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Can accidents be prevented?

Herbert William Heinrich, an American industrial safety pioneer who worked

as an Assistant Superintendent of the Engineering and Inspection Division of
Travelers Insurance Company, did a study on the insurance claims. After reviewing
thousands of accident reports completed by supervisors, who generally blamed
workers for causing accidents without conducting detailed investigations into
the root causes, Heinrich found out that 98% of workplace accidents are
preventable and only 2% are non-preventable. Of the 98% preventable
accidents, 88% is due to unsafe/unhealthy acts or “man failure” and 10% is due
to unsafe/unhealthy conditions. This study explains the rationale for focusing
interventions on changing the behaviors and attitudes of workers and
management towards safety and health.
SO HOW DO YOU PREVENT
IT?
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Are hazards
that exposes
a personnel
injury and
or damage
to property
equipment
Are usually affect a person’s
health and bring about
delayed results or any
organism, chemical, condition
or circumstance that may
cause injury or illness.
Is the of the
likelihood
combinationof a hazardous
event occurring and the
consequences of the event.
Refers to a workplace where
there is low level of danger or
exposure to safety and health
hazards and not likely or with
low probability to result in
accident, harm or injury, or
illness.
Refers to a workplace where
there is moderate exposure to
safety and health hazards
and with probability of an
accident, injury or illness, if
no preventive or control
measures are in place.
Refers to a
wherein the workplace
presence
hazard orof potential hazard
within the company may
affect the safety and/or health
of workers not only within
but also persons outside the
premises of the workplace.
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