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Introduction To Safety Engineering

This document provides an introduction to safety engineering. It defines safety as being protected from danger, risk, or injury. Safety engineering involves designing and building safe systems. The document outlines the key steps in developing a workplace safety and health system, which include evaluating hazards, prioritizing needs, developing an action plan to address hazards, and implementing and reviewing the plan. Example hazards addressed include chemical exposure, fires, biological hazards, heat stress, electricity, and noise. Managing safety reduces costs from accidents and improves business performance.

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Introduction To Safety Engineering

This document provides an introduction to safety engineering. It defines safety as being protected from danger, risk, or injury. Safety engineering involves designing and building safe systems. The document outlines the key steps in developing a workplace safety and health system, which include evaluating hazards, prioritizing needs, developing an action plan to address hazards, and implementing and reviewing the plan. Example hazards addressed include chemical exposure, fires, biological hazards, heat stress, electricity, and noise. Managing safety reduces costs from accidents and improves business performance.

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INTRODUCTION TO

SAFETY ENGINEERING
AT 312 & ELX 312 – Safety Engineering
DEFINITION OF SAFETY

• Condition of being protected from or unlikely to


cause danger risk or injury.
• When can you say that you are safe?
• Safety is relative to something.
When is it safe to cross
the road?
SAFETY
•Condition of being protected
from or unlikely to cause
danger risk or injury.
DEFINE ENGINEERING

• The branch of science and technology concerned


with design, building & use of engine, machine, and
structure
SAFETY ENGINEERING

DESIGNING OR BUILDING
SAFETY?

DESIGNING OR BUILDING
A SAFE SYSTEM
OUR SAFETY ENGINEETING

• Focus on workplace safety


• Point of view of safety and health managers
Managers and Business Owners are
RISK TAKERS

Risk Rewards
Managers should NEVER
RISK HEALTH AND
SAFETY!!!
Direct and Indirect costs of one lost workday due to
accident or injury

• Medical and worker’s compensation costs


• Productive time lost by the injured employee
• Productive time lost by employees and supervisors attending
the accident victim
• Clean-up and start-up of operations interrupted
• Damaged equipment will need repair or replacement
• Lower morale
• Potential for increased workers compensation.
good business…

Reduce Risk
by paying attention to
SAFETY AND
HEALTH
Planning for Safety and Health:
REDUCING WORKPLACE RISK

Evaluation

Implement Prioritize
your plan your needs

Develop an
Action plan
Planning for Safety and Health:
REDUCING WORKPLACE RISK

EVALUATION

Implement Prioritize
your plan your needs

Develop an
Action plan
Evaluation

1. Comprehensive survey and audit


2. Assessment of company’s safety and health
systems
Evaluation: COMPREHENSIVE
SURVEY OR AUDIT
• Is the company following MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS
AND REGULATION
• Is the safety and health procedures of the company
ACCEPTED BY THE INDUSTY
• WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND HOW dangerous materials
are used
• Direct observations of employees work habits and practices or
standard work procedure
• DISCUSSIONS WITH EMPLOYEES AND SUPERVISORS
concerning safety and health problems they have experienced
in the workplace
Evaluation:
ASSESSMENT OF COMPANY’S SAFETY
AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
• Company policy statements
• Work and safety rules
• Guidelines for standard work procedures, education and
training, first aid equipment and service, emergency
evacuation, inspections, records and statistics, and accident
investigations
• Training programs
• Guidelines for monitoring the program
Planning for Safety and Health:
REDUCING WORKPLACE RISK

Evaluation /
Review

Implement PRIORITIZE
your plan YOUR NEEDS

Develop an
Action plan
How will you decide what should be first?

• Results of the safety and health system survey


• Review of the company’s injury and illness records
• Available time and resources
• Other factors that may affect any specific condition
Planning for Safety and Health:
REDUCING WORKPLACE RISK

Evaluation /
Review

Implement Prioritize
your plan your needs

DEVELOP AN
ACTION PLAN
Action plans

• road map to get the safety and health system from where it
is now to where it should be.
• Defines what must be done, the order tasks should be
performed and who is responsible for completing the task
Two parts of an action plan
1. A list of major changes or improvements needed in order to
make the safety and health system effective.
• Assign each element of the list a priority and a target date for
completion and the person responsible in monitoring or
directing each identified element on the list
2. taking major improvement and developing a quantifiable
plan making the change
• Specify what is to be accomplished, the specific steps required,
who will be assigned to do what, and when the task is to be
completed
Elements of an ACTION PLAN

• Hazard assessment and control


• Safety and health planning
• General safety rules, standard work procedure
• training
Hazard Assessment Control
ACTION PLAN
Hazard assessment and control

Assessment:
• It identifies any existing or potential hazards in the
workplace, then follows through to eliminate or control them
Control:
• developing safe work procedures, and safety and health
training.
Components of a HAZARD CONTROL SYSTEM

• An initial hazard identification survey


• A system for hazard identification (regular inspection)
• An effective system for reporting dangerous
workplace conditions
• An equipment and maintenance program
• A system for initiating and tracking corrective
actions; and
• A system for periodically monitoring workplace
conditions
Examples of hazard/s

• Chemical exposure • Electrical hazards


• Fire and explosion • Heat stress
• Oxygen deficiency • Cold exposure
• Ionizing and non-ionizing • Noise
radiation
• Confined space entry hazards
• Biological hazards
• Safety hazards
Planning, General Safety Rules,
and Work Procedures
ACTION PLAN
Safety and Health Plans
Safety and Health Plans:
Rules, and work procedures should apply to everyone
Training
ACTION PLAN
Planning for Safety and Health:
REDUCING WORKPLACE RISK

IMPL Evaluation /
Review
EME
NT
YOU Prioritize
your needs
R
PLA
N Develop an
Action plan
• Putting into action the ACTION PLAN!
• Open communication with the employees
• Effective safety and health system is a plan that is put into
action!
Planning for Safety and Health:
REDUCING WORKPLACE RISK

Evaluation

Implement Prioritize
your plan your needs

Develop an
Action plan
Note:The key steps in developing a safety health system
include:

• Planning for safety and health


• Getting started by evaluating the workplace
• Prioritizing your organization’s needs
• Developing an action plan
• Determining the elements of the action plan
• Implementing the plan
• Periodically reviewing the plan
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
FIRE AND EXPLOSION
BIOLOGICAL HAZARD
HEAT STRESS
ELECTRICAL HAZARD
NOISE

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