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Unsafe and Unhealthy Acts and Conditions
Unsafe and Unhealthy Acts and Conditions
Karen B. Matusalem
Administrative Officer II
Occupational Safety and Health Center
Regional Extension unit 2
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
Session Objectives
At the end of the session, the participants will be
able to:
• Discuss the basic causes of workplace accidents;
• Define and differentiate accidents, unsafe /
unhealthy acts and conditions; and
• Identify and enumerate different situations and
practices that constitute unsafe/unhealthy acts
and conditions.
Environment Equipment
Materials
Department of Labor and Employment
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
Accident Theory
People
Environment
Environment Equipment
Materials
Safety Hazards
• Something that has a potential for
injury
Health Hazards
• Something that has a potential to cause
illness
• Lost Time:
Injured
Worker, • Training New
Supervisor
Employees
• Spoiled Product • Overhead Costs
• Unhappy customers • Legal Fees
• Cleanup Time • Increase in
• Schedule Delays Indirect Costs Insurance Cost
• Unsafe / Unhealthy
ACTS
•Unsafe / Unhealthy
CONDITIONS
• Improper Attitude
• Physical Limitations
• Lack of Knowledge
or Skills
• 98% - preventable
88% - unsafe / unhealthy
ACTS
10% - unsafe/unhealthy
CONDITIONS
• 2% - non-preventable
US / UH US / UH
Acts Conditions
•Unaware
•Unnoticed
•Unable
•Uncorrected
•Unmotivated