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Chapter 7 - Industrial Health and Safety
Chapter 7 - Industrial Health and Safety
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
Is a disaster caused by an industrial company, either by
negligence or incompetence.
Through industrial accidents, injury and loss of life often
occurs.
Can occur in the construction industry, energy industry,
food industry, chemical industry, manufacturing industry,
steel industry, or mining industry.
There are often concerns of workplace safety.
MECHANICAL HAZARDS IN
WORKPLACE
Point of operation areas of a machine where it
performs work on material.
In-running nip points pinch points
Any point at which it is possible for a person or part of
a persons body to be caught between moving parts
of a machine, or between the moving and stationary
parts of a machine, or between material and any part
of the machine.
CONTINUED
FORM OF INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENTS
Fire and explosion
Tanker wrecked and sank
Flooded
Mechanical failure stuck to open
Sugar refinery explosion dust explosion
Mill collapsed without warning
Release of dioxins, ammonia into the
atmosphere
INDUSTRIAL DISASTER
April 26, 1986: Chernobyl disaster. At the Chernobyl Nuclear
Power Plant in Prypiat, Ukraine a test on reactor number four
goes out of control, resulting in a nuclear meltdown. The
ensuing steam explosion and fire killed up to 50 people with
estimates that there may be between 4,000 and several
hundred thousand additional cancer deaths over time. Prypiat
was totally evacuated and remains as a ghost town.
HEALTH HAZARDS
Chemical hazards lead, arsenic, solvents,
pesticides, sealants, adhesives etc.
Physical hazards excessive heat, noise level
(> 85 decibels), insufficient light.
Biological hazards smoke, dust, water.
Psychological hazards work stress.
CONSEQUENCES FROM
MECHANICAL & HEALTH HAZARDS
Amputations
Severe burn/injuries
Deaths
Problems face by family members
Problems face by colleagues
Fear & suspicion
Moral problem
HAZARD CONTROLS
Accident prevention programmes;
Safety policy
Safety instructions
Safety audits
Training & education
Safety motivation
Redesign of job, equipment & procedure
CONTINUED
Eliminations hazard is completely remove from
the workplace by substitution of process /
substance / engineering design
Good housekeeping
EMPLOYEE vs EMPLOYER
Employee means a person who is
employed for wages under a contract of
service on or in connection with the work
of an industry to which this Act applies.
Employer means the immediate
employer or the principal employer or
both.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
(NIOSH)
Is committed to ensure a safe and healthy
working environment to all employees and
others involved in or affected by its
operation taking into account statutory
requirement and relevant national and
international standards and codes of
practices.