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Universiti Tun Hussein Onn lVlalaysia

UNWERSITI TUN IIUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA

FINALEXAMINATION '

SEI\IESTER II
sEssroN 2015120 16

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND

COURSENAME I{EALTH
COURSE CODE BF r 313AZ :
PROGW 3 BDD

EXAMINATIONDATE JUNE 2016 IJULY 20T6

DURATION 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTION PLEASE ANSWER FOUR (4)
QUESTIONS FROMFTVE (s)
QTJESTIONS PROVIDED

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF THREE (3) PAGES

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is vital as
Ql (a) Managing occupational safety and health (osH) at workplaces
accidJntJhave direct and indirect costs on the organizations'{Jsing
appropriate examples, differentiate between direct costs and
indirect
costs' (lo marks)

required to
(b) As an engineer in a fumiture manufacturing factory,.you T"
p.por" FfVf ($ strategies to imp^rove the work safety based on
and Machinery
bccupationat Saf;i and HJahh Act (OSfn) and Factorigs
Act (FMA). Support your proposal *iitt justification
suitable and

examPles. (15 marks)

appropriate example,
(a) Examine the mathematicar equation below. Using
Q2 in the area of
provide detail explanation for its definition and application
risk management and assessment'

Risk - Likelihood x Severity (10 marks)

(b) Youhavebeenappointedastheoccupationa.lsafetyandhealthofftcerata
large size .*.rA"toring colnpany' bot of
your top priority duty is to
implement HRARC dur*O- identificatiott, .itk
assessment and risk
hazud identification as
control) and you trarre iecioed to begin with the
the first step. Seleci iiv' (5) techriiques
-
that you plan to introduce in
identification in the
order to obtain inrormation related to hazard
company.Support"u'r,'"t""t"dtechniquewithdetailjustificationor
examPle. (15 marks)

(a) Some coillmon factors to be considered

in the area of electrical safety are
Q3 eWipmells' a1!
isolation switches, maintenance or repair of damaged
factors, choose THREE (3)
;y;; protection. roi """ft of the listed to prevent electrical
strategies or action pril, ,rr"t can be implemented
related injury. (9 marks)

(b) considering you are an engineer responsible

for mechanical handling
Propose SIX (6) methods
equipments in a fr"a.,ry irJ;tty environment.
control mechanical related
that can be practically applied io prevent and
for each proposal'
hazards. Provide ctear lustirrcation-or explanation
(l6marks)

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occupational health disciplines comprises of occupational

medicine,
Q4 (a)
epidemiology
industrial hygiene, o"".rputional toxicology' ergonomics'
in
and industriut pry"ttoioiy. fn practice, iire pievention approaches
known as
*""puti*A neaftir discifiines are separated into three sectionsPrevention'
primer Prevention, Secondary Prwention and Teniary
Provide activity
Differentiate these THREE (3) prevention approaches.
examples for each approach to support your comparison'
(9 marks)

to conduct
(b) As an engineer in a manufacturing factory, you are required The
at your workplace'
safety and health audit to identiff-heA*r trazarOs
is the major !ga1{,
result of the auOit aciivities shows that lead exposure
propose rouR (4)
Based on the concept of risk control hierarchy,
methods to control the risks. Support your
propoiat witft.elPlanaJlons. of
suitable justification
the effect of lead on hu*ur; t"gisiati* requirement,
for controlling methods and related examples (16 marks)

The five stages sequence in Heinrich's theory

of accident are ancestry or
Qs (a)
act or condition, accident and
social environment, fault of a person, unsafe
injury. Briefly how fhis theory can be applied in a mechanical
"*ptuit
workshop to prevent accident. (5 marks)

the importance to report

(b) Briefly describe the term near misses and explain
and investigate all near misses. (5 marks)

(c) Asthesafetyoff,tceratyourplace,youplantoconducta.briefingtothe
management, ,"tut"i iJ pri*ipr" of
inciaent investigation. You have
during the briefing such as
identified two ma;or elements io be covered
Differentiate these two
;;; data coilection and result notification.
major elements and support ygur comparison
by explaining their
characteristics towards imiioving the
working environment'
(15 marks)

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