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Department of Education
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Teaching and Learning Division

LEARNER’S PACKET
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
Grade 7 Science
Technology and
Engineering ( STE ) Class
Creative Technology – Grade 7
Quarter 1 - Module 4: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES
(OHS)

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ERMA JESSAMINE M. BORJA

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 QUARTER 1, LESSON 4, WEEK 1
TLE – CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY – GRADE 7
LESSON 4: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND
SAFETY PROCEDURES (OHS)

I. LEARNING SKILLS

A. Learning Competency
1. Enumerate the different hazards and risks that may occur in workstations
and places through skit. (SSP_TLE-CT7OHS -Id-1.1)

B. Objectives
1. Identify the different hazards and risks that may occur in workstations and
places.
2. Recognize the different hazards and assess the risks that may occur in
workstations and places.
3. Create a skit on the different hazards and risks that may occur in
workstations and places.

II. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT

Occupational Safety and Health (OHS)

Is a planned system of working to prevent illness and injury where you work
by recognizing and identifying hazards and risks. It also relates to health, safety,
and welfare issues in the workplace. Health and Safety procedures are the
responsibility of all persons in the computer and technology industry. You must
identify the hazards where you are working and decide how dangerous they are.
Eliminate the hazard or modify the risk that it presents.

Hazards and Risks Control in Workplaces

Merriam's Dictionary defines Hazard as any agent that can cause harm or
damage to humans, property, or the environment. It is commonly defined also as
any source of potential damage, harm, or adverse health effects on something or
someone. While risk is defined as the probability that exposure to a hazard will
lead to a negative consequence, or more simply, a hazard poses no risk if there
is no exposure to that hazard.
Hazard identification
 It is important because it is used to find and record possible hazards that
might be encountered in your workplace. It may help to work as a team and
include both people familiar with the work area, as well as people who are not –
this way you have both the experienced and fresh eye to conduct the inspection.

INFORMATION SHEET

Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and Risk Control

Hazard Identification is part of the process used to evaluate if any

particular situation, item, thing, etc. may have the potential to cause harm.

The term often used to describe the full process is risk assessment:
 Identify hazards and risk factors that have the potential to cause harm
(Hazard Identification).
 Analyze and evaluate the risk associated with that hazard (risk analysis
and risk evaluation).
 Determine appropriate ways to eliminate the hazard, or control the risk
when the hazard cannot be eliminated (risk control).

THE THINK SAFE STEPS

1. Spot the Hazard
A hazard is anything that could hurt you or someone else. A situation in the
workplace that has the potential to harm the health and safety of people or to
damage plants and equipment. The situation could involve a task, chemical, or
equipment used. Hazard management is a continuous process that can be used
to improve the health and safety of all workplaces.

Examples of workplace hazards include:

 frayed electrical cords (could result in electrical shock)
 boxes stacked precariously (they could fall on someone)
 noisy machinery (could result in damage to your hearing)

2. Assess the Risk

 Assessing the risk means working out how likely it is that a hazard will harm
someone and how serious the harm could be.
Whenever you spot a hazard, assess the risk by asking yourself two
questions:
 How likely is it that the hazard could harm me or someone else?
 How badly could I or someone else be harmed?

Evaluating hazards and risks is the process of determining the level of risk
created by the hazard and the likelihood of injury or illness occurring. The priority
of control increases as the established level of risk increases. A person
identifying the risk of harm or injury from a hazard in a salon should consider
these questions:
 how likely that it is a hazard will cause harm;
 how serious that harm is likely to be;
 how often (and how many) workers are exposed.

3. Make the Changes

It is your employer's responsibility to fix hazards. Sometimes you may be
able to fix simple hazards yourself, as long as you don't put yourself or others at
risk. For example, you can pick up things from the floor and put them away to
eliminate a trip hazard.

Steps in Controlling Hazard

1. See it. - Identify the hazards. What is unsafe?
2. Think It. - Evaluate the hazard. What could happen?
3. Do It. - Provide solutions to control or eliminate the hazard.

The Main Categories of Hazards are:

1. Biological – Biological hazards include viruses, bacteria, insects, animals,
etc. that can cause adverse health impacts. For example; mold, blood and
other bodily fluids, harmful plants, sewage, dust, and vermin.
2. Chemical – Chemical Hazards are hazardous substances that can cause
harm. These hazards can result in both health and physical impacts, such
 as skin irritation, respiratory system irritation, blindness, corrosion, and
explosions.
3. Physical – Physical hazards are environmental factors that can harm an
employee without necessary touching them, including heights, noise,
radiation, and pressure.
4. Safety – These are hazards that create unsafe working conditions. For
example, exposed wires or a damaged carpet might result in a tripping
hazard. These are sometimes included under the category of physical
hazards.
5. Ergonomic – Ergonomic hazards are a result of physical factors that can
result in musculoskeletal injuries. For example, a poor workstation setup in
an office, poor posture, and manual handling.

