Industrial safety is primarily a management activity which is concerned with  Reducing  Controlling  Eliminating hazards from the industries or industrial units.

1. Importance of INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
2. 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? Industrial Safety Solutions
3. 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 Significance of Industrial Safety Industrial Safety Solutions
4. 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 Significance of Industrial Safety Industrial Safety Solutions
5. 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 Industrial Safety Solutions
6. 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 Industrial Safety Solutions
7. 7.  Unsafe conditions  The job itself  Work schedules  Psychological conditions  Machinery & Equipment  Unsafe Acts  Miscellaneous Causes Causes of Industrial Accidents Industrial Safety Solutions
8. 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 Industrial Safety Solutions
9. 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 Industrial Safety Solutions
10. 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, Safety Inspection Procedures Industrial Safety Solutions
11. 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 Safety instruments Industrial Safety Solutions
12. 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 Safety instruments Industrial Safety Solutions