Mechanical Risk Management Report

Mechanical Risk Management Report

Introduction

The risks caused by machines and tools are one of the most common factors that we find both in everyday life and in the different jobs, this type of hazards called electric and mechanical is not given the greatest importance, dueto the high costs that they generate. 

Next, a detailed report of the mechanical risk factors will be presented, in which the workers of the company Frencher Industrial Services are exposed, where the risks to manipulate and use the different tools and machinery used in their manufacturing processes can be evidenced, Likewise;How to act in front of these, if an accident or incident is presented. 

Therefore, this issue is of great importance for all members of the company, because having knowledge of it could be avoided or reduced unfortunate accidents, which in the end represents the loss for both employees in terms of their health and forcompanies, since they are affected in human and human losses.

Developing

Answers to activity questions

What kind of activities or situations do you think are the most prone to mechanical danger? All activities in which they entail the use or actions of machines, equipment, tools, work to work or projected materials, solids or fluids, and equally handling of all types of vehicles.

What controls have companies implemented in Colombia to mitigate this type of mechanical danger? Actually those given by Colombian legislation and control entities, of which companies are obliged to ensure compliance and strict control and can be mentioned as examples:

 Training to all personnel who use any type of tools, are also inspections of tools to reduce work accidents, elaboration of action plans for risk control and mitigation and also ensure that these controls are effectively implemented in order to raise awarenessto workers of the importance of having all the equipment and tools in perfect condition.

According to your consideration, what are the main sources or conditions generating mechanical risk? Much of the mechanical risks are caused by many factors in which it can be mentioned;Manual intervention at the point of operation, approach to the point of operation for manufacturing needs, failure in communication between operators, unforeseen machinery of the machine by device activation.

 Likewise, inadequate, defective, poorly used or poor condition manual tools, with which they can cause clashes against motionless objects, blows, cuts, clashes against mobile objects, projection of fragments or particles, treatments for or between objects and treatmentsby overturning of machines or vehicles.

conclusion

If the worker is prepared ideally to develop the activity, the possibility of materializing a risk will decrease, since the prevention is the set of activities or measures planned or in all phases of activity of the company, in order to avoid or reduceThe risks derived from work, therefore, is to anticipate these possible imbalances, identifying the risks, quantifying them and evaluating them, to later adopt the appropriate protection measures, thus the things, the more prepared the worker is, the less possibilities must be specifiedthe risk.