Industrial safety refers to the management of all operations and events within an industry in order to protect its employees and assets by minimizing hazards, risks, accidents, and near misses. The importance of industrial safety was realized because of the fact that every year millions occupational/ industrial accidents occur which result in loss of production time equivalent to millions of man hours, machine hours etc

1. Importance of
Industrial Safety
Thilanka Hettiarachchi
PgDMM (UOC), B.Sc. (SUSL)

2. Every day
thousond of people
injured as a resuly
of work place
Unsafe
Act

3. Scale of Accidents in
occupation
 One worker died every 2 hours
 One worker became a victim of accident every 5 seconds
 4900 fatalities occurred in 7.6 million accidents at work
 4.9 million accidents resulted in more the 3 days of absence from work
If you are not doing
unsafe act
at your work place
You can't join with this Group

4. Causes of Injuries
Most personal incidents and injuries and
accident are caused by unsafe acts and
behaviors, not conditions and equipment.
96%
Unsafe
ACT
4% Unsafe
Condition

5. People’s behavior

6. People’s behavior

7. People’s behavior

8. “To expose to danger ,risk, chance of accidents, loss”
Hazard

9. Hazard
 A hazard is any source of potential
damage, harm or adverse health effects
on something or someone under certain
conditions at work.
 "Condition, event, or circumstance
that could lead to or contribute to an
unplanned or undesirable event."

10. Types of Hazard
Physical
Chemical
Biological
Ergonomics

11.  Noise
 Vibration
 Radiation
 Temperature
 Pressure,Velocity,Height
 Electricity
 Physical characteristics
Physical Hazards

12.  Noise
 Vibration
 Radiation
 Temperature
 Pressure,Velocity,Height
 Electricity
 Physical characteristics
Physical Hazards

13. Chemical Hazards
 Explosives
 Flammable liquids
 Corrosives
 Oxidizing materials
 Toxic, carcinogenic,
 Substances
 Gases and air particulate

14. Biological Hazards
 Biological wastes (blood, fluids, etc.)
 Drugs (antibiotics & others)
 Viruses, bacteria
 Parasites, insects
 Poisonous or diseased plants, animals

15. Psycho-social
 Work rest cycles
 Violence, discrimination
 Extraneous stress
 Un even work load
 Lack of personnel space
 Poor inter staff relationships
Ergonomic Hazards
Physical
 Poor work, task design
 Repetitive motion
 Prolonged sitting
 Poor layout
 Poor posture
 Improper lifting and handling
Environmental
 Poor lighting,glare
 Poor ventilation
 Poor temperature control
 Poor humidity control

16.  Risk is the chance or
probability that a person will
be harmed or experience an
adverse health effect if
exposed to a hazard.
 It may also apply to
situations with property or
equipment loss.
Risk
“A possibility of danger or harm”

17. Risk & Hazard

18. Safety
A quality or condition of being safe from “danger, Injury,
damage, loss, accidents”

19.  Safety is not being in danger.
 Safety is being free from harm or risk of harm.
 Safety is about keeping safe at home, at work and in the
community
What Is Safety ?

20. Occupational health and safety is a cross disciplinary area concerned with
protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or
employment.
What Is Occupational
SAFETY ?

21. INCIDENT
An event that could or does result in harm to
 People
 Property
 Environment

22. NEAR MISS
Could be the next ACCIDENT
A Near Miss is an unplanned event that did not result in
injury, illness, or damage – but had the potential to do so.

23. HEINRICH THEORY OF
ACCIDENT

24. Direct costs include medical costs and as
well as workers compensation insurance
benefits, as well as liability and property
damage insurance compensation.
ACCIDENT COST
Indirect costs are the “hidden” costs that
can and usually exceed the direct costs of
accidents from two to seven times.

25.  Failure to communicate
 Poor work habits
 Alcohol or drug abuse
 Lack of skill
 Intentional acts
 Unsafe acts
 Rationalizing risks
 Unsafe conditions
 Management system failur
What causes Accidents ?

26. What is personal protective
equipment?
Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is designed to protect
employees from serious workplace injuries or illnesses
resulting from contact with
 Chemical
 Radiological
 Physical
 Electrical
 Mechanical
or other workplace hazards

27. Safety Helmet is required but
Positive Thoughts are important

28. Safety Goggles are required but
Conscious Vision is important

29. Safety Hand Gloves are required but
Righteous Protective action is important

30. Safety Shoes are required but
Quick and Safe Steps are important

31. Safety Equipments are required but
Trained, Alert & Safe Man is more important
in any Disaster Prevention programme.

32. Keeping your work area safe
What would you do if this
was you
?

33. Make your workplace safe

34. Keeping your work area safe
What is wrong here
?

35. Which picture shows the safe
workplace?

36. Keeping your work area safe
What is wrong here?

37. Keeping your work area safe
What should you do if you find a
hazard?
Report it

38. KNOWLEDGE
What to do ?
INTELEGENCY
Why to do ?
EXPERIENCE
How to do ?
WILINGNESS
Want to Do ?
SAFE
OPERATOR

40. 2019/10/29
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