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Chair: Rosana Martinez

1 Hazardous substances & Personal Protective Equipment
2 Harmful gases/fumes & asphyxiation hazards
3 Fire/Explosion hazards
4 Machinery: guards and safety devices
5 Access ways, guardrails and emergency exits
6 Electrical installations
7 Noise hazards

c ► 7.1 Listen again and match the words from the meeting (1-8) to the definitions (a-h).
1 confined spaces a burns the skin
2 CO2 detector b contact (with a danger)
3 exposure c sources of ignition
4 irritant d small areas without ventilation
5 toxic e measures carbon dioxide
6 corrosive f poisonous
7 flammable g causes skin to react
8 naked flames/sparks h catches fire easily

d Which four types of PPE shown in the photos are mentioned at the meeting?
e In pairs, discuss the hazards in the following situations and the precautions that should
be taken.
8 Working inside a container with limited air circulation
9 Cleaning metal using acid that can burn the skin and which
gives off fumes
10 Using a grinder to cut through a steel plate
11 Applying paint that can cause painful rashes on the hands

3a Stephanie, Dorian’s senior safety officer, is attending a meeting
on standard procedure for some engineering work that will be
carried out at several of Dorian’s plants around the world. Before
the meeting she made notes. Read her notes and answer the
following questions.
10 What is meant by hazard analysis?
11 What is another way to say safe system of work?
12 What type of work is going to be carried out, and where?
13 What is meant by access to silos?
14 What are the specific hazards relating to confined spaces in this
situation?

Hazard analysis & safe, system, of work
Operation: Maintenance to grain silos involving welding (with oxy-
acetylene)
Location: Interiors of empty silos (approx 3m diameter x 15m. deep),
at bottoms
Main safety issues: Access to silos for workers & equipment. Confined
space hazards

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