VALUE ADDED COURSE

INTERNSHIP REPORT

By

SANTHOSH KUMAR S
18BME1090

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENIGINEERING

OCT 2021

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Certificate 3

Abstract 4

Acknowledgement 5

Introduction 6

Things we learned 6

Industrial Safety 7

Schedule 7

Skills learned 8

Conclusion 9

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 Abstract

This value-added course is all about the factors of production, safety measures for the welfare of
workers, mandatory signs we should know in workplace which are all important for the workers safety and
the responsibility of each person working in a company in order to bring the cause for accident at low
probability. And also industrial safety signs that are used for several purposes, with most common
applications which are all falling into one of three categories:

1. Equipment maintenance requirements

2. Operating instructions

3. Safety instructions

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to the organizer of

this value-added course Dr. Karunamurthy K and Dr Vijayalakshmi V., who
organized this valuable course. And all the guest lectures who gave us wonderful
and thoughtful lecture on industrial safety and welfare of the workers. I came to
know about so many new things and my thoughts about industrial safety were
changed now I have clear cut idea on them and how to prepare it if I’m going to
start a company. I am thankful to them. I’m also thankful to our VIT University
for making this possible.

SANTHOSH KUMAR S
18BME1090

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Introduction:
Most of today’s advanced & computer-controlled industrial processes involve large amounts of
energy and have the potential for devastating accidents. So, a well-engineered & reliable industrial safety
system is essential for protection against those accidents and loss of life. So industrial safety and labour
welfare is important for the life of workers and also it leads to greater profits for companies by reducing the
cost in hospitals for employees.

An industrial safety system is a countermeasure crucial in any hazardous plants such as oil and gas
plants and nuclear plants. They are used to protect humans, industrial plants, and the environment in case of
the process going beyond the allowed control margins. In simple words: The management of all operations
and procedures in an industry in order to protect its employees and assets by minimizing hazards, risks,
accidents, and near misses called the Industrial Safety.

Why industrial safety is necessary?

✓ For the safety of people in their workplaces
✓ For protecting the environment against damage from industrial accidents
✓ For protecting businesses against serious losses from damage to plant and machinery
✓ For eliminating accidents causing work stoppage and production loss.
✓ For creating awareness of the good practices available for the delivery of effective safety
instrumented systems
✓ For providing basic training in well-established techniques for engineering of safety systems
✓ For assisting engineers and technicians to support and participate in the safety systems activities at
their work with good background knowledge of the subject
✓ For being aware of what can go wrong and how to avoid it

Things we learned in this value-added course:

Industrial safety and labor welfare value-added covered a number of issues and topics affecting
safety of personnel and the integrity of equipment in a particular industry.

Some of the following topics were:

• General Safety – General aspects of safety which are common to all industries
• Occupational Safety and Health – Particularly associated with the occupation
• Process and Production Safety
• Material Safety
• Workplace Safety – Safety issues directly related to the workplace setting
• Fire Safety 6
 • Electrical Safety – Arising from the equipment used
• Building and Structural Safety – Including installations as per existing building code
• Environmental Safety – Concerns the direct and indirect environmental impact of the industry

And also we learned industrial safeties in different fields like Agricultural, Basic Metallurgical,
Chemical, Construction, Financial services, Food and Beverages, Forestry, Health, Hotel and
Tourism, Mining, Mechanical Engineering, Media, Oil and Gas, Postal & Telecom, Public service /
social service, Shipping, Textile, Transport, Utilities (Electricity and water ).

Industrial Safety:

Safety is the key factor for all the industries in order to promote “the wellness of both employees and
employers”.

Industrial safety involves the safety of

– Human life
– Plant / organization
– Product

Why Safety?

✓ To prevent Accidents
✓ To reduce Risk and Hazard

Initiation of safety is should be from design Stage (Plant layout / Product)

Schedule:

April 2021 – July 2021

Skills learned:
We learned the usage of industrial safety and labor welfare and also the precautions like
(1) Elimination if possible of the causes of accidents.

(2) If it is not possible to eliminate the cause of accidents, make arrangements to shield the hazardous place
by guards, enclosures or similar arrangements.
1. Need for Safety:

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 There are some direct costs/ effects of an accident but there are certain indirect costs involved in it
also e.g. machine down time, damage to machine, ideal time of nearby equipment and horror created among
workers, loss of time etc. in aid cost compensation, legal implications and allied costs etc. So safety
measures would not only eliminate/ avoid above cost but would mean performing their moral responsibility
towards workmen/operators also.
An accident is by virtue of unsafe factor he results of an unsafe condition it may be the combined
effect of two. An unsafe act results in the form of operator/people doing thing without proper authority,
misuse of safety devices, ignoring warnings and precautions etc.

An unsafe condition may be present in various forms e.g. faulty or defective electrical fittings,
inadequate maintenance of gang way. Use of defective tools etc. So to prevent the occurrence of accidents,
unsafe acts have to be avoided/ eliminated or checked.
2. Unsafe acts:

For rectification of the causes because of unsafe acts attention must be paid to following factors:
(1) Personnel adjustment:

If a foreman/supervisor identifies that a worker is unfit either physically or mentally or a job/ task, he
should be quickly taken off the work in consultation with the personnel department.
(2) Method/technique used:
Some techniques requiring change should be replaced by safe methods.

(3) Operator training:

Job method may be safe or unsafe but the operator must be trained to perform the job.
(4) Publicity and education about accident prevention:

The workers/ people are led by the skill, energy and leadership of foreman/supervisor. So it is the
duty of these people to educate the workmen about prevention of accidents. The aim is to teach them to
become safety conscious so that they are able to recognize an unsafe act or situation and act in such a
manner that accident is avoided.
3. The unsafe conditions:

To avoid accidents due to unsafe conditions, various provisions have been discussed in the
“Factories Act” these may be concerned with moving parts of prime movers, electrical generators and
transmission machinery: fire protection devices, control of dangerous fumes, lifting of excessive weights
and safe guards over lighting machines, chains and ropes etc.

Thus, safety in industry helps:

(i) Increasing the production rate.

(ii) Reducing the cost of production. 8

 (iii) Reducing damage to machinery and equipment.
(iv) Preventing unwanted suffering and pain to employees of the organization.

(v) Preventing premature/untimely death of talented workers who may be an asset to the
enterprise and society.

Conclusion:
I learned the important point about industrial safety and labor welfare from this value-added course is
that the Industrial Safety Management is a very important aspect in Industries to decrease the risk factor of
employee’s life and which also helps in reduced cost and increased productivity.

SANTHOSH KUMAR S
18BME1090