Transcript Health & Safety

HEALTH & SAFETY
• Part A.
• Comment on Accident Statistics for the aviation
workplace.
• Department for Transport web-site allows you
compare these with other forms of transport
HEALTH & SAFETY
5 Different types of H&S accidents or incidents:
Two relating to aircraft on the ground
Two relating to other airside hazards
One relating to a landside hazard fromSafety – e.g. bird strike, FOD, aircraft fire, collision
between aircraft and airside vehicle, fuel spillage
• Health – slips, trips, falls, hearing damage,
musculoskeletal damage
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SAFETY
• Bird strike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imDFSnklB0k
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FOD
\\lbia1\LBIA-Staff-Home\phfirth\jet engine safety movie.mpg
Aircraft Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXUBuO7spnY
Fuel spillage\\lbia1\LBIA-Staff-Home\phfirth\Ramp Safety Fuel.mpg
SAFETY
• Collision between an aircraft and airside vehicle
HEALTH
Slips, trips, falls,
Musculoskeletal damage
HEARING DAMAGE
• One of the biggest issues for staff working airside on
the ramp/apron
Source--Dangerous Level
dBA SPL
Produces Pain
140-150
Jet Aircraft During Takeoff (at 20
metres)
130
Discomfort Level
Snowmobile
Tractor Without Cab
120
Rock Concert
110
Die Forging Hammer
Gas Weed-Wacker
Chain Saw
Pneumatic Drill
100-105
Home Lawn Mowers
95 to 100
Semi-trailers (at 20 metres)
90
Source-Heavy Traffic
Automobile (at 20 metres)
Vacuum Cleaner
Conversational Speech (at 1
metre)
Quiet Business Office
Residential Area at Night
Whisper
Rustle of Leaves
Threshold of Audibility
dBA SPL
80
70
65
60
50
40
20
10
0
Noise levels
• The symptoms of noise induced hearing loss are
subtle in the early stages.
• Hearing loss tends to occur first for high-pitched
sounds only. Consequently, the volume of sound
heard may be unchanged but the quality of it
lessens. Speech may be heard but not completely
understood. The presence of background noise can
make speech hard to understand.
• Noise induced hearing loss has been reported to be
accompanied by a ringing in the ears (tinnitus) in
23% of subjects.
HSE advice for employers
Decide whether you might have a problem
Get the noise assessed
Tell the
employees
Reduce noise as
far as is practical
Ear protection
programme
Check your programme is working
Ear protection
If people work in noise-hazardous areas they will need
ear protection.
EAR PROTECTION ZONE
EAR PROTECTORS MUST
BE WORN
Protection should be freely available and workers must
know that unless they wear it there is some risk to
hearing.