Health and Safety

What are the objectives of the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974)?

• Securing the health, safety and welfare of persons at work
• Controlling the keeping and use of explosive or highly flammable or otherwise dangerous substances, and usually preventing the unlawful acquisition, ownership and use of such substances.
• Protecting persons, other than persons at work, against risks to health or safety arising out of or in joining with the activities of persons at work

What are the duties of employers towards substances used at work?

The duties employers use towards substances used at work are;

• Perform such testing and examination as may be necessary to ensure safety
• Take such steps as are necessary to secure that persons supplied with the substance are provided with adequate information about the any risks to health or safety to which the inherent properties of the substance may give rise, about the results of any relevant tests which have been carried out on or in connection with the substance and about any conditions necessary to ensure that the substance will be safe and without risks to health at all such times as are mentioned in paragraph (a) above and when the substance disposed of; and
• Ensure that the substance will be safe and without dangers to health at all times when it is being processed, handled, used, stored or transported by a person at work or in work grounds
• Take such steps as are necessary to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons are provided with all such revisions of information as are necessary by reason of its becoming known that anything gives rise to a serious risk to health or safety.

What are the objectives of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations?

·         You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by:

·         deciding how to prevent harm to health (risk assessment^[1])

·         Planning for emergencies.

·         keeping all control measures in good working order

·         making sure they are used

·         providing monitoring and health surveillance in appropriate cases

·         Planning for emergencies.

·         providing information, instruction and training for employees and others

·         providing control measures to reduce harm to health

What industries does the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations cover?

• ·         Printing
• ·         Paper
• ·         Textiles
• ·         Rubber
• ·         Retail
• ·         Catering
• ·         Welding
• ·         Engineering
• ·         Hairdressing

What is a substance hazardous to health as defined by the COSHH?

COSHH covers substances that are hazardous to health, these include;

Products containing chemicals, fumes, dusts, vapours, mists, Nanotechnology, Gases and asphyxiating gases and Biological agents (germs). Germs that cause diseases^[1] such as leptospirosis or legionnaires disease and germs used in laboratories.

Dusty or fume-laden air can cause lung diseases, e.g. in welders, quarry workers or woodworkers. Metalworking fluids can grow bacteria and fungi which cause dermatitis and asthma. Flowers, bulbs, fruit and vegetables can cause dermatitis. Wet working, e.g. catering and cleaning, can cause dermatitis. Prolonged contact with wet cement in construction can lead to chemical burns and/or dermatitis. Benzene in crude oil can cause leukaemia.

What advice does COSHH give to protect yourself when working with hazardous materials?

What are the aims of the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992?

·         Analyse workstations to assess and reduce risks

·         Provide eye and eyesight tests on request, and special spectacles if needed

·         Make sure controls are in place

·         Provide information and training

·         Review the assessment when the user or DSE changes

What problems are associated with display screen equipment?

 Some workers may experience fatigue, eye strain, upper limb complications and backache from overdoing or improper use of DSE (Display Screen Equipment). These problems can also be experienced from poorly designed workstations or work environments. The causes may not always be obvious and can be due to a combination of factors.

What advice do they give to make working with display screen equipment more comfortable?

·         Make sure individual characters on the screen are sharp, in focus and don’t flicker or       move. If they do, the DSE may need servicing or adjustment.

·         Adjust the brightness and contrast controls on the screen to suit lighting conditions in the room.

·         When setting up software, choose text that is large enough to read easily on screen when sitting in a normal comfortable working position.

·         Select colours that are easy on the eye (avoid red text on a blue background, or vice versa).

·         Make sure the screen surface is clean.

