Hazard (19)

Housekeeping
Hazard Controls:
- Safety awareness: (housekeeping, 5S Steps, and manual handling)
training.
- 5S Steps:
1. Sort: Remove all unnecessary materials and equipment
2. Stabilize: Make it obvious where things belong
3. Shine: Clean everything, inside and out and outside ( Housekeeping)
Outline 4. Standardize: Establish guidelines standards and guidelines for the
Housekeeping team
- Hazards
- Safety Controls
5. Sustain: Take responsibility for your own area
- Inspection (unsafe conditions/acts) - Appropriate PPE: (e.g., dust mask, gloves, goggles, splash aprons)
- Emergency Preparedness - Free of obstructions: roads, access, egress route, passageways,
walkways, and floors
Cost of Poor Housekeeping: Poor housekeeping leads
- Separation for Materials / waste: e.g. hazardous and non-hazardous,
to a variety of accidents, injuries, damage and
problems recycled and non-recycled
- Provide warning signs: e.g. wet floor
Hazards: - The orderly storage: using storage racks and shelves, shadow boards; and
- Slip, trip and fall tool-boxes.
- Falling of materials - Stored materials should not obstruct aisles, stairs, exits, fire equipment.
- Materials handling injuries induce: cuts, - Garbage/ rubbish bins
abrasions, crush, puncture, and eye injuries
- Regularly waste cleaned up and disposal (daily, per shaft, immediately
- Fire / explosion (flammable liquid).
- Suffocation from dusty. (spills).
- Persons struck by stored materials. - Ventilation systems (Vacuum cleaners not compressed air) to collect
- Spread disease (Food scraps attract flies and dust, dirt and chips adequately.
vermin)
- Tripping hazards prevention for installed temporary cables and pipes
- Stricken materials difficult to work efficiently
and safely - Provide MSDS for the site chemicals.

By: Engr. Murtadha AlRuwaie Last Update Date: January 5, 2014

Email: alruwaie@gmail.com