What are Safe Working Practices?
- Not taking unnecessary risks.
- Always look out for hazards.
- Always use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- If you must smoke, do so only in designated areas.
- Keep your work area clean and tidy.
- Enter and leave the workplace using proper routes.
What are some good general safe work practices?
General Precautions
- Your safety is your personal responsibility.
- Always follow the correct procedures.
- Never take shortcuts.
- Take responsibility and clean up if you made a mess.
- Clean and organize your workspace.
- Ensure a clear and easy route to emergency exits and equipment.
- Be alert and awake on the job.
How will you maintain safe working practices onboard?
1 Leave the area – upwind.
Why are safe work procedures important?
The purpose of a safe work procedure is to reduce the risk to health and safety in the workplace and reduce the likelihood of an injury by ensuring that employees know how to work safely when carrying out the tasks involved in their jobs. Safe work procedures may also be called safe work method statements (SWMS).
Why is safe on board important?
The most basic building blocks of personal safety on board ships is to be able to recognise what is wrong, and how and why. By giving seafarers even the most basic appreciation of hazards then allows them to appreciate the actions they need to take to protect themselves, and to safeguard others.
What are the 4 basic safe work practices?
Safeopedia Explains Safe Work Practices (SWP)
- Induction training for new employees.
- Training on communication and teamwork during normal and emergency situation.
- Training on fire safety and emergency procedures.
- Training on hazard identification, risk control, use of personal protection equipment (PPE) and first aid.
What is included in a safe work procedure?
Safe Work Procedures include:
- Description of work.
- Scope.
- Authorizations and/or pre-requisites.
- Potential hazards.
- Safety controls.
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements.
- Prestart, Training / Learning / Cerification requirements.
- Responsibilities of each employee/contractor involved.
What determines the types of PPE to be worn?
This is determined by the type of anticipated exposure, such as touch, splashes or sprays, or large volumes of blood or body fluids that might penetrate the clothing. PPE selection, in particular the combination of PPE, also is determined by the category of isolation precautions a patient is on.
