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Title: Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health
Description: COURSE : DOSHM Ist sem , Basic introduction
Description: COURSE : DOSHM Ist sem , Basic introduction
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OSH FUNDAMENTALS
(OSH 1101)
Introduction To Occupational Safety &
Health
1
Objectives
To identify the importance of safety
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To differentiate direct cost and indirect cost
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To know the definition of hazard, accident and near miss
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To identify the cause of accident
...
2
The Importance of Safety
3
Why we need safety?
Avoid accident
2
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Increase company’s reputation
4
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4
THE COSTS OF INJURIES AND ILLNESSES
Direct costs are
often just the “tip of
the iceberg”
...
Building & property damage
Hiring, training of new employees
•
Overtime
Cost
Direct Cost
Workers' Compensation
claims which cover medical
costs
6
Indirect Cost
to train a replacement
worker
repair damaged property
the costs related to
schedule delays
Definition
Hazard
A source or a situation with a potential for harm in terms
of human injury or ill health, damage to property, damage to
the environment or a combination of these
Anything that cause harm (e
...
)
7
Accident
An event which resulted injuries/illness to people
and/or damage (loss) to assets and the environment
...
12
Lack of Safety?
13
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Occupational Accidents by sector
Until December 2014 (investigated)
• Construction sector shows the highest number of death
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OSH may also protect employers, customers, suppliers &
members of the public who may experience an impact of
the workplace environment
...
One view is that
Safety is concerned with injury-causing situations,
whereas health is concerned with disease causing
situations
...
An acute effect is a sudden reaction to a severe condition, while a
chronic effect is a long-term deterioration due to a prolonged
exposure to a milder adverse condition
...
22
Bhopal Tragedy
~ on 03/12/1984, over 40 tons of methyl isocynate (MIC)
& other lethal gases including hydrogen cyanide, leaked
into the northern end of Bhopal, India killing over 3000
people
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Unsafe condition
2
...
Irresponsible management
4
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Improper illumination
Unsafe ventilation
28
Unsafe Condition
29
UNSAFE CONDITIONS OR UNSAFE ACTS?
UNSAFE CONDITIONS OR UNSAFE ACTS?
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Title: Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health
Description: COURSE : DOSHM Ist sem , Basic introduction
Description: COURSE : DOSHM Ist sem , Basic introduction