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Module 2 - General Concepts On OSH

The document discusses general concepts of occupational safety and health (OSH) including definitions of safety hazards, health hazards, and accidents. It explains Heinrich's domino theory that unsafe or unhealthy acts and conditions are responsible for most accidents. The document provides examples and has participants identify unsafe acts and conditions to prevent accidents.

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Module 2 - General Concepts On OSH

The document discusses general concepts of occupational safety and health (OSH) including definitions of safety hazards, health hazards, and accidents. It explains Heinrich's domino theory that unsafe or unhealthy acts and conditions are responsible for most accidents. The document provides examples and has participants identify unsafe acts and conditions to prevent accidents.

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General Concepts on

OSH

Melveen M. Melocoton, RN
Officer-in-Charge
OSHC-REU6 (Western Visayas)
Session Objective:

At the end of the session, the participants


will be able to define and discuss the
general concepts of OSH towards effective
OSH implementation in the workplace.

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H. W. Heinrich, Domino Theory

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Safety Hazards Health Hazards
✓Working conditions resulting ✓Working conditions resulting
to injury. to illness.
✓Immediately observed
(broken bones, cuts, bruises, ✓Health effects of hazards are
sprains, loss of limbs, etc) not immediately observed.

✓Associated with poorly ✓Associated with exposure to


guarded or dangerous dangerous substances or
equipment and machinery. conditions, such as chemicals,
gases, dusts, noise etc.
ACCIDENT
• An occurrence or event that is
unexpected/ unforeseen, unplanned
and unwanted.

• Leads to:
▪ loss; damage
▪ injury
▪ death
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Common Reasons for Accidents
Layman’s version:
• ‘Oras na kasi niya, hayaan na siyang
mamahinga!’
• ‘Ang malas naman niya!’
• ‘T**** kasi niya!’
• ‘Kasama sa trabaho yan!’

These are not real causes - - -


only EXCUSES
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Accident causation
PEOPLE MATERIALS
Workforce Used, worked or made
Management of the
workforce EQUIPMENT
Policies Tools and Machinery
Behavior

ENVIRONMENT
Physical surroundings
Natural environment
Community, social & legal influences

Accident causation refers to the factors that


are the primary reasons behind an accident.
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H. W. Heinrich, Domino Theory
Study of Accidents
• 98% – Preventable
o 88% - Unsafe/Unhealthy Acts
o 10% - Unsafe/Unhealthy
Conditions
• 2%* – Non-Preventable
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H. W. Heinrich, Domino Theory

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Unsafe / Unhealthy ACT
• A human action that departs from a standard or written
job procedure or common practice, safety rules,
regulations, or instructions.
• A violation of a commonly-accepted safe procedures and
or processes.

Unsafe/Unhealthy Condition
• The physical or chemical property of a material, machine
or the environment that may result in injury to a person,
damage or destruction to property and other losses.
• A condition that could have been guarded or prevented.
As safety officers, you need to:
• Identify the unsafe/unhealthy acts and
conditions in your workplaces

• Implement control measures to prevent


accidents and illnesses
A fatal accident is just the TIP of the iceberg

1 Death
10 serious accidents
100 minor injuries
1,000 hazardous occurrences
10,000 unsafe/unhealthy acts & conditions
WORKSHOP
Instructions
• The participants will be divided into (4) teams.
• Each team will select their leader, secretary
and presenter.
• Each team will be provided with a (1) whole
craft paper, (10) light blue cards, (10) white
cards, (2) permanent markers, (1) roll of
masking tape.

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Instructions
• Each team shall divide their craft papers into
two columns.
• The left column will be labelled as ACTS,
while the right column will be labelled as
CONDITIONS.
• Each group will write down in the cards as
many specific UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY ACTS and
CONDITIONS they can think of.
WHITE – Acts Light Blue – Conditions
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Instructions
• Each team will compete with each other for
the most correct acts and conditions
identified.
• There will be a time allotment of 15min. for
each team to discuss, write and stick to the
craft paper.
• After 15min., we will check the answers.

* BE SPECIFIC WITH YOUR ANSWERS *


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SAMPLE
ACTS CONDITIONS
Removing safety guards in Presence of flammable chemicals
machines in the laboratory

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Clear Points

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Clear Points
• Accidents and injuries result to losses of lives,
limbs, time and property.

• Most accidents at work could have been prevented.


Unsafe and unhealthy acts and conditions in the
workplace must be addressed.

• Every workplace has different hazards, risk, levels


of exposure. Tailor fit your OSH response to your
risk classification.

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