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Occupational Safety, Health and Environment
Aim of this blog: The aim of this blog is to provide
actual information of Occupational safety, health and environment to safety
professionals and who likes to understand about occupational safety, health and
environmental issues.
References: This blog shall be referenced all the
important standards like ILO-OSH,HSE UK, European agency for safety and health
at work , OSHA (USA) , Australia and new Zealand safety standard , UAE federal
Laws and emirates local laws, Indian safety acts like factories act and the building and other
construction workers act etc.
Frequency of this blog: This blog will released every Saturday
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Note: Inviting Creative criticisms and advises
The statistics of occupational
accidents in each country is horrible. After the implementation of the acts
there found occupational accidents are possible to reduce significantly.
The first Safety acts implemented
in Britain in 1802.
Following the enactment at each country
that saved many lives. This globalized era using a lot of sophisticated tools, machines
and automations. Using many hazardous substances, employees working from different
countries, in different environmental conditions.
In all activities there is a chance
of an accident it is like a shadow of an object. Accidental chance we can
eliminate with the proper suitable and sufficient control measures.
Following an accident we facing 3 types
of losses.
Moral: The employee and his kith and
kin facing a lot of mental and physical agonies. Sometime victims losing their life,
limbs etc, there is happening a disturbance on human rights.
Legal: employer to be faced many
national and international legal proceedings. Might be civil or criminal legal issues
like imprisonment, compensation etc.
Financial: Employer or victim to be
spends a lot of money to reinstate the situation. Most of the expenses are
uninsured cost. Studies shows that 8 to 36 times the cost is uninsured than the
insured cost.
98% accidents are happening due to
the un safe act of persons or un safe conditions of work place. 2% only
happening due to the unexpected ways.
A proper health and safety
management system implementation will help to eliminate or reduce the
Occupational accidents, Ill health and environmental pollutions.
How an Accident or Incident or Near miss can eliminate:
Accident: An unplanned or unexpected event which
results some kind of loss
Incident/near miss: An un planned or unexpected
event which had the potential to result some kind of loss
Safety loop
Note: This Loop is invented by Riyas Babu Chalikkuzhi.
Hazard: Anything cause to Harm
Risk: Risk is the likelihood that realize any
harm from any particular Hazard
Control measures: The measures which applying to
eliminate the hazard or reduce both the likelihood and severity of risk or
either likelihood or severity of the risk.
The Prime quality of a Safety professional is
the ability to identify the hazard of a work place, identify the risks and
implement suitable and sufficient control measures.
