Ergonomics 2.

Identify and evaluate sustainable and effective

Chapter 4: Repetitive Task Design and Risk Assessment measures to avert accidents and hazards
3. Ensure that controls are known and implemented
Overview Ways to Reduce Hazards and Risk in Workplace
- Dictum “Practice makes perfect”—Diary and 1. Evaluate and Plan Workspace
Autobiography John Adams 2. Development of a Safety Plan to Control
- “Perfect practice makes perfect” Hazards
- Repetitive tasks can lead to boredom which may 3. Regular Inspection and Maintenance of
cause job dissatisfaction and eventually spawn Workplace
mistakes and errors 4. Training the workforce
- The genesis of Ergonomics as a philosophical 5. Re-tooling the workforce
concept of work-related physical symptoms was 6. Documentation of Incidents
first introduced in 1857 by Wojciech 7. Records Maintenance
Jastrzebowski (Polish Biologist) 4 Main Programs in Facilities Maintenance
- Ergonomics focuses on the human body and its 1. Routine Maintenance
movement in relation to its environment as it - Focus on general care of the facilities
interacts in work and everyday life. (daily/weekly)
- The basic concept is to provide methods, 2. Preventive Maintenance
processes and designs to promote the healthy - Regular interval with functioning equipment,
well-being of humans to maximize the overall fixtures and furniture with an end goal of
potentials of the workspace, equipment and deterring failure that will affect the operation of
furniture. the facilities
2 Major Concern in Promoting Safe and Healthy 3. Scheduled Maintenance
Workplace - Task is provided with specific dates and
1. Psychological and Psychosocial deadlines to a unit or an individual (planned
- Concerned with boredom when work is shutdown of a part of facility)
repetitive 4. Emergency Maintenance
2. Physical - Reactive activity to address the failure or
- Deals with the environment that can be the breakdown of equipment or the prevention of a
source of hazards space or facility that may result in a threat to
o Biological Hazards- existence of lives, property and its usability
substances that can pose a threat to the General Task for Hospitality Facilities
health and well-being of humans and 1. Manual Handling
another living organism. 2. Movements and Maneuvers
o Chemical Hazards- synthetic in nature - Several motions involved in delivering goods
that can be harmful to man and and services
environment 3. Operating Machinery and Equipment
o Physical Hazards- manifest in the - The movement of the parts creates sufficient
environment where workforce is motion that may cause injury to people
exposed to extreme sound, height, 4. Exposure to Hazardous Substances and
pressure and even radiation. Dangerous Goods
o Safety Hazards- present in unsafe - Cleaning agents, materials used in refurbishing
working areas such as uneven floors, surfaces and furniture
damaged carpets and chipped tiles. 5. Electrical Risks
o Ergonomics Hazards- results of factors - Most common source of electrical risk is from
that affect the muscoskeletal systems electrical cords that are damaged and frayed,
due to inefficient designs of workplace, overload outlets and water leaks
manner of handling and operating 6. Extreme Environmental Conditions
equipment and furniture and incorrect - Temperature of the workspace may result in heat
posture stress, heatstroke and even hypothermia
Importance of Risk Assessment 7. Exposure to Loud Noise
- Is a methodical, well-planned, and systematic 8. Cash Handling
process in establishing the identification of 9. Crashes and Collision
hazards and evaluating their interrelationship - These become apparent in transporting goods
with the risk within the workplace. and guest from airports to their accommodations
Kind of Risks and other destination point.
1. Accidents 10. Work Violence, Sexual Harassment and Stress
- Unplanned events that may result in damage to - Is an unfortunate reality. The repercussions of
property or equipment or even loss of life these include psychological injuries that may
2. Hazards cause breakdown and physical injuries at some
- Potential incidents that may cause harm point
3. Risks
- Existence of negative incidents that may result
from hazards
Importance of Risk Assessment
1. Identify and evaluate health and safety issues in
the workplace