ACCIDENTS & PREVENTION

• Accident is an unexpected, undesirable event that produces discomfort, injuries, damages and losses.

• Many people think that the accidents happen by chance.
• From the point of view of the safety experts - accidents are "caused".

• Risks exists every where, even in such common activity as ride a bike.

• For many people home is the riskiest place.

Each year in the USA more people are killed or injured in accidents - at home, work, while traveling, then where killed or injured in either the Korean or the Vietnam War.

On Worldwide basis, accidents involving motor vehicles tend to be the primary cause of accidental deaths, followed by accidents in industry and in home.

An accident may disrupt your life, and modify your joy of live, or put your business at risk.

Living safely means learning about an activity, finding out about any hazards associated with the activity and what steps to take to lessen or avoid those hazards, and then approaching the activity prepared and confident.

SAFETY is a discipline that dedicated efforts to lessen or to eliminate the hazardous conditions that cause accident.

Safety Engineering is a science dedicated to predict, study, evaluate the causes of the accidents and take steps to prevent its occurrence.

Accidents are driven by two main factors:-

• UNSAFE ACTS
• UNSAFE CONDITIONS.

Qualified Safety Engineers can give advice, design safety devices and procedures that can efficiently eliminate unsafe conditions, control unsafe acts, resulting the preservation of life and money savings.

Occupational Safety is concerned with risks encountered in areas where people work, offices,

manufacturing plants, farms, construction sites, and commercial and retails facilities.

Job Safety Analysis is a tool used to identify unsafe conditions and unsafe acts in a work environment.

Safety Procedures are guidelines designed by safety experts, in a fashion that the activities required to perform a task are accomplished in such way that the risks involved in such task are controlled, and accidents eliminated or reduced.

Safety Rules are effective measures, designed by safety experts in function of specific situations and circumstances of exposure to risks.

Intrinsic Design is a design that takes into consideration the nature of the machine and the nature of the environment in which the machine will operate and incorporate devices to avoid catastrophic situations in case of failures.

Recognize your limitations:

Do not attempt work, which you are not qualified to do. A little knowledge can go a long way in causing accidents.

Your body too has limitations; it can only reach so far and lift so much. Know your limitations and respect them.

Get Complete and proper instructions:

Learn exactly what you must do, especially when starting work on a new job or task. If something unusual arises, go look for help.

Use the proper tools:

Each tool has a specific purpose and a limited use. Know the right tool to use and use it only as intended. Do not abuse them. Tools have a way of protesting misuse in violent and unexpected fashion. Inspect them for damage and wear.

Use de proper method:

DO NOT TAKE SHORT CUTS, take time to be SAFE.

Use protective devices:

You may know someone else who learned the hard way. Benefit from their experience.

Observe rules and instructions:

These are the safety devices on your on. There is a reason for each of them based on considerable experience and thought.

Keep your mind on the task:

Whatever the task of the moment is, it is evidently worth doing and is important. Daydreaming,

worry and horseplay have no place on any task. Inattention is one of the most frequent causes of accidents.

Keep the other person in mind:

Remember that your careless actions may endanger or hurt someone else. Don't Rush:

There is a difference between working efficiently and rushing. A steady consistent pace will get the task done sooner in the long run.

Know your surroundings:

Familiarize yourself with the location of safety and fire protection devices in the region which you are working. Know all he exits provided in the building you are.