Mechanical and Non-Mechanical hazards on a Workplace

  Mechanical and Non-Mechanical hazards

Mechanical Hazards

 

Entanglement

Working near power plants, such as power machinery, increases the risk of workers getting entangled or confused. Loose clothing, hair, gloves, jewelry, cleaning brushes, rags or other materials can be involved in moving machine parts, and in result it can pull the personal into the dangerous parts of the machine.

 

Trapping

The danger of being trapped is defined as a place or a place that can trap a worker. It can be anything from a rotating part or confined space or a machine that has the ability to trap workers. That is why it is important that the hazards of entrapment be clearly marked in all workplaces

 

Collision / Impact

The collision/impact can be interpreted

as a result of a hazard where a moving object collides and comes in contact with a person who is in a free space.

 

Crushing

A crushing hazard is a hazard when I worker is caught in by the machine or between the two parts of the machines.

 

Piercing / injection / stabbing / puncture

Puncture or injection hazard means any surface or spread that punctures the skin of a person in comfortable contact.

 

Friction / abrasion

The danger of abrasion means a sharp or rough surface that will occasionally rough the skin during normal use.

 

Shearing / severing

There is a danger of a share point when the edges of the parts of two machines move together to cut something. In an ordinary SharePoint hazard, one section moves while the other part is either fixed or in working condition.

 

Cutting

Cutting points arise when a single object is forced or accelerated to cut another object.

 

Drawing in

Drawing in is the interaction between two rotating parts/surfaces moving in conflicting directions. (Gears, rollers)

Ejection of particles

While working with any kind of machinery if the any pieces come from that machine or flying outwards is called the ejection of particles. It can be in the shape of gases or physical parts.

 

 

Non-Mechanical hazards

Noise

When disturbing noises occur, the danger of noise is becoming high when this noise interferes with communication and warning signals at work and causes chronic health issues. These hazards occur when a worker is exposed to a more than 85 decibels during an eight-hour shift for a long time.

 

Fume

A smoke or fumes refers to smoke emitted by a substance as a result of a chemical change, such as a vapor (gases), dust and / or reaction by a smoke, heating, explosion or explosion. "Smoke" generally suggests that the cloud is a disturbing, harmful and / or toxic substance.

 

Vibration

Vibration can cause changes in ligaments, muscles, bones and joints, and can influence the sensory system. Aggregately, these impacts are known as Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS).

 

 

 

Heat / fire

Any action, substance, or condition that can increase the size or intensity of a fire or cause a fire is called a fire hazard. Fire hazard can be a fuel/oil that is easy to burn or a warmth source like an inadequate machine.

 

 

Light – Excessive/Poor

Lighting is also a hazard and can create several health hazards when it is excessive or poor.

 

Radiation

Transfer heat through the air is called radiation. Radiation has both acute and chronic health effects. Acute health effects are like skin burn or radiation sickness and chronic health effects like cancer or cardiovascular disease.

 

 

Categories: Mechanical hazards, Non-Mechanical hazards