Personal Hygiene at work

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Personal Hygiene at work
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Personal Hygiene at work

• Looking after your personal hygiene is
  important from a social as we as health point of
  view.
• Bacteria which can cause a number of
  illnesses, such as food poisoning, can be passed
  to food by hands.

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Personal Hygiene at work

• What you can do yourself
• Cleaning your body
• Washing hands
• - after using the WC
• - after sneezing, coughing, blowing your nose
• - after handling rubbish
• Take showers rather than bathe
• - after showering or bathing ensure you dry
  yourself thoroughly, take special care to dry
  between your toes, under your armpits and in the
  groin region

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Personal Hygiene at work

• Clothing and personal effects
• Change your clothes, especially underwear,
• socks, on a regular basis - preferably daily.
• -- Launder towels, wash cloths, sheets,
  pillowcases, bed clothes on a frequent and
  regular basis.
• -- Make sure items you have washed are thoroughly
  dried and aired before re-used.

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Personal Hygiene at work

• Everyday items
• Do not share wash clothes or towels.
• Do not share brushes, combs, toothbrushes or
  toilet articles.
• Keep washbasins, toilet seats, bathrooms,
  kitchens and fixtures thoroughly clean

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Personal Hygiene at work

• On installation we have to protect ourselves
  while
• Working with Oil Base Mud ( O.B.M.)
• Working in sack store
• Never do
• Keeping oily rags in pocket
• Working without gloves
• Using dangerous fluids for cleaning hands or
  gloves

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Personal Hygiene at work

• Working with O.B.M.
• Control measures
• Barrier cream
• Suitable gloves
• Rubber boots
• If gloves get wet and hands had contact with
  O.B.M. immediately wash hands with soap and
  change gloves.

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Personal Hygiene at work

• Working in sack store (mix chemicals to mud)
• Right P.P.E. as per Material Safety Data Sheet
  (M.S.D.S.)
• Note do not keep or eat food in sack store.
  This is prohibited.

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Personal Hygiene at work

• Rags in pocket
• Usually our employees on installation keep rags
  in pocket for cleaning their selves gloves from
  O.B.M., from grease, from paint etc. But some of
  them put that dirty rages again into pocket.

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Personal Hygiene at work

• Using dangerous fluids for cleaning hands, gloves
  or boots such as
• Oil Base
• Tyner

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Personal Hygiene at work

• Working without gloves
• Cuts and grazes
• Dermatology illnesses