what is needed instead.
  • Seiton (straighten)
    • Keep orderliness and proper arrangement.
    • Place things in a way that they can be easily reached.
    • “There is a place for everything, and everything must be in its place.”
  • Seiso (shine)
    • Keep workplace clean and polished..
    • There must not be any trash or dirt in the workplace.
  • Seiketsu (standardize)
    • Maintain cleanliness after cleaning.
    • Cleaning must be part of everyone’s work.
  • Shitsuke (sustain)
    • Maintain standards for commitment.
    • Keep the facility safe, efficient and in order in any day of the year.