ICT week 4: Safety Aspects

Safety is the most important thing in your life. Here, you will find risk that will happen, what causes it, how to prevent it and how to handle it.

Risks:

• Electrocution
• Tripping
• Heavy equipment falling
• Fire risk

Cause:

• Electrocution: Short-circuit, water spilled
• Tripping: Trip because of trailing wires
• Heavy equipment falling: Not putting books in the right position so it could easily falls a heavy equipment
• Fire risk: Short-circuit

Prevention:

• Do not touch a short circuit wire.
• Always plug off a short circuit wire before fixing it.
• Always provide a fire extinguisher in every room
• Arrange everything nicely (organised)
• Do not spill liquid on the floor
• Remove unwanted things from your working place
• Your back must be perpendicular to your leg when you squat.
• Hold the handrail if you use the stairs.
• Check your wires regularly

How to handle it:

• If there's a fire, go to the exit door, do not use the elevator, or reach for the fire extinguisher.
• If your friend got an electric shock, get something rubbery to pull him/her.
• Tidy up the trailing wires.
• Put the heavy equipment in a shelf and make sure it will not fall next time.