MCN401- Industrial Safety Engineering
MODULE-1(CONTD)
Module-1 Syllabus
• Module I (safety introduction):
• Need for safety. Safety and productivity. Definitions: Accident, Injury,
Unsafe act, Unsafe Condition, Dangerous Occurrence, Reportable
accidents. Theories of accident causation. Safety organization-
objectives, types, functions, Role of management, supervisors,
workmen, unions, government and voluntary agencies in safety.
Safety policy. Safety Officer-responsibilities, authority. Safety
committee-need, types, advantages.
Safety organization-importance of
committees
• Some of the more common functions for safety committees include:
• Being a cooperative group between employees and management
• Increasing awareness of safety at the facility
• Identifying workplace risks and creating a plan (or making
recommendations) to reduce risks
• Integrating safety and health priorities into corporate culture
• Encouraging safety training for employees and management
• Conducting and evaluating audits
• Performing routine safety inspections
Safety organization
• Safety functions become successful if they are controlled by a single
department with safety personnel interacting with other activities
functionally.
• A top level corporate manager must supervise safety organisation in a
large industry.
• Safety director or manager at industry level may report to corporate
manager.
• There may be several managers reporting to safety director who would
look after special safety functions such as fire, environment, occupational
health, claim for compensation etc.
• These managers will necessarily interact with all other departments
wherever workers are involved.
Safety organization
• A suitable organisation chart for large and highly safety conscious
industry is shown in Figure
• This figure clearly specifies the safety functions comprehensively and
four levels of responsibility are identified
Safety organization
➢Level 1:
• This is a corporate level and there should be a company director who
will be engaged in formulating safety policies at corporate level.
• These policies will be issued from time to time if changes are made.
• He will have to see that safety audits are made at proper times.
• He must be readily available for required advice and guidance to all
safety personnel.
• The company director must appoint a general manager safety at
company level.
Safety organization
➢Level 2
• This is at company level (general manager safety)and will directly report
to the corporate director.
• He has to continuously monitor safety policies of the company and bring
about necessary improvement in the light of directives issued from time to
time.
• He must also see that the directives and policies are in accordance with
governmental regulatory standards.
• He should provide guidance and assistance for training of safety personnel
at various levels and must conduct safety audits.
• He must see that safety records are properly maintained and data and
information regarding safety status of the company are available.
Safety organization
➢Level 3
• This level works at plant level and would directly report to general manager safety.
• There must be four plant safety managers as identified by four plant safety functions,
namely fire safety, environmental control, occupational health and professional service.
• Specific conditions and size of plant may dictate combining two or three of these functions
under a single plant level manager but in all cases the functions should remain separate
and , identifiable.
• The development of procedure of implementing safety measures on job performing and
analysing safe job performing, readiness and preparedness to deal with emergency
situations are the main requirements at this level.
• Equally importantly it is the level where interactions with other activities are most likely to
take place.
• Thus a plant manager will coordinate with managers in the areas of design, manufacture,
purchase, sale, R & D, etc.
• A plant manager will have the full responsibility to investigate the injuries to a worker
occuring on jobsite and make report to the higher officials.
Safety organization
➢Level 4
• This level comprises representatives of safety departments working
at shop floor level or with workers.
• The personnel will actually implement safety procedures, train
workers on procedures, guide them to adoption of procedure.
• They will provide all support for maintenance of environment and its
preservation.
• Very importantly the personnel at level 4 will conduct safety drills.
INVOLVEMENT IN SAFETY
INVOLVEMENT IN SAFETY
“OSHA” Stands for the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration of the United. States Department of Labor,
formed by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
INVOLVEMENT IN SAFETY
INVOLVEMENT IN SAFETY
INVOLVEMENT IN SAFETY
INVOLVEMENT IN SAFETY
INVOLVEMENT IN SAFETY
INVOLVEMENT IN SAFETY
INVOLVEMENT IN SAFETY
INVOLVEMENT IN SAFETY
Unions can influence the safety of all workers because of two things:
1. Restriction of labour supply
2. Increase in labour demand
Companies need workers. But workers have the right to a safe and fair
working environment.
Unions leverage this by increasing the demand for union laborers, which in
turn forces companies to negotiate with them to access union workers.
SAFETY POLICY
• A sound safety policy will avoid or reduce greatly the accidents whereby
the employer will save cost of lost man-hours and down-machine time.
• The employer will also save on paying compensation and replacement or
repair of equipment.
• The employees feeling safe to work will show better productivity.
• Also since a sound safety policy will guarantee an adequate compensation,
the employees will work without apprehension and psychological pressure.
• The increased productivity and quality consciousness will produce goods
which will be to the liking of the customer.
SAFETY OFFICER/PROFESSIONAL
The safety officer is an internal employee who is assigned to
prevent accidents, respond to emergencies and evaluate the
effectiveness of the company’s safety programs.
SAFETY OFFICER/PROFESSIONAL
SAFETY OFFICER/PROFESSIONAL
SAFETY OFFICER/PROFESSIONAL
Safety committee
• LABOR- MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:
Present in organisations having union contracts which contain
safety clauses. Union members are appointed by the union
• MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:
When there is no union agreement, the safety committee functions
TYPES OF directly undert the policies established by the management
SAFETY • MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR COMMITTEE:
Made up of supervisory personnel
COMMITTEE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE:COMMITTEE MEMBERS require specific
technical skills. Consists of committee of engineers , safety
engineer, chief electrician, master mechanic
• SPECIAL COMMITTEE:
Committee set for special activities like, safety celebrations,
awards, accident investigations. Committee dismissed after
completion of the project.
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