NAME: ANIM PERPETUAL ABRAHAM INDEX NUMBER: 4524718

REFERENCE NUMBER: 20621295

BSC. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT FTECH 151

Q1.
Statement of Hazard Potential Impact Risk Decision
risk of risk score
1 Wet floor 4 8 32  Wet floor signs should
be mounted to alert
others
 Wet floor should be
wiped immediately

2 Unpleasant gases become 5 10 50  Report to the lab

present technician
 Evacuation

3 Working using hazardous 5 10 50  Use the Material Safety

material Data Sheet
 Use the right personal
protective equipment
4 Long hair, especially 3 6 18  Tie long hair in a way
when working with flames that it will not hang
loose on your body
5 Handling hot materials 4 8 32  Use test tube holders,
and equipment tongs etc. to handle hot
materials or equipment
6 Possibly contact 5 10 50  Report to the lab
potentially toxic or technician
hazardous material
7 Access to safety 4 9 36  Safety equipment
equipment should be positioned in
a way that can be easily
accessed by anyone in
the laboratory
8 Work alone in the 5 10 50  Never work alone in
laboratory the laboratory
 Always work under
supervision of the lab
technician
9 Unfamiliar with the 4 9 36  Know the emergency
emergency exit route route before you start
working

10 Books, purses, coats, etc. 3 7 21  Keep books, purses,

on lab benches coats should not be
kept on benches but on
shelves
11 Using chipped or cracked 5 10 50  Do not use chipped
glassware or faulty glass wares and faulty
equipment equipment

Q2.
HAZARD SYMBOL CATEGORY MEANING

1 Mandatory sign Wear helmet

2 Prohibitory sign No naked flames

3 Information and Emergency stop

emergency sign

4 Mandatory Wear gloves

5 Mandatory Wear goggles

6 Information and Fire extinguisher

emergency sign

7 Information and Fire alarm

emergency sign

8 Mandatory sign Wear safety shoes

9 Information and Emergency exit

emergency sign route

10 Prohibitory sign No smoking in the

area