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Health & Safety

Health & Safety. Part A. Comment on Accident Statistics for the aviation workplace. Department for Transport web-site allows you compare these with other forms of transport. Health & Safety. 5 Different types of H&S accidents or incidents: Two relating to aircraft on the ground

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Health & Safety

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  1. Health & Safety • Part A. • Comment on Accident Statistics for the aviation workplace. • Department for Transport web-site allows you compare these with other forms of transport

  2. Health & Safety • 5 Different types of H&S accidents or incidents: • Two relating to aircraft on the ground • Two relating to other airside hazards • One relating to a landside hazard from- • Safety – e.g. bird strike, FOD, aircraft fire, collision between aircraft and airside vehicle, fuel spillage • Health – slips, trips, falls, hearing damage, musculoskeletal damage

  3. safety • Bird strike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imDFSnklB0k • FOD • \\lbia1\LBIA-Staff-Home\phfirth\jet engine safety movie.mpg • Aircraft Fire • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXUBuO7spnY • Fuel spillage\\lbia1\LBIA-Staff-Home\phfirth\Ramp Safety Fuel.mpg

  4. Safety • Collision between an aircraft and airside vehicle

  5. Health Slips, trips, falls, Musculoskeletal damage

  6. Hearing Damage • One of the biggest issues for staff working airside on the ramp/apron

  7. Noise levels • The symptoms of noise induced hearing loss are subtle in the early stages.  • Hearing loss tends to occur first for high-pitched sounds only.  Consequently, the volume of sound heard may be unchanged but the quality of it lessens.  Speech may be heard but not completely understood.  The presence of background noise can make speech hard to understand.  • Noise induced hearing loss has been reported to be accompanied by a ringing in the ears (tinnitus) in 23% of subjects. 

  8. HSE advice for employers Decide whether you might have a problem Get the noise assessed Ear protection programme Tell the employees Reduce noise as far as is practical Check your programme is working

  9. Ear protection If people work in noise-hazardous areas they will need ear protection. Protection should be freely available and workers must know that unless they wear it there is some risk to hearing.

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