ACCIDENT

PREVENTION
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DEFINITI
ONS
1. SAFETY

Activity or efforts which help in minimizing the Risk to

acceptable limit.

2. HAZARDS

Characteristic of system which has potential to cause

loss of property or life.

3. ACCIDENT

Specific unplanned event or sequence of events causing

capable of causing undesirable consequences.

4. DANGER

Degree of exposure to hazard

5. RISK:

Occurrence(Frequency) and quantification (Severity) of

hazards.

What is an accident?
An accident is an
unplanned and
unexpected event
which may result in an
injury or damage to
plant, equipment,
machinery, material or
both or the
consequences there
of.
Accident with no injury
are called Near Miss
Incidents.

WHY ACCIDENT PREVENTION?

To save sorrow, offer security and bring sufficiency:

Needless pain, suffering to the affected person, his family, social obligation,
prevent production of disabled person and rehabilitation problems etc.
Increase production:
Due to withdrawal of injured person, damage to plant and/ or equipment/
machinery and/ or material, loss at time by fellow workers, loss of utilities etc.
Reduce cost:
Due to loss of time, wastage of material, cost of maintenance, cost of material
treatment, workmen compensation etc.
Optimum use of human resources:
Loss of skilled worker, loss of time of other persons in attending injured
person, employing new person and training etc.
Improve moral of employees:
Improve public image of industry:

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Production & Safety

Production

Safety

CAUSE OF ACCIDENT

2 % - Natural
calamity
10 % -Unsafe
Condition
88 % -Unsafe Action
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ACCIDENT SEQUENCE
Fault of Person
Unsafe condition or action
Accident
Injury
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FAULT OF PERSON DUE TO

Physical and mental condition of

person
Habit pattern
Lack of knowledge
Incentive to do work
Over confidence
Failure to use of PPEs.
Not followed rules.
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SOME UNSAFE CONDITION

Operating without authority, failure to

warn
Unsafe position, posture, horse play
Working or operating at unsafe speed
Making safety device useless
Using unsafe tools, equipment.
Unsafe loading, placing etc.
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OTHER FACTORS FOR ACCIDENT

Human factor

Mechanical factor

Environmental factor

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HUMAN FACTOR
- Individual factor - Age, height, health, schooling, work
performance etc.
- Personality factor - Emotional, maturity, adjustment,
intellectual level, anxiety level.
- Sociological factor- Size of family, financial status, social
status.
- Psychological factor - Attitude towards job, interest and
difficulties in job, machine habits, attention, fatigue, fear etc.

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MECHANICAL FACTOR

Layouts
equipment/ machine arrangements
house keeping
moving machinery guarding
construction
process
code of practice
spares available

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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR

Illumination, ventilation, temperature, noise, vibration.

speed of work, hours of work, load of work.
Pollution.

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UNSAFE CONDITION AND UNSAFE

ACTION
Unsafe condition
- Improper plant lay out
- Improper light,
ventilation
- High noise
- Unguarded machinery
- Improper ladder, railing,
pathway etc.
- Unsafe design or
construction
-Hazardous process

Unsafe Action
Improper knowledge
Improper training
Physical factor
Social/ Psychological
factor
- Over confidence
- Improper
communication
- Alcoholism, Drug edicts

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Fundamental loss time injury

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29

300

1 - Loss time injury

29 - Minor injury
accidents
300 - No injury accidents
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COST OF ACCIDENT
Direct Cost

Medical cost
Compensations
Salary, wages, perks and other
benefits etc for absenteeism.

Indirect Cost
- Cost of time loss by others:
- assisting injured person
- for other reasons
Time lost by supervisors, executives etc.
Time lost by maintenance personnel
Incidental cost, productivity of injured
persons
Loss of production/ sufficiency of workers,
production, idle machine time
Repair or replacement of damaged machine,
tools, equipment, material.
Customers complaint.
Delayed to products supply.

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I was careless

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I was careless

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He was careless

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ACCIDENT PREVENTION
Remember
All the accidents can be prevented.

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PREVENTION OF ACCIDENT

98 % ACCIDENT
ARE PREVENTABLE
BASIC PRINCIPLE OF
ACCIDENT
PREVENTION IS
MINIMIZE THE
HAZARDS.

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MINIMIZE THE HAZARDS

Engineering: All unsafe condition

Education and training:
Proper job knowledge on and off the job training, supervision, hazard
knowledge, emergency handling, procedures, use of PPEs and fire
fighting equipment, change unsafe act and practices.
Enforcement:
Implementation of statutory rules and laws and other laws and rules
rewards, punishments.
Examples: Follow safety before asking others to follow.
Management, managers, line management, supervisor, operator,
worker, trade union, works committee, safety committee.

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Than
ks
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