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 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
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
Safety Collision between an aircraft and airside vehicle
Health Slips, trips, falls, Musculoskeletal damage
Hearing Damage One of the biggest issues for staff working airside on the ramp/apron
Source--Dangerous Level dBA SPL Produces Pain 140-150 140-150 Jet Aircraft During Takeoff (at 20 metres) 130 Discomfort Level Snowmobile Tractor Without Cab 120 Rock Concert 110 Die Forging Hammer Gas Weed-Wacker Chain Saw Pneumatic Drill 100-105 Home Lawn Mowers 95 to 100 Semi-trailers (at 20 metres) 90
Source-- dBA SPL Heavy Traffic 80 Automobile (at 20 metres) 70 Vacuum Cleaner 65 Conversational Speech (at 1 metre) 60 Quiet Business Office 50 Residential Area at Night 40 Whisper 20 Rustle of Leaves 10 Threshold of Audibility 0
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.
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
EAR PROTECTION ZONE EAR PROTECTORS MUST BE WORN If people work in noise-hazardous areas they will need ear protection. EAR PROTECTION ZONE EAR PROTECTORS MUST BE WORN Protection should be freely available and workers must know that unless they wear it there is some risk to hearing.