Health and Safety Working Practices

Health and Safety Working Practices

1.    Basic H+S steps when using a computer

2.    H+S Steps when connecting Peripherals – plugs switched off                                                                                       ……………………………………………… – connect P.C                                 ……………………………………………...  – Switch on plugs

(Adjustable)

Chair level > Back Pain

Lighting- Strain eyes

Prevention of RSI

Wires > too many plugs

Take Regular Breaks

Bags > Under Desks (Tipping Hazards)

Images (Get Photos of Google)

       Peripherals

·         Printer                       

           

·         Speakers      

·         Scanner        

·         Digital Camera

·         Microphone  

                             

Photos

Plugs > trued off

Speaker

Digital; camera

Ø  Notes  of the process

Ø  Properly connected

Ø  H+S steps you followed

Ø  H+S issues connecting peripherals

Turning off plug switched

Steps1: Walk over to the switched

Steps 2: Bend over so that you can reach the switched

Step 3: Push in the switch so the button stinking out below 

Step 4: Takes the plug out of the socket

Connect P.C to the plug

Step 1: Look at the lead and find what end goes in to the PC

Step 2: Look and the Desktop and find where the lead goes into

Step 3: Leave the other end of the lead near the socket

Step 4: Find the cable end for the desktop and the monitor

Step 5: Put the cable end into the desktop and then the monitor

Step 6: get an phone lead/network lend

Step 7: get one end of phone lead/network lead and put it in to the Telephone socket

That looks like this                                                             

                                                                                             

     

                             

Step 8: get to the other and put it in the Desktop Internet socket

 Turning on plug switched

Steps1: Walk over to the switched

Steps 2: Bend over so that you can reach the switched

Step 3: Put the plug in the socket

Step 4: Push in the switch so the button stinking on top

Chair level

The chair should be at eye level so that you don’t get Back Pain. It helps if you have a good quality chair so that you can move the height and the back of the char to the right angle. 

Prevention of RSI

RSI stand for Repetitive Strain Injury this can help before you start working on your computer this is like a worm up. It to relax your hands, neck, arms and back.

Wires

Wires are use to get power from type battery or plug shocked to working Electrical equipment like the desktop/laptop your on to reed this. To keep your wires from getting damage you need to have not to close to other wires  because the wires could get into an t____ if this happen in could s____ the wires inside and stop the wires giving power out. Also don’t have the lead that the wires on the floor because you could stand on are it could led you to fall also the wires will get damage but if your having them on the floor have them under and something like an desk this way it wont get step on.

      

Bags

If you doing work at an school, work place or at home and you have notes in and school/work bag you need to have you bag a way form an place that people could be walk back and front. You could have it under the desk you’re working on But if you not working on any desk you could put the bag in the corner of the room.