2. Occupational Safety and Health
is a planned system of working to prevent
illness and injury where you work by
recognizing and identifying hazards and
risks.

3. HAZARD
is a situation in the workplace that has the
potential to harm the health and safety of
people or to damage plant and equipment
 anything that could hurt you or someone
else.

4. Three steps to manage health and
safety at work:
1. Spot the Hazard (Hazard Identification)
2. Assess the Risk (Risk Assessment)
3. Make the Changes (Risk Control)

5. Common hazards encountered by
computer technicians and users
Physical Hazards
Mechanical Hazards
Chemical Hazards
Electric Shock Hazard

6. PHYSICAL HAZARDS
-are conditions or situations that
can cause the body physical harm
or intense stress.
-can be both natural and human
made elements

7. MECHANICAL HAZARDS
-a harmful or danger
posing situation that
involves machines mostly
in a working environment

8. MECHANICAL HAZARDS
-these hazards are common in
work industries like, mining,
manufacturing, agriculture
and construction.

9. CHEMICAL HAZARDS
-Exist in the form of gases, dust, corrosives,
vapor and liquids. These chemicals can
become dangerous to persons, when inhaled
or absorbed through the skin.
-Can cause breathing problems, skin irritation
or burns.
To protect workers from chemical
hazards, employers need to supply their
employees with protective clothing.

10. ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARDS
- occur upon contact of a
(human) body part with any
source of electricity that
causes a
sufficient current through the
skin, muscles, or hair

11. END OF LESSON 3