Put knowledge into practice:

Complete a risk assessment for the following activities that have taken place:

Working in the dark room

On location shooting

Editing images on the computer

Production Title: Photography          Assessor: Nicola Moule

Date: 05/11/2014                              Location: Liverpool Street / Tower of London / Stratford

Risk	Who is at risk?	Level of Risk	Control measure to be implemented
She could fall of the stage because of a liquid on the floor	Artist	High	Make sure the floor is completely dry with no objects to disrupt the performance on the artist
She could trip over the wirers from the camera and lighting	Artist	Medium	Tape down any wires that could cause a disruption to the performance
When we go outside we have to be careful when crossing roads if we have to	Artist and Crew	Low	Look left and right before crossing the road
Theft	Crew	Medium	Someone could steal out equipment; we will have to keep it all secure when filming in an open area. We could get hurt for being in a struggle to get the equipment back
Could trip over undone laces	Crew	Medium	Make sure all shoe laces are tied up tight before filming
Food	Crew	Medium	When providing lunch they should not be walking around when eating they could choke. To prevent this the crew should get aside half an hour to have some lunch in the middle of a filming day
Tripping over equipment	Crew	Medium	The actors and crew could possibly trip over the leg of the tri pod. To prevent this I will put a neon tape on the floor so the actors know where to not pass

Booking Form for Digital Video Equipment

Name: Nicola Moule

Year Group: 13

Type of Production: Photography Unit

Equipment needed (please change text colour to RED):

• Video camera
• Nikon DSLR                                                                                    
• Green Screen
• White screen
• Lighting Equipment
• Tripod                                                                       

When will you collect?: Monday

Terms:

1.    Camera equipment can be borrowed for up to one week.

2.    Lighting can be borrowed for 24 hours only

3.    Ensure that footage is uploaded before return as all footage will be removed

4.    Office hours are Monday 3-3:30 and Thursday 3-3:30

Shooting Schedule

Date	Location	Props/Equipment
September 13th 2014	Liverpool Street	Camera
September 23rd 2014	Liverpool Street	Camera
October 1st 2014	Shadwell Basin	Camera
October 7th 2014	Shadwell Basin	Camera
October 15Th 2014	Shadwell Basin	Camera
October 20th 2014	Bishop Challoner Dark Room	Camera, tri pod, torch
October 29th 2014	Stratford Westfield Olympic Site	Camera
October 25th 2014	Tower Of London	Camera

Stratford Practice

These are my photographs I took for the test shoot at Stratford Westfield Olympic Grounds. These photos came out pretty well for my first test shoot however I would have been better if the weather was sunnier. The good points about these photos are the rule of thirds I have used clearly in the first photo. This rule makes the photo more astatically appeasing to the eye of the audience. 

Practice

These three photos are a prime example of what I did wrong on my first photo shot out for my Photography Unit. I should have taken the photo with the sun behind me and the camera. However I took the photo with the sun in front of the camera this is why you can’t see any of the buildings it’s only a silhouette with the bright sun beaming. 

Manipulation in Photoshop Examples Of Work

Dark Room Minipulation

Here are some examples I have chosen to show how I have done manipulation from the dark room into photograph. The first step I did to achieve this was to use the enlarger in the dark room. I places different objects I thought would look good and made a negative of them. After this I then scanned the image into the computer and placed the photograph into Photoshop in the computer and used different tools. For example the paint bucket tool to make different places of the image different colours. I then inverted the images to make the black go white and vice versa. 

Light Drawing

I wanted to experiment in the dark room with light, the first person to ever do light drawing was Picasso. I wanted to get the trails from the light, to get this effect I had to put the shutter speed very low (on ten). Then I put the Nikon camera on the tripod, and put the camera on a self-timer. The results demonstrates the principle that with slow shutter speed. Anything that moves will blur, but anything stationary in the photo will stay in focus. To get the different colour lights I placed different pieces of coloured plastic over the torch to create different colour lights in the photograph. 

Here are some examples of Picasso's light drawings; 

Shadwell Practice

These are the photographs I took for a test shoot in Shadwell Park, I think these photographs have come out very well as there is good lighting, good focus when using the camera as well as good positioning. One thing I can improve on for next time is the rule of the thirds. I can use this rule for thoroughly.