“Health and Safety Assignment”
Name: - Ritesh Chaudhary
Trade: - Electrical
Program: - BTEC Pearson
Paper – assignment 5 (D1)
Task 7: Justify the methods used to deal with hazards in
accordance with workplace policies and legal
requirements.
Answer:
As I have assessed my risk assessment on the machinery
equipment (i.e. Milling machines), have been found many controls
measures during assessment. That has mainly chosen during
assessment were as given bellows:
1. Guarding: Guarding to machines is methods to prevent body parts
and objects from coming in contacts with machinery moving parts.
Justification: Moving machine parts can cause severe workplace
injuries. Safeguarding is essential to protect the workers
fromcrushed hands, amputations, burns, blindness, etc. types
preventable injuries. The part, function, or process of the
machines that can cause injury should be safeguarded properly.
If machine is not properly guarded it can cause serious harmed or
Legal requirement: From legislation “Health and Safety
at Work 1974’’.
Machinery guarding must be,
1. All of the machines should be provided with all nessesary guards and
with protective devices.
2. Always use fixed guards if possible and fastened it with the bolts and
3. In case of fixed guard is not possible then use an interlocked guard
which ensures that machine did not start before the guard is closed and
machine stops when the guard is opened while operating the
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