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Facilities for beverages and meals: Facilities for beverages and meals are basic necessities. Drinking water
is essential for all types of work. Especially when working in a hot environment, much water is lost in the form
of sweat or evaporation from the skin. Water loss in a hot climate can easily amount to several liters per shift.
Workers, if not provided with drinking facilities, will have to make arrangements themselves or leave the workplace
quite often looking for water. When only unhygienic water is available, this can lead to frequent disease. If workers
become dehydrated, they rapidly tire and become less productive. Therefore, clean water should be provided in
sufficient quantities near the worksite.
Maintaining clean environment at work

• Designate storage space for everything.
• Provide sufficient housekeeping tools, including brooms, clean rags, and spill absorbers.
• Define areas for scrap storage and schedule regular collection, removal, and disposal.
• Assign clean-up responsibilities and make sure work sites are cleaned and cleared before quitting time.

Hygiene - It is a set of practices performed for preservation of health. It is maintained in personal, home, food
and workplace.
Personal Hygiene - The cornerstone of hygiene. The body is the source and entry point of many illnesses.
Appropriate personal hygiene can prevent all sorts of diseases Hygiene at home - When you spend your time at
home you may as well maintain hygiene as the air you breathe can affect your breath.
Food - Whether in the home, in industry or in catering, food hygiene should be second nature at this time when
new food risks are sharply on the increase
Instilling hygiene rules and basics - These should rapidly become second nature and act as a safeguard for the
health of the population at large. Setting an example, repetition and education are most important in successfully
applying personal, domestic, food or pet hygiene. Hygiene is essentially a healthy attitude towards life in general,
including a balanced diet, a well ordered lifestyle, balanced sleeping patterns and avoiding smoking, alcohol and
drugs. Living hygienically is the first step towards a healthier society.
To be followed in industry as per factories act Cleanliness: (Fig 22)

• Every factory shall be kept clean and free from effluvial arising from any drain, privy or other nuisance, and in
particular
a accumulation of dirt and refuse shall be removed daily by sweeping or by any other effective method from
the floors and benches of workrooms and from staircases and passages and disposed of in a suitable
manner;

b the floor of every workroom shall be cleaned at least once in every week by washing, using disinfectant
where necessary, or by some other effective method;

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CITS : Automotive - Mechanic Diesel - Lesson 01 - 04