This document covers various health and safety topics for plumbing work including electricity, machinery, fire, hazardous substances, and personal protective equipment. It provides information on the dangers of electricity, requirements for operating machinery, the fire triangle, types of fire extinguishers indicated by color panels, responsibilities around fires and evacuations, hazardous substances under COSHH regulations, and the importance of using proper personal protective equipment as required by employers. Personal safety is emphasized throughout in following procedures, seeking training, not endangering oneself or others, and using protective gear appropriately.

1. HEALTH AND SAFETY PART 2
CONTENTS
• Electricity
• Machinery
• Fire
• Fire extinguishers
• Personal responsibility
• Hazardous substances
• Personal protective equipment
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2. ELECTRICITY
• Electricity.
• Electric shock is a major
hazard.
• 240 volts is often
enough to kill people.
• This is why 110 volts is
usually used on site.
• The colour of 110v
cables onsite are yellow
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3. ELECTRICITY
• Electricity.
• Check that it is dead
before it kills you.
• Follow the rules and
proper procedures.
• Electricity can be used
safely.
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4. 110V ON-SITE
• Transformers step down electricity from
240v to 110v
• And are yellow in colour
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5. ELECTRICITY – PLUGS
Wire colours
•Earth – yellow and green
•Neutral- blue
•Live/line – Brown
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6. MACHINERY
• You must be competent to
operate any machinery or
be under supervision.
• To be competent one must
be.
• Authorised.
• Experienced.
• Trained.
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7. MACHINERY
• Unless you are
adequately supervised
or deemed competent.
• You shall not operate
self-propelled
construction plant.
• You shall not act as a
signaller/banksman for
lifting operations.
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8. MACHINERY
• You shall not
operate a hoist.
• You shall not use a
cartridge-operated
tools.
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9. MACHINERY
• Never use any
machinery that you
have not used
before, without
seeking approval
and training from
your supervisor.
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10. FIRE
• There are three
essential factors
for fire.
• Oxygen.
• Heat.
• Fuel.
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11. FIRE
• The new standard colour for all fire extinguishers
is red.
• Which could lead to confusion and injury if care is
not taken when an extinguisher is being used.
• The content of each extinguisher is
indicated by a contrasting colour band on
the cylinder. The colour of the
contrasting panel will be the same as the
colours on the old extinguishers.
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12. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
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13. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Type Colour
Panel
Use on
Water Red Solid fuels
Foam Cream Flammable liquids
and liquifiable solids
Dry powder Blue Flammable liquids
and liquifiable solids,
Flammable and
liquified gases
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14. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Type Colour
Panel
Use on
Carbon dioxide Black Flammable and
liquified gases
Halon* Green Flammable and
liquified gases and
electrical fires
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15. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
• Operatives who have been trained in the use of fire
extinguishers may be confident to fight a fire with
the extinguishers available on site. In doing so they
must.
• Not put themselves or anyone at risk.
• Ensure that they always have an escape route
available.
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16. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
All operatives should be aware of :
• The warning signals used to indicate that a site
evacuation is taking place.
• The routine for testing of the evacuation signal.
• The location of the assemble point to which they
report to, larger sites may have more than one.
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17. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
All operatives should be aware of :
• The identity of the person to whom they
report.
• What they should do once they have
reported.
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18. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
• Potentially harmful substances.
• Pitch, tar and bitumen.
• Cement, brick and stone dust.
• Tile and plaster dust.
• Paint, varnish, lacquers,and
adhesives.
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19. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
• Potentially harmful substances.
• Wood dust, fibre glass, and resins.
• Solvents, fuels, and oils.
• Spirits, thinners, acids, and
alkalis.
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20. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
• All hazardous substances are covered by COSHH-
control of substances hazardous to health
• NOTE* that asbestos and lead have there own set of
regulations and are not covered by the COSHH
regulations
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21. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
• Personal Protective Equipment is known as PPE- this is to be supplied by your
employer
• It is an offence under the Act to misuse or interfere with equipment provided
for your health and safety or that of others.
• Your employer also has a duty to ensure that the safety equipment provided is
kept in good condition, but they cannot cater for human error or negligence
• Gloves, overalls, goggles, aprons, boots, leggings, dust masks, respirators, ear
defenders, etc.
• According to work being done.
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