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Workplace Safety
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- 1SAFETY-Refers to the physical or environmental conditions of work or employment, which substantially comply with the provisions of this standards.
- 2ACCIDENT- Unplanned or an undesired event
- near accident or near miss
- has the potential to inflict injury or property damage - 3HAZARD- Any condition in the workplace that, by itself or by interacting with other variables, cause injuries, property damage, death, or other losses.
- 4LOSS CONTROL- It is the prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidental damage to the company's property.
- 5HAZARD CONTROL- Involves developing a program to recognize, evaluate, and eliminate or minimize the destructive effects of hazards in the workplace.
- It includes hazard recognition, evaluation, control, and communication.
- It is a shared responsibility of management and all workers. - 6POTENTIAL CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS1. People
2. Equipment
3. Materials
4. Environment - 7INCIDENTUndesired circumstances and near misses with the potential to cause incidents
- 8OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTAn unexpected and unplanned occurrence, including acts of violence, arising out of or in connection with work which results in once or more workers incurring a personal injury, disease or death; as occupational accidents are to be considered travel, transport or road traffic accidents in which workers are injured and which arise out of or in the course of work
- 9COMMUTING ACCIDENTAN ACCIDENT OCCURRING ON THE HABITUAL ROUTE, IN EITHER DIRECTION, BETWEEN PLACE OF WORK OR WORK-RELATED TRAINING
- 10OCCUPATIONAL INJURYAny personal injury, disease or death resulting from an occupational accident
- 11WRITTEN WORKPLACE SAFETY PROGRAMA management approach for identifying , evaluating, analyzing and controlling workplace safety and health hazards.
Includes developing systematic policies, procedures and practices fundamental to creating and maintaining a safe and healthy working environment.
Requires a safety policy statement - 12THE DOMINO SEQUENCE1. Lack of control - management
2. Basic Cause - origin
3. Immediate Cause - symptoms
4. Incident - contact
5. People - property - loss - 136 ELEMENTS OF A WWSP1. RESPONSIBILITY
2. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, ANALYSIS AND CONTROL
3. TRAINING
4. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION
5. ENFORCEMENT
6. SAFETY COMMITTEE
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- Workplace Safety concepts and principles
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- Maria Margarita Samson · Dec 2015
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- Mar 5, 2016
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