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This paper evaluates the workplace hazard and safety and analyzes the case studies that happened in a metal manufacturing company. Type of incidents include fire, explosion and trapping in between objects in which one of the employees were reported death crushed by the die casting machine and the explosion of the furnace of the die casting machine. Root cause analysis techniques like Fish Bones technique was used to determine machine, method, materials, environment and personnel of the five hazards in the workplace. HIRARC analysis is performed by highlighting the hazards such as not wearing protective mask and gloves, smoking at workplace, entangled wires cable of machine, operating injection moulding machine insufficient space around furnace in the HIRARC analysis. After Pareto analysis was carried out, it was found that operating injection moulding machine shows the highest risks followed by working around furnace. The incidents can be avoided if the workers are more exposed to SOP of the operation of the machine and protective measures are taken. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports on case studies of safety incidents in chemical factories in Malaysia. The processes used for identifying and evaluating both existing and potential hazards in a palm-oil work site and the way of controlling it is hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control or known as HIRARC. Many that have already done risk assessments have recorded successful changes to their working procedures, and conditions of work in establishing and taking the appropriate effective actions. An ergonomic, physical and chemical hazards is a main factor in occurred in this study that could cause damage to humans, systems and environments. The assessment was done in estate area, involving the process of oil palm harvesting and collecting operation, oil palm manuring, and oil palm field upkeep and maintenance. The overall methodologies in this study consist of fishbone concept, HIRARC and PARETO analysis towards the working procedures at loading ramp station in palm factory. At the end of this paper, a list of recommendations is made to ensure the risk assessed can be minimzed in future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports on case studies of safety incidents in Malaysia. The processes used for identifying and evaluating both existing and potential hazards in a palm-oil work site and the way of controlling it are hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control or known as HIRARC were addressed. Many that have already done risk assessments have recorded successful changes to their working procedures, and conditions of work in establishing and taking the appropriate effective actions. An ergonomic, physical and chemical hazards is a main factor in occurred in this study that could cause damage to humans, systems and environments. The assessment was done in estate area, involving the process of oil palm harvesting and collecting operation, oil palm manuring, and oil palm field upkeep and maintenance. The overall methodologies in this study consist of fishbone concept, HIRARC and PARETO analysis towards the working procedures at loading ramp station in palm factory. The hazards that were identified including slippery, awkward posture, repetition, falling object and gases. It can be concluded that health and safety are the important things need to be considered and taken seriously by each employers and the employees himself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports on case studies of safety incidents in Malaysia. In line with the efforts to reduce accidents at construction sites in Malaysia, the objective of this study is to analyze on workplace hazard, risk and safety and proposes a recommended actions on the case analyzed. A total of five case studies were conducted, in which the cases are scope to be on construction sites in Malaysia. Five hazards are identified from the case studies, which are equipment or machine falls from height, defective sockets or electrical equipment, high unfenced and unguarded working area, sharp objects or cutting blades, and noise pollution. The effects of these hazard are studied and Fishbone diagram is used to identified the root causes that lead to the effect. HIRARC is then used for further study of the hazard identified into risk analysis and risk control. Through risk analysis in HIRARC, the risk scores of each hazard are calculated, and the risk scores are analysed into a Pareto Chart. The purpose of Pareto Chart is to study on the priority of hazards to be focus on. Control measures are suggested based on descending order of priority: defective sockets or electrical equipment, high unfenced and unguarded working area, equipment or machine falls from height, noise pollution, and lastly sharp objects or cutting blades. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]