• Question: What are the dangers of your work?

    Asked by anon-306252 on 13 Dec 2021.
    • Photo: Rea Kozlowski

      Rea Kozlowski answered on 13 Dec 2021:

      I am currently working with X-rays, hence, it can affect me when not taking specific measures to shield the radiation. Also, my work with cement can harm especially my skin when I do not work with protective personal equipment (Gloves, lab coat, etc.)

    • Photo: Caroline Roche

      Caroline Roche answered on 13 Dec 2021:

      Most of the time its just the dangers of the office; electricity, slips, trips and falls.
      But when I’m out on site we have the same issues but on a larger scale, higher voltage electricity and more of a chance of slipping, tripping or falling. Plus the risk of moving equipment, chemicals and radiation in certain areas.
      But my work is very health and safety conscious. If we doing anything there is a risk assessment and review of how the work is done (even how we setup our desks and how far away our screens are).
      Any risks are kept “As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP)”, we can’t remove all the dangers but we can lower the chance of them happening.

    • Photo: Tom Ross

      Tom Ross answered on 14 Dec 2021:

      You might think radiation work is the most hazardous, but it actually has the most stringent safety mechanisms, so the most dangerous work I do is with very strong acids that I occasionally have to use to clean my equipment and dissolve certain samples in.

    • Photo: Marianne Morris

      Marianne Morris answered on 15 Dec 2021:

      Radiation exposure is absolutely a potential hazard of the kind of work I do, however as an industry we are so focused on radiation safety that actually I have a much greater risk of injury from tripping over my own shoe laces.

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