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SAFETY TERMINOLOGY

• Accidents • Control
• Threshold Limit • Hazard
Value
• Risk
• Incidents
• Unsafe Acts
• Safety
• Unsafe Conditions
ACCIDENT
• an undesired event that results in
harm to people, damage to property,
or loss to process
• usually a contact w/ a source of
energy above the threshold limit of
the body or structure
THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUE

max. point through w/c a


person, structure or object
could w/stand the forces of
energies w/out leaving any
physical or psychological
effect
INCIDENT
an undesired event w/c, under
slightly different circumstances
could have resulted in harm to
people, damage to property, or
loss to process
Accident Ratio Study

1 MAJOR or
SERIOUS

REACTIVE/POST MINOR
ACCIDENT/LOSS 10 INJURY
REPORTING

30 PROPERTY
DAMAGE/LOSS

PROACTIVE 600 NEAR-MISS


POSITIVE
REPORTING
SAFETY
control of recognized hazards to
attain an acceptable level of risk
CONTROL
To regulate or restrain. To put
on track.
HAZARDS
unsafe acts or conditions, that if
not controlled, may result into
the occurrence of an accident or
an incident

H.W. HEINRICH STUDY:


• Unsafe Acts - 88%
• Unsafe Conditions - 10%
RISK
chance of a physical or personal loss
UNSAFE ACTS
behaviors w/c could permit the
occurrence of an accident or
incident

deviation from standard


procedures or practices
UNSAFE CONDITIONS
circumstances w/c could permit
the occurrence of an accident or
incident

deviation from
standard conditions
(equipment, materials,
or environment)
HIDDEN COSTS OF ACCIDENTS
Represented by an ICEBERG

• Medical
Direct Cost • Compensation

• Time lost from work by injured


• Loss time by fellow workers
• Damage to tools and equipment
Indirect and • Time damaged equipment is out of service
Hidden Costs of • Spoiled work
Accidents • Loss time by supervision
• Loss of production
• Litigation costs
• Damage to corporate image
PROACTIVE ACCIDENT PREVENTION CONCEPT
ACCIDENT
ACCIDENT
ACCIDENT HAZARDS

UNSAFE
UNSAFE UNSAFE
UNSAFE
ACTS
ACTS CONDITIONS
CONDITIONS

UNABLE UNAWARE UNMOTIVATED UNIDENTIFIED UNCORRECTED

CONTROLS - ACCIDENT PREVENTION ACTIVITIES


• SAFETY INSPECTION • NEW HIRE ORIENTATION
• ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION • HAZARD ANALYSIS
• SAFETY MEETING • COACHING/DISCIPLINE

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