INTRODUCTORY
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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When an office is untidy, how do you feel?
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Can you relate untidiness to poor performance
and accident?
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What do you know about housekeeping?
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Housekeeping is the routine care and cleaning
that needs to be acted on daily in order for production facility to function
safely and properly. Injuries and illnesses in a workplace often come about
because the housekeeping has become
slack, common injuries due to poor housekeeping include slips, trips, and falls
etc.
GOOD HOUSE KEEPING is general cleanliness and tidiness around the work site.
WHY IS GOOD HOUSEKEEPING NECESSARY AT WORKPLACE?
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Effective housekeeping can eliminate some
workplace hazards and help get a job done safely and properly.
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Poor housekeeping can frequently contribute to
accidents by hiding hazards that cause injuries.
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House is not just cleanliness. It includes
keeping work areas neat and orderly; maintaining halls and floors free from
slip and trip hazards, and removing of waste materials (e.g papers cardboards
etc) and other hazards from work areas. It also requires paying attention to
important details such as the layout of the whole workplace, aisle markings
BENEFITS OF HOUSEKEEPING
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It makes the flow of materials easier
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It reduces tripping and slipping accidents in
the workplace
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It reduces fire accidents it lowers workers
exposure to hazardous substances such as dust and vapour.
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It makes for better control of material and
tools, including inventory and supplies.
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Better hygienic conditions leading to improved
health.
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Better space management
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Reduces property damage.
ELEMENTS OF GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
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Dust and dirt removal
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Employee facilities
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Surfaces.
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Maintenance of light fixtures
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Aisles and stair ways
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Spill control
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Tools and equipment
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Maintenance
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Waste disposal storage
SAFETY IS THE WATCH WORD, WE CAN ALL MAKE IT.
