Health and Safety

Hi, and welcome to this overview of air pollution. Air pollution nowadays is considered as a major public health issue right around this world. In this blog, we discuss about outdoor air pollution, what are the types of pollutants and sources. We’ll also take a look at ways to reduce air pollution and see how air quality is monitored. Moving from there we discuss indoor air pollution, the consequences, the sources of pollution, and ways in which we can reduce it. What is air pollution? Air pollution occurs when the air is contaminated with any kind of chemical-physical or biological agents. it is the world’s largest environmental health risk, leading to millions of deaths around the world each year. Although anyone can be affected by air pollution people who are most vulnerable include elderly children and people with chronic lung or heart disease. Let’s take a look at outdoor air pollution first the outdoor air can be polluted by natural sources or human sources natu...

Machinery Hazards “Safety of Machinery-Basic concepts, general principles for design” describes many hazards related to both the basic operation of machinery and unexpected eventualities arising from failures. The intention is to provide designers with guidance for determining relevant, significant hazards that may be generated by a given machine in the environment that it is intended to be used. The hazards outlined can be sub categorized as mechanical and non-mechanical. Mechanical Hazards Mechanical hazard associated with machinery, parts, tools, work pieces, loads, and materials include the following: Entanglement. Drawing in or trapping. Crushing. Shearing. Impact. Friction or abrasion. Stabbing or severing and Ejection of materials, including high-pressure fluid injection. Entanglement- Injuries can be caused by entanglement of limbs, hair, jewelry or clothing in rotating parts of machinery e.g. drill chucks, flywheels, spindles ...

This article demonstrates the standard procedures and good practices for the safe execution of hot work as well as in confined working areas and has the purpose of eliminating the danger of fires or gas ignitions during the execution of hot work.  Eliminating the likelihood of workers being overcome by hazardous fumes and gases as well as a lack of oxygen whilst working in confined spaces, appropriately managing and minimizing risks associated with working in confined spaces and execution of hot work.  This article includes an introduction, definitions- steps to safe hot work execution and confined space entry.  Fires in the workplace and confined space-related accidents are often devastating and can result in loss of life, serious injury and major business disturbances. It must, therefore, be eliminated at all costs first and foremost. Let us define some of the concepts and terminology hot work is any work that requires the use of an open flame or ...