This document discusses occupational safety and health in engineering. It addresses topics like hazard identification and risk assessment, developing safety programs, controlling hazards, safety culture, and an engineer's ethical duty to protect public safety. Several figures show workplace examples and ask the reader to identify potential hazards, assess risks, and propose controls. The document emphasizes systematic analysis of work activities and environments to safeguard worker health and prevent accidents.

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1) HIRARC is one of the systematic tools that can be used by the industry in managing
risk at work place. Describe the steps involved in HIRARC. Suggest ONE (1) step that
you think the most important. Provide your argument.
2) You are working in a construction industry and required by your superior to formulate a
safety and health program at work place for the company.
3) Based on the work environment shown in Figure 1, write ONE (1) class of hazard that
exists in the workplace and FIVE (5) possible routes of its entry to the workers. Are
there other condition(s) at the work that you suspect may be hazardous but you are not
sure about?
Figure 1. Workplace in a Construction Industry
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4) Figure 2 shows a mechanic at work. Assess the work environment of the mechanic and
propose THREE (3) possible classes of hazards and the routes of entry that can affect
the health and safety of the worker or environment for each hazard.
5) For EACH types of hazards identified above, propose ONE (1) standard control
measure that could be adopted by the manager to safe guard his worker from the
hazard.
Figure 2. Mechanic at work
6) If the manager fails to provide sufficient safety and health control measures at the work
place, what would be the ethical and legal implication to the manager and company if
the workers were to meets an accident?
7) HIRARC is one of the systematic processes commonly used in risk management at
work place. Describe the meaning of HIRARC and illustrate the process flow of the
steps involved in HIRARC.
8) Before hazards can be identified, it is important to classify and select work activities or
jobs of potential dangers to workers. Propose four (4) guidelines that you would adopt
to select the work activities or jobs to be analysed – provide your arguement for each
of them.
9) The success of occupational safety and health program at work place no longer relies
on technical aspects but have now shifted to organizational and human factors. The
approach is focused on the values, attitudes, perception, commitment, pattern of
behaviour of individuls, groups and management of the organization and development
and promotion of safety culture. As a safety practioner, how would you evaluate the
practice of safety culture in an organization.
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10) In occupational safety and health program, risk can be assessed by qualitatively and
quantitatively method. Compare and differentiate the two (2) approaches.
11) Selecting control measures in risk management is very critical as it has financial,
operational and adminstrative implications to the organization. Elimination or
inactivation is one of the control measures at your disposal. Propose two (2) possible
strategies that you could used to eliminate hazard at the work place and assess the
possible drawbacks and ramification of such measures to the organization.
12) Hazards are classified in many different ways. But Physical Hazard and Chemical
Hazard are two (2) most commmonly listed classifications in hazard indentification.
Between the two hazards, which one would you rate or judge the most dangerous.
Provide your arguement.
13) “A roof structure for newly handed over five stories office building partially collapsed
and caused damages to the particular area and fatalities.”
a) Cost of damages can be categorized into two (2):
i) Direct
ii) Indirect.
Measures the indirect costs involved in the above accident and explain each of them.
b) Defend how a good safety and health procedures and practices can avoid this
accident and promoting a safe working culture especially in construction industry.
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14) Safety is defined as a matter of relative protection from exposure to hazards or
freedom from hazard. Identify and predict the hazard potential based on the above
illustration. Give your opinion.
15) In Safety Management System, the risk assessment process will include:
i) Identification of hazard
ii) Controlling the risk
iii) Check and review
As an engineer, explain how we can control the risks to ensure safety in our living and
working area.
16) In managing risk at work place, the words hazard, danger and risk are used
interchangeably in different contexts. Based on your understanding, differentiate
between hazard and risk in a workplace.
17) One of the major benefits of OSH program at workplace is reducing accidents and
health hazards.
i) As an engineer, elaborate its importance from the ethical and moral values?
ii) Predict the financial impact from accidents and health hazards to your company
or organization.
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(Source: Wagner et al., 2009)
[Sumber: Wagner et al., 2009]
Figure 3: Repairing and maintaining an overhead conveying system in a stone crushing
factory.
18) As a Safety Engineer, assess the harmful acts and risk factors that can be found in the
activity and the possible safety issues.
19) Propose the possible remedy that can be adopted during the activity to minimize the
hazards.
20) Explain: “A Registered Engineer shall at all times hold paramount the safety, health
and welfare of the public”
PRACTICE “CORRECTLY” MAKES PERFECT!
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