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1. iFour ConsultancyImportance of INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

2. Industrial safety is primarily a management activity which is concerned with
 Reducing
 Controlling
 Eliminating hazards from the industries or industrial units.
What is Industrial Safety?
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3.  Industrial causes a great loss to both the Employer & Employee, that’s it is having
importance
 Cost of compensation
 Cost of medical-aid
 Cost of training a new worker
 Cost of the lost time
 Cost of investigation
 Cost of supervision & inspections
 Cost to the Govt. in terms of factory inspectors, & public health services
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4. Cost of spoilage of materials
Cost of the damage of machinery
Cost of cost of wages payable during injury
Cost of loss of morale
Cost of loss to the worker and his family
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5.  To prevent accidents in the plant by reducing the hazard to minimum.
 To eliminate accident caused work stoppage and lost production.
 To achieve lower workmen’s compensation, insurance rates and reduce all other
direct and indirect costs of accidents.
 To prevent loss of life, permanent disability and the loss of income of worker by
eliminating causes of accidents.
 To evaluate employee’s morale by promoting safe work place and good working
condition
 To educate all members of the organization in continuous state of safety mindless
and to make supervision competent and intensely safety minded.
Objectives of Industrial Safety
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6.  Two main ratios used to measure accidents are
Accident Frequency Rate (AFC)
Accident Severity Rate (ASC)
 AFC = No. of injuries * 10,00,000/ Total no. of man hours worked
 ASR = no. of man day lost * 10,00,000/Total no. of man hours worked
Measurement & Records of Accidents
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7.  Unsafe conditions
 The job itself
 Work schedules
 Psychological conditions
 Machinery & Equipment
 Unsafe Acts
 Miscellaneous Causes
Causes of Industrial Accidents
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8.  Safety Policy
 Safety Committee
 Safety Engineering
 Guarding of machinery
 Material handling equipment
 Safety devices
 Ergonomics
 Plan maintenance
 General house keeping
 Safety Education & Training
 Role of Government
Measures to ensure Industrial Safety
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9.  Engineering: i.e. safety at the design, equipment installation stage.
 Education: i.e. education of employees in safe practices.
 Enlistment: i.e. it concerns the attitude of the employees and management
towards the programmed and its purpose. This necessary arose the interest of
employees in accident prevention and safety consciousness.
 Encouragement: i.e. to enforce adherence to safe rules and practices.
Four E's of Safety
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10.  Safety audit –
A safety audit subjects each area of a company’s activity to a systematic critical examination
with the object of minimizing loss.
 Safety survey-
A safety survey is a detailed examination in depth of a narrower field of activity.
 Safety inspection-
 A routine scheduled inspection of a unit or department, which may be
 carried out by someone ( may be a safety representative ) from within the unit, possibly
 accompanied by the safety advisor. The inspection would check maintenance standards,
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11.  Fencing of machinery
 Work on or near machinery in motion
 Employment of young persons on dangerous machines.
 Striking gear and devices for cutting off power
 Self-acting machines
 Casing of new machinery
 Prohibition of employment of women and children near cotton-openers
 Hoists and lifts
 Lifting machines, chains, ropes and lifting tackles
 Revolving machinery
 Pressure plant
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12.  Floors, stairs and means of access
 Pits, sumps openings in floors, etc.
 Excessive weights
 Protection of eyes.
 Precautions against dangerous fumes, gases
 Precautions regarding the use of portable electric light.
 Explosive or inflammable dust, gas, etc.
 Precautions in case of fire
 Power to require specifications of defective parts or tests of stability
 Safety of buildings and machinery
 Maintenance of buildings
 Safety Officers
 Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
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13. References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_safety_system
http://www.fmins.com/pdf/safety_SERVICES/IndustrialSafety.pdf
http://www.total.com/en/society-environment/industrial-safety/industrial-
safety-core-focus-our-initiatives/workplace-safety-continuous-
improvement?%FFbw=kludge1%FF
http://labour.nic.in/content/innerpage/industrial-safety--and-health.php
http://www.ind-safety.com/
http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/industrial-safety/main.htm
http://www.suresafety.com/
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