COMMON HAZARDS ENCOUNTERED BY COMPUTER TECHNICIANS AND

USERS
1. Physical Hazards – One of the most common physical hazards involving
computer technicians is cables running across the floor.
2. Mechanical Hazards – When working on electronic equipment always be
alert to any possibility of being hurt by moving parts, hot components, or
sharp edges.
3. Electric Shock Hazard – Inside computers and electronic equipment, there
is a range of voltages from 3.3 volts to 25 volts, most of these harmless. But
at the power supply, you’ll find voltage, which is lethal 220 volts.
4. Posture-related injuries from computer use – Back and neck pain,
headaches, and shoulder and arm pain are common computer-related
injuries. Such muscle and joint problems can be caused or made worse by
poor workstation (desk) design, bad posture, and sitting for long periods.
5. Computer-related overuse injuries of the hand or arm – Muscles and
tendons can become painful with repetitive movements and awkward
postures. This is known as ‘overuse injury’ and typically occurs in the elbow,
wrist or hand of computer users. Symptoms of these overuse injuries include
pain, swelling, stiffness of the joints, weakness and numbness.
 6. Eyestrain from computer use – an act of focusing your eyes at the same
distance point for long periods causes fatigue. The human eye structurally
prefers to look at objects more than six meters away, so any work performed
close up puts extra demands on your eye muscles. The illuminated computer
screen can also cause eye fatigue.

III. ACTIVITIES
A. Activity 1: Picture Analysis

Directions: List down at least 5 hazards shown in the picture below. Write
your answer in your activity notebook.

Image: https://www.freepik.com

B. Activity 2: Spot the Hazard and Assess the Risk

Directions: Observe the set-up of your School’s Computer Laboratory. Pay

attention to the procedures and arrangements being practiced and used in the
workplace. Recognize the hazards and assess the risk based on your
observations.

Spot the Hazard

If you spot something hazardous, what should you do?

 Simple Hazard (e.g. boxes on the floor that get in the way)
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 More Complex Hazards (e.g. damaged equipment)

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Assess the risk

Assess the possible risks in your School’s Computer Laboratory, then list
down solutions/strategies to control hazards and risks?
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Processing Questions:
1. What have you observed on your computer laboratory hazard and risk
control? Is the laboratory safe for you to use?
2. What suggestions can you give to further enhance the safety of the
learners using the computer laboratory?
3. Why is it important to assess the hazards and risks immediately?

C. ACTIVITY 3: SKIT MAKING

Directions: Create a skit on the different hazards and risks that may occur on
workstations and places. Please be guided by the criteria below.
A Skit is a humorous story or sketch.

REFLECTION:
Directions: What have you learned from the lesson and how are you going to
apply it in your daily living?
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IV. RUBRICS FOR SCORING

Spot the Hazard and Assess the Risk

(Activity 2)

4 3 2 1
Identifying the Learners identify more Learners identify at Learners identify at Learners identify less
Hazards and than 4 hazards and least 4 reasonable least 3 reasonable than 3 hazards and
Risks risks. hazards and risks. hazards and risks. risks.
Controlling Learners identify more Learners identify at Learners identify less Learners identify fewer
Hazards and than 4 reasonable, least 4 reasonable, than 3 reasonable, than 3 reasonable,
Risks insightful possible insightful possible insightful possible insightful possible
solutions/strategies to solutions/strategies to solutions/strategies to solutions/strategies to
control hazards and control hazards and control hazards and control hazards and
risks. risks. risks. risks.

Rubrics for Skit Making

(Activity 3)

Category 4 3 2 1
Preparedness Learners are Learners seem pretty The learners need The learners are not
completely prepared. more practice. prepared to present.
prepared.
Content The skit is related to Plenty of information on There is some The topic is not
the topic. All points the skit. Most of the points information that is clear.
are accurate. are accurate. not related to the
topic
Props The learners use The learners use 1-2 The learners use 1-2 The props chosen
and Costume props that show props that make the props during the weaken the
creativity to enhance presentation better. presentation are presentation.
the presentation. somewhat effective.
Audience Impact The skit was made Presented facts with some Show some related The audience lost
in a very creative interesting “twists”; held facts but go off-topic interest and could
way and held the the audience’s attention and lose the not determine the
audience's attention most of the time audience's attention. point of the
throughout the presentation.
presentation.

V. REFERENCES
1. K to 12 Basic Education Program Learning Materials Grade 7 or 8 – (ICT)
Computer Hardware Servicing https://www.k_to_12_entrep-
based_pc_hardware_servicing_learning_module.pdf
2. Occupational Safety Precautions Department of Education Schools
Division of Negros Oriental Region VII, TLE-ICT-CSS, Quarter 0 – Module
5: Practice Occupational Health and Safety Procedures, ADM Module
3. Creative Technology, https://www.slideshare.net/711flor/creative-
technology-7-qil4
4. Creative Technology, https://pt.slideshare.net/david.kooger/skit-rubric-
5517928
5. Creative Technology, https://www.studiesweekly.com/using-rubrics/
6. Creative Technology, Image: https://www.freepik.com

DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Writer/s: ERMA JESSAMINE M. BORJA TI-MILAGROS EAST
BLAS MANTES JR. TI-MILAGROS WEST