Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 3 01 of 53 8 1 0 W H Y G OO D LIGH TI N G IS I MPOR TAN T AT WO R K L i g hti ng a t wor k is v e r y im porta nt t o the H e a lt h a n d S a fe t y of e v e r y one usi n g the w o rkpla c e The quicke r a nd e a sier it is t o se e a ha z a rd the more e a sil y it is avoide d Th e t y p e s of ha z a rds pr e se nted a t wor k ther e for e d e ter mi ne the lig hti ng re quir e ments for sa f e ope r a ti on 11 GO OD LI G HT I N G E NA B L ES B e tt e r visibi li t y B e tt e r c onc e ntra ti on a nd a c c ur a c y in wo rk A br ig hte r c le a ne r wor k plac e r e sult ing in a mor e a c ti ve c h e e r ful e nv iron ment I mprov e d wor k p e rf o rma nc e 12 P OO R L I G HT I NG P oor lig hti ng c a n a ff e c t t he he a lt h of p e opl e a t wo rk c a usin g s y mpt oms l ike e y e str a in m ig r a ines he a da c he s irritabili t y a n d poor c onc e nt ra ti on 2 0 AR E A TO B E LIT The spe e d a nd a c c ura c y of pr oc e s sin g visual i nfor mation i s be st whe n ther e is enoug h li g ht for wo rk e rs to do t he re tasks sa f e l y c omfor tabl y a nd e f fic ientl y I n a pprop ria t e li g hti n g su c h a s usi ng onl y ov e rhe a d li g hts ca n c re a te sha do ws Shadow s c a n mak e wor k diff icult and e ve n d a n g e r ous b y hidi n g sha rp e d g e s a nd other potential or a c tual ha z a rds T o r e duc e sha dows pr ovide li g ht fr om var ies sour c e s a nd dir e c ti ons 3 0 ASSESSIN G LIGH TI N G IN T H E WO R KP L ACE The leve l of li g hti ng that wor ke rs n e e d va rie s de p e nding on the na tur e of th e task the sha rpn e ss of t he wor ke rs e y e si g ht and the e nvironmen t i n whic h the w ork is done I t i s im porta nt l ig hti n g in the w orkpla c e Allows pe ople to noti c e ha z a rds a nd a ssess risks I s sui table for the e nvi ro nment a nd t y p e of w ork P rovide s suff icie nt l ig ht f o r the task Allows pe ople to se e pro pe rl y a nd dis c rimi na te b e twe e n c olours Doe s not c a use g l a re flic ke r or strobosc opi c e f fe c t s Doe s not re sult in ex c e ssi ve diff e r e nc e s in i ll umi n a nc e withi n a n a re a or be twe e n a dja c e nt a re a s I s sui table to m e e t spec i a l n e e ds of indivi dua ls Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S W P 001 P age Nu m b e r 2 OF 3 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e Ma rc h 01 2017 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e Ma rc h 30 2017 4 0 L IG H TING E F F E C T S 41 G L ARE