Chapter 5 PowerPoint

Define these Technical Terms using the textbook:

1. eye wash station

2. fire extinguisher

3. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

4. right-to-know laws

5. safety data sheets

6. Carbon Monoxide

Answer these discussion questions using the textbook:

1. List the types of accidents that can occur in an auto shop.

Read the chapter summary below:

■ An auto shop can be a safe and enjoyable place to work. However,if basic safety rules are not followed, an auto shop can be very dangerous.

■ The shop repair area includes any location in the shop where repair operations are performed.

■ The tool room is a shop area normally adjacent the main shop or classroom. It is used to store shop tools, small equipment, and supplies.

■ Every year, thousands of technicians are injured or killed on the job. Most of these accidents resulted from a broken safety rule.

■ Fires are capable of causing permanent scar tissue. There are numerous combustible substances found in an auto shop.

■ Gasoline is by far the most dangerous and often underestimated flammable in an auto shop.

■ Electrical fires can result when a “hot wire” (wire carrying current to a component) touches ground (vehicle frame or body).

■ An explosion is rapid combustion that causes a powerful shock wave to travel out through the shop.

■ Asphyxiation is caused by breathing toxic or poisonous substances in the air.

■ Respirators should be worn when working around any kind of airborne impurities.

■ Electric shock results when electric current passes through your body, causing injury or death.

■ Physical injuries (cuts, broken bones, strained backs) can result from a variety of accidents.