KESELAMATAN &

PENGURUSAN BENGKEL
SHPE 1033
LECTURE 1
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
SAFETY DEFINITION
• freedom from harm or
danger : the state of being
safe
• the state of not being
dangerous or harmful
• a place that is free from
harm or danger : a safe place
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
 SAFETY PHILOSOPHY
• All injuries can be prevented.
• Working safely for all employees.
• Management must be the leaders
• Everyone is responsible for preventing injuries
• All operating exposures can be safeguarded.
• Training employees to work safely is essential.
• Prevention of personal injuries is good business.
SAFETY HIERARCHY

• ELIMINATE THE HAZARD AND RISK

• APPLY SAFEGUARDING TECHNOLOGY

• USE WARNING SIGNS

• TRAIN AND INSTRUCT

• PRESCRIBE PERSONAL PROTECTION

 SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

A safety management system is an

organized and structured means of
ensuring that an organization (or a defined
part of it) is capable of achieving and
maintaining high standards of safety
performance. The management system
should be based on the principles of
continuous improvement.
 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
Occupational safety is comprised of two key terms:
• Occupational: Referring to the workplace.
• Safety: The control and elimination of recognized hazards to attain an
acceptable level of risk.
Optimal occupational safety results from a continuous proactive
process of anticipating, identifying, designing, implementing, and
evaluating risk-reduction practices
 ATTITUDES THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO
MISHAPS

• The Fatalist – when time is up,

nothing can be done.
• The Risk-Taker - risks are just part
of the job
• The Immortal - it could happen to
them
• The Accident-Prone - have a
greater number of mishaps
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
• The promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical,
mental, and social well‐being of workers in all occupations, the
prevention among workers of departures from health caused by their
working conditions, the protection of workers in their employment
from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the placing and
maintenance of the worker in an occupational environment adapted
to his physiological and psychological condition. [ILO and WHO, 1963]
 CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGIES ASSOCIATED WI
OSH
• A cross-disciplinary area
• The goal of programs is to foster a safe
work environment.
• May involving occupational medicine,
industrial hygiene, public health,
safety engineering, chemistry, health
physics, ergonomics, toxicology,
epidemiology, environmental health,
industrial relations, public policy,
sociology, and occupational health
psychology
 REASONS FOR SAFETY AND HEALT
• Moral - An employee should not have to risk injury or death at work,
nor should others associated with the work environment .
• Legal - may be reinforced to encourage organisations implied moral
obligations.
• Economic – burden to the company (e.g. through social security
payments, costs for medical treatment, legal fees, fines,compensatory
damages, investigation time, lost production, lost goodwill from the
workforce, customers and community).
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
• Any abnormal condition or disorder other than one resulting from an
occupational injury caused by exposure to environmental factors
related to employment. It includes acute and chronic illnesses or
diseases that may be caused by inhalation, absorption, ingestion, or
direct contact.
 CONTROL METHODS
• Engineering controls by applying substitution
methods, isolation, enclosure, or ventilation. In the
hierarchy of control methods, EC methods should
be considered first
• Administrative controls using methods such as
education and training, work reduction, job
rotation, maintenance/repairs, housekeeping,
personal hygiene, and appropriate work practices.
Administrative controls depend on constant
employee or intervention
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a device
worn by employees to protect them from the
environment
 TERMINOLOGIES
Incident
Any unplanned event that results in personal injury or damage to
property, equipment, or environment OR an event that has the
potential to result in such consequences. Within this context, incident
includes all occurrences, regardless of degree, with the purpose of
focusing safety control strategies on the elements of causation.
ACTIVITIES
• Explain 3 out of 7 safety philosophy
• “The management system should be based on the principles of
continuous improvement”. Based on the statement, please elaborate
the process involved in safety management system.
• Justify the difference between Occupational Safety, Occupational
Health and Occupational Illness