Workshop Safety

BASIC SCIENCE JSS1 First term

Sub-Theme: Safety, Material and Processing

Theme Understanding Basic Science and Technology

WEEK 5

Workshop safety

Performance objectives

Students should be able to:

1. Define workshop safety and accident
2. State the causes of workshop accident
3. List the types of accidents that occur in workshops.

Content

Work shop safety

Definition: A workshop is a building or area where engineering work is carried out. An industrial workshop must meet a certain standard for approval before they can function as an engineering workshop.

Workshop safety is the protection from the risk of harm, injury to humans or damage to machines and tools in the workshop.

 Workshop Layout (What is needed in a Workshop).
In a workshop, the following layout should be…