• Question: is your work dangerous

    Asked by georgiac1999 to Graham, Luke, Maksim, Ruth on 16 Jun 2014.
    • Photo: Graham Wiggins

      Graham Wiggins answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      it could be…..
      we have high voltage, water, gas ( flammable or innert ) oils etc that all pose arisk.
      Our sfaety team reduce the risk to alow level, ( se todays chat for the gas alarm ! ) with safe working practices.
      we have a concrete “block house” for testing anything a bit scary…

    • Photo: Ruth Gregory

      Ruth Gregory answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      It can be if you don’t follow the health and safety procedures put in place but generally we are told that if it is an unsafe task, don’t do it and talk to your manager. We wear all sorts of protective equipment to help keep up safe. It is scary sometimes being close to a train going past but there are lots of systems to warn you before the train comes past so you can get in a position of safety.

    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      working on a construction site can be pretty dangerous, however, as a designer we design out risk. and whilst on site we are all trained to identify risks and try to mitigate them.

      thanks

      claire

    • Photo: Maksim Schastny

      Maksim Schastny answered on 22 Jun 2014:

      It varies each time,

      Normally I am working with low voltage which is not dangerous.

      Some tasks require test of power supplies which produce 160A of current.

      Every time before the task is carried out, I have to produce and follow a risk assessment document.

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