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Safety Awareness Programme On Accident Elimination

The document discusses accidents, their causes and results. It defines an accident as an unplanned event that results in injury, damage or loss. Accidents are caused by unsafe acts and conditions and have both immediate and long term consequences ranging from death and injury to lost income and decreased profitability. The document presents several case studies that illustrate how unsafe acts like improper equipment use or unsafe conditions like lack of fall protection can directly lead to accidents. It emphasizes that most accidents can be prevented by eliminating unsafe acts and conditions from the workplace.

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Safety Awareness Programme On Accident Elimination

The document discusses accidents, their causes and results. It defines an accident as an unplanned event that results in injury, damage or loss. Accidents are caused by unsafe acts and conditions and have both immediate and long term consequences ranging from death and injury to lost income and decreased profitability. The document presents several case studies that illustrate how unsafe acts like improper equipment use or unsafe conditions like lack of fall protection can directly lead to accidents. It emphasizes that most accidents can be prevented by eliminating unsafe acts and conditions from the workplace.

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Safety Awareness Programme

on
Accident Elimination
“An unexpected, unplanned event in sequence of events, that
occurs through a combination of causes. It results in injury or
disease to an individual, damage to property or equipment, a
near-miss, a loss or any combination of these effects”.

RESULTS
HIGHER COST & LOWER PROFIT
MONEY SPENT FOR ACCIDENT IS NOT LIKE MONEY SPENT FOR
MATERIAL OR WAGES. THERE IS NO RETURN ON MONEY SPENT FOR
IMMEDIATE
IMMEDIATE SHORT
SHORT TERM
TERM LONG
LONG TERM
TERM
•• DEATH
DEATH MEDICAL
MEDICALTREATMENT
TREATMENT SUFFERING
SUFFERING
•• INJURY REPAIRS
REPAIRS DISABILITY
DISABILITY
INJURY
REPLACEMENTS
REPLACEMENTS LOST
LOSTINCOME
INCOME
•• PAIN
PAIN LOST
LOSTPRODUCTION
PRODUCTION INSURANCE
INSURANCE
•• DISEASE
DISEASE INCREASED
INCREASEDCOSTS
COSTS COMPENSATION
COMPENSATION
•• DAMAGE
DAMAGE DISCIPLINE
DISCIPLINE MISTRUST
MISTRUST
•• LOSS
LOSS LOW
LOWMORALE
MORALE MISSED
MISSEDTARGETS
TARGETS
•• FEAR PROFITABILITY
PROFITABILITY
FEAR
FIRM
FIRM OR
OR ORGANISATION
ORGANISATION
Loss of earning Penalty
Loss in paying Loss in paying
in legal action in legal action

Extra insurance
Compensation premium
Lost of client
Unsafe act & Conditions
• Unsafe act:
Behavior which could permit the occurrence of an
accident.

• Unsafe Condition:
Circumstances which could permit the occurrence of an
accident.
Domino theory
(1st theory of accident)

• Accidents are caused directly by unsafe acts of persons or


exposure to unsafe mechanical conditions or by both

• Unsafe actions and conditions are caused by faults of person.

• Faults of persons are either due to environment or acquired by


inheritance.
Heinrich Thought

Investigation of 75000 accidents:


98% : Accidents were preventable.
10% : Accidents were due to dangerous
physical & mechanical conditions.
88% : Accidents were due to unsafe acts & of
person.
WHAT IS UNSAFE ACT AND UNSAFE CONDITION ?
• Unsafe Act
What is unsafe act & condition ???
• Unsafe act
Unsafe act

Deep sleep under vehicle!!!!!!


Unsafe act
Unsafe instrument handling
Unsafe condition
At project site:

UNGUARDED POOR HOUSE KEEPING


Unsafe conditions
UNSAFE ACCESS INADEQUATE ILLUMINATION
Fall protection – working at height

Unsafe Act Safe Act


Obstructed fire exit
Unsafe practice
Unsafe welding cable joints
Unprotected electrical wire
Unsafe act
• Unsafe gas cutting method
Unsafe conditions at fabrication yard
Horizontal position of gas cylinders
Case studies
Results of Unsafe act & conditions

How unsafe act can causes


serious accident ????
An Ironworker crew was modifying a temporary structural steel bridge
using an Oxygen/Acetylene torch setup on a cart, a portable welder,
and a grinder. Apparently the Acetylene hose developed a leak and
ignited during the grinding operation
The torch setup was not equipped with a “flashback” arrestor
check valve and the fire traveled through the hose into the
compressed cylinder.

All Oxygen/Acetylene setups must


have a “Flashback” arrestor check
valve at the regulators, NOT the
torch head, to prevent this type
of occurrence. This little device would
have prevented this fire.
Explosion due to unsafe act !!!!
Explosion due to unsafe act !!!!
Explosion due to collision !!!!!
Results of unsafe act !!!!!!
“Electrocution”…common hazard
Results: Fatal accident in 85% cases
Accident from 33 KVA active cable !!!
Unsafe act !!!!
Unsafe act !!!!!
Unsafe condition
Unsafe condition
Accident due to wrong practice of grinding operation
Result due to unsafe practice during grinding operation
Unsafe act during excavation work
• Unplanned excavation work & electrical hazard
Unsafe act
• Unsafe instrument use
GENERAL SAFETY PRACTICES CASE STUDIES – SHOVEL OPERATORS

What kind of accident is about to happen?

A wire is attached to the hook of a drag shovel with a crane attachment, and
is being used to move a steel arch support at a tunnel construction site.

Can you predict what's about to


happen?
CASE STUDIES – SHOVEL OPERATION
Look what happened!
The shovel operator stopped the shovel suddenly since a worker walked
under the overhead load. As a result, the wire rope came off of the hook and the support
beam fell on the worker.

TIPS FOR PREVENTING SIMILAR ACCIDENTS

• Never let a worker walk under


overhead loads.

• Be sure to inspect the safety catch for the


hook before starting work.

• Assign someone to serve as a signaler


and perform work in accordance with that
persons instruction

• Know proper methods of hanging support


beams and the order in which beams are
to be installed
GENERAL SAFETY PRACTICES

CASE STUDIES – LIFTING PIPELINES


Any accident foreseen in this frame?
At a construction site of burying city water pipes, a hydraulic excavator is traveling with a pipe
weighing 53 kg that is hung with a wire rope fixed at the center. A worker is holding the pipe with
his hand to prevent it from swaying.

Now what accident do you foresee occurring in this frame?


GENERAL SAFETY PRACTICES

CASE STUDIES – LIFTING PIPELINES


This is the accident resulted!
The operator suddenly changed the course to avoid a big stone ahead. Then the hung
pipe made a big sway, pulling the worker down. He was run over by the excavator and
killed.
Tips for forestalling similar accidents

• Strictly follow the rules restricting the use of


hydraulic excavators in unintended
applications (see the Article 164 of Rules of
Industrial Safety and Health Law).

• Take every precaution for safety at the


worksite beforehand. In this instance
remove, remove big stones lying on the
planned traveling course

• Train operators thoroughly not to jerk


hydraulic excavators as well as their work
equipment.
Accident due to unsafe act !!!!
Accident due to unsafe act !!!!!
Conclusion
Major number of Accidents can be prevented by
ourselves through elimination of unsafe acts & conditions
from our workplaces.

“Your safety means, safety of your Valuable Family”


Mind it Rules are for compliance, not for
violation…………….

Thank you

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