General Health & Safety in Aircraft Industry

Health & Safety rules and regulations are followed in all aircraft engineering workshops. The Health & Safety Executive regulates the industries to ensure these rules and regulations are followed. Successful health and safety management in workshops is all about identifying the most frequent and serious risks and adopting the right precautions, taking account of time, money and resources. According to the management of health and safety at work regulations 1999, the employers must assess risks to the health and safety of their employees and they have to plan, organise, control, monitor and review the preventative and protective measures taken as a result of the assessment. A lot of accidents are happening over the year in the aircraft industries. Most of them happens due to the movement of vehicle, people and goods. According to the Workplace regulation 1992 and approved code of practice, the employers must provide a safe place of work to the employees and proper amount of space have to be provided for the movement of machineries, pedestrians as well as vehicles. Aircraft industry workshops involve a large number of vehicle movements throughout. So this have to be taken care of. Cleanliness is also important when working with aircrafts. The floors and stairs should be clean, the dust, refuse and the waste should be removed regularly and clear all the spillages promptly. Workshop should be properly maintained.

Aircraft industry works contains working with tools and machines ranging from very small to very large. So proper amount of lighting must be provided in the workshop. Employers are responsible to provide a good level of local lighting at work stations and special fittings for flammable and explosive atmospheres to reduce the risk of ignition and explosion. Proper ventilation is also essential. Employers must also provide a reasonable temperature inside the workshops and there must be a number of toilets depending upon the number of people working in the workshop. All the lifting equipments must be maintained thoroughly and all the workers should be get trained to use those equipments. It is the duty of the employees then to follow safe systems of work laid down by their employers, use mechanical aids provided by their employers properly and remember to use the training provided. Everyone must wear the Personal Protective equipments provided. Workers must be well aware of the placing of first aid kits and how to use them. All emergency exits should be marked clearly and in case of am emergency, workers should know the assembly points. Care and consideration is the two key factors which ensures the safety of the workers in the aircraft industries.