Hazard and Risk Assessment Paper Part 1 (Group)

This organization is a leading independent provider of semiconductor assembly and testing services. It tests a broad range of integrated circuits including mixed-signal, analog and memory. This is integrated device manufacturer (IDM) is a semiconductor company which designs, manufactures, and test development, engineering and manufacturing services and solutions to a worldwide customer base. It operates manufacturing facilities in Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and China in addition to its global sales network.

This is a manufacturing company and there are multiple departments that support the organization strategies and objectives. Mainly, they are the Product, Equipment and Production Department. In a Wafer Sort Operation, the Equipment Engineering Department is a department that maintains all wafer sort equipment and its supporting hardware. They are responsible for the management of the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of the Wafer Sort Operation to produce the highest possible equipment up-time for meeting the production output goals and projection forecast.

In this OSH assignment, the focus is the Wafer Sort Hardware Room. Its main responsibility is in the managing of all hardware going in/out of the production floor; ensuring that there are enough spares and hardware available. All hardware are maintained within their periodical maintenance schedule and are diligently done, it's always available and ready for the next production set-up when it’s required. All activities are recorded and updated in the system for internal or external audits.

A typical Wafer Sort Operations works in a required controlled environment, which is the Class 10,000 (10K), designed to never allow more than 1,000 particles (0.5 microns or larger) per cubic foot of air, thus minimising dust particles (ISO cleanroom