SAFETY Awareness

1. SAFETY Awareness “Failure of people leads to unsafe acts and conditions and they lead to accidents.” V.Krishna Kumar .

2. Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

3. Terms • Hazards: Hazard is considered as an inherent property of a substance or an occurrence which has the potential to cause loss or injury to property, person or environment. • Physical hazards: abnormal temperature • Chemical hazards: fire or explosion. Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

4. Terms • Safe: a thing is provisional categorized as safe if its risks are deemed to be known and in the light of that knowledge judged to be acceptable. • Accident : is an unplanned event which has a probability of causing personal injury or property damage. Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

5. Terms • Industrial Safety:Industrial safety is the scientific and technological approach to recognition, evaluation and control of work environment factors which may adversely effect health and safety of the workers. Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

6. Environment factors • Unsafe act: An action of a human resulting in poor safety performance or resulting in injury damage to property. • Unsafe condition: The factors which leads to an incident or accident such as unguarded machinery,physical,chemical or environment situation that can harm personnel. Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

7. SAFETY • Three important components to achieve Efficiency/safety selection Design Operation control Machines & Equip Efficient products SAFETY Selection Training Placement Motivation discipline Man Hazardous properties, storage Transportation on handling Materials Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

8. Inspections • Safety inspection is a method of finding and removing Hazards in jobs before accidents occur. Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

9. Based on factors, observe the following: • WORK PLACE • House keeping. • Fire precautions • Work methods • Safety notices • Working environment • Condition of plant,machinery,tools and materials. Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

10. FACTORS • WORKERS. • Behaviour. • Hazard and activities. • Handling of materials. • Use of safe guards, personal protection. • Messing facilities, changing area and its associated facilities. Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

11. Types of Inspections • Periodic. • Intermittent. • Continuous. • Special. Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

12. RESPONSIBILITY • Safety Officer: critical eye to detect the accident potential. • Line management. • Senior Project management. • First line supervisor. • Maintenance dept…Plant & eqpts. • Workers. Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance

13. Thank you. • Lets see a new beginning in safety…… • Kaizen: Cont improvement. • Keiretsu: Mutually dependent Knowledge Sharing is the key for Improvement in the Safety Performance