Nail Care

Beauty care
Practice Occupational Health and
Safety Procedures
Lesson 3
​ ccupational health and safety (OHS)
O
is a planned system of working to
prevent illness and injury where you
work by recognizing and identifying
hazards and risks. Health and safety
procedure is the responsibility of all
persons in the beauty service
An occupational health and
safety management system
should follow the following
elements:
​1. Management Commitment-
management can show their
commitment to OHS by
• establishing an OHS policy
• identifying its objectives
2. Planning- planning includes
setting standards for
management and employees
by establishing:
3. Consultation- consult and work
with your employees, employees
must have a basic understanding
of what could be considered high–
risk activities in the salon.
There should be a two-way
communication where employers
listen to and cooperate with
employees then management can
ensure OHS decisions are based on
the best and most up–to–date
information.
4. Training- it is important to give
the health and safety training to
new or inexperienced workers,
including those that have been
away from the workforce for some
time.
5. Risk management- involves
identifying the hazards present and
then evaluating the risk, taking into
account the existing precautions.
The following are the steps of risk
assessment:
1. Identifying hazards and risks
2. Evaluate and control hazards
and risks
​3. Control hazards and risks
Hazard
- harm or adverse health
effects on something or
someone under certain
conditions at work.
Risk
- the chance or probability that
a person will be harmed or
experience an adverse health
effect if exposed to a hazard.
I​DENTIFY HAZARDS AND
RISKS- Identifying workplace
hazards means looking for
those things at your workplace
that have the potential to cause
harm.
Common Hazards in a
Beauty Salon
1. CHEMICAL HAZARD -
causes skin irritations and
respiratory problems.
Information on chemical
hazards can be obtained from
the following:
a. product label
2. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
- provides information on how to
properly handle, store, discard and
care for potentially hazardous
chemicals. It also provides information
on what a person who has been
exposed to a certain harmful chemical
should do the manufacturer
3.
4. FIRE - the range, number,
and portability of electrical
equipment used in salons,
together with their proximity to
water, make for potentially
hazardous situations.
5. Manual Handling of
Material And Tools - injury
due to cutting with cuticle
nipper, cuticle scissors, and
cuticle pusher.
6. INFECTION HAZARDS - Unsafe or
unhygienic practices in the beauty salon
may affect the health of customers and
workers such as exposure to biological
hazards that cause infectious diseases
such as blood-borne pathogens (hepatitis
B, hepatitis C, and HIV), and fungal
infections like ringworms.
7. ERGONOMIC HAZARDS -
Ergonomics is the scientific study of
people at work. The goal of ergonomics
is to reduce stress and eliminate
injuries and disorders associated with
the overuse of muscles, bad posture,
and repeated tasks.
• Lack of lighting
• Using unsuitable equipment like
desks and chairs.
• Heavy, frequent, and awkward
lifting
• Awkward grips or posture or
positions
Evaluate and control hazards
and risks.
Lesson 3.2
Evaluating hazards and risks is
the process of determining the
level of risk created by the hazard
and the likelihood of injury or
illness occurring. The priority of
control increases as the
established level of risk increases.
A person identifying the risk of
harm or injury from a hazard in
a salon should consider these
questions:
• how likely that it is a hazard
will cause harm;
• how serious that harm is
likely to be;
• how often (and how many)
workers are exposed.
 You must have a record of every risk
assessment. If this injury or harm happens
again, it is possible that you will go back to the
original records to see if the original
assessment overlooked a possible hazard.
The assessment stage is essential because it
will determine the type(s) of control methods
required.
Reminder: a risk is the chance,
(high or low) that somebody
may be harmed by a hazard
Control Hazards and Risks
Control measures should now be
selected according to the list of
control priorities. First, try to eliminate
the hazard. If this is not possible,
prevent or minimize exposure to the
risk by one or a combination of:
a) substituting of a less hazardous
material, process, or equipment

b) redesigning equipment or work

processes
When exposure to the risk is not
(or cannot be) minimized by other
means:
a) Introduce administrative controls
like safe work methods and operating
procedures. Written work procedures
control the way the work is done.
b) Use appropriate personal
protective equipment
Personal protective equipment
is clothing equipment designed to
be worn by a nail technician or
salon workers to protect them from
risks of injury or illness.
It should only be considered as a
control measure when exposure to a
risk cannot be minimized in another
way, or when used in conjunction with
other control measures as a final
barrier between the nail salon worker
from the chemical hazard and other
cause of hazards. These clothing
equipment does not control hazard at
the source equipment which will
protect you from risks to health and
safety.
PPE is compose of the following:

Impermeable
gloves
Protective
mask
Protective
mask
Splashproof
Apron
Advantages of wearing PPE at work:
• To prevent damage to workers’ nails
and skin.
• To prevent skin from absorbing
potentially harmful ingredients which
may cause skin allergies, irritation, or
other related problems.
• So as not to generate a lot of dust, it may
be necessary to wear a dust mask to
minimize breathing in particles while filing
or buffing nails.
• To protect the wearer's face and prevent
the breathing of air contaminated with
chemical and/or biological agents
• So as not to generate a lot of dust, it may
be necessary to wear a dust mask to
minimize breathing in particles while filing
or buffing nails.
• To protect the wearer's face and prevent
the breathing of air contaminated with
chemical and/or biological agents
 ELECTRICAL HAZARD
Control Measures:
• You should always check any equipment
before use.
• Ask a qualified electrician to check all
pieces of electrical equipment in the
workplace annually or as often as possible.
• Broken or damaged electrical
equipment should not be used, the tag
must warn people not to use the
equipment.
• When adjusting or cleaning equipment,
SWITCH OFF the power and pull out
the plug and NOT by the cord.
• Do not touch equipment with wet hands
or don't use a wet cloth to clean
sockets.
• Make sure flexible cords are fully
unwound and kept clear of work traffic.
• Do not run too many pieces of
equipment from one socket.
 Chemical Hazards
Control Measures:
• using alternative substances or
processes that are less hazardous
• Good ventilation can get rid of the
fumes and chemical smell that build up
in a salon
• Provide separate eating and drinking
amenities for employees
• Ensuring appropriate safety signs,
training, instruction, and provision of
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
and labels
• using appropriate PPE.
 BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS
Control Measures:
The following are the methods on how to
control infectious diseases:
1. Cleaning is the removal of soil and a
reduction in the number of micro-
organisms from equipment surfaces by
washing in detergent and warm water.
Methods of Cleaning:
2.. Rinse the equipment in warm water
(15-30°C) to remove any blood or body
fluids. Hot water used at this stage will
cause coagulation and the substances will
stick to the instrument. Cold water will
harden fats making cleaning more difficult.
3. Wash the equipment in a sink filled with
warm water and a mild alkaline detergent
to remove all visible soiling (strong alkaline
detergents may damage some
instruments). Hold the items low in the sink
to limit the generation of aerosols during
scrubbing. The use of a scouring pad can
assist in removing stains.
4. Rinse the equipment thoroughly in
running water.
5. Dry with a cotton cloth. Drying prevents
residues from damaging equipment
during sterilization.
6. Store under cover in a clean, dry and
dust-free environment.