Safety Consideration in Industry

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Safety Consideration in Industry

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AIM OF THE PRESENTATION.

• To build awareness on importance of safety in
  industries.
• Basic safety knowledge for Engineers.

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Benefits of safety in Business

• Good morale of employees.
• Less Insurance costs.
• Improved productivity.
• Less absenteeism.
• Builds reputation of the industry.
• Pre-requisite for qualifying in tender.

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Safety incidents in UAE

• Dubai Dry dock death.
• Collapse of scaffold in Dubai airport project.
• Fire accident in Oasis center, Dubai.

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Why Safety?

• Moral
• Economic
• Legal

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Establishing Safety

• Employee attitude Behavior.
• Training.
• Rewarding.
• Motivation.
• Provide appropriate tools equipment.
• Plan a job to complete it safely.

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Measurement of Safety

• Safe man hours without Lost Time Accident (LTA)
• number of employees X no. of working hours ,
  they worked safely.
• If any LTA occurs, the safe man hours is reset to
  zero.

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Commonly used words in safety

• Hazard Potential to cause harm to people
  equipment.
• Risk - The likelihood of such occurring.
• Risk assessment Risk in executing job is
  assessed before any job is started.
• Control measures The precautions taken for
  doing a job safely, based on risk assessment.

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Types of Hazard

• Physical
• Electrical
• Mechanical
• Chemical

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Hazard in Construction Industry

• Fall of material from height.
• Fall of men from height.
• Cave- in.
• Failure of cranes escalators.
• Manual handling- Back Injury.
• Skin allergy Occupational Disease.

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Hazard in Process Industry

• Physical hazards such as trip, slip and fall.
• Fire hazard.
• Chemical hazards
• Electrical hazards
• Mechanical hazard

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Re-classification of safety hazard.

• Equipment and job related.
• Tool related.
• Area related.

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Risk study

• Consider an activity to be assessed.
• Breakdown in to small steps.
• Identify the hazard
• Analyze the effect of hazard
• Study , how many people are affected.
• Apply appropriate control measures.

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Probability

• Frequent.
• Probable.
• Occasional.
• Remote.
• Improbable.

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Severity

• Catastrophic Death or system loss or damage.
• Critical Severe Injury and occupational Illness
  and severe system damage.
• Marginal Minor injury and occupational Illness
  and minor system damage.
• Negligible Less than a minor injury or and minor
  system damage.

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Risk Rating

• Risk Rating Probability X Severity

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Methods of Risk assessment

• Hazard Operability studies ( HAZOP)
• Hazard Identification ( HAZID)
• Hazard Analysis ( HAZAN)
• Preliminary hazard analysis (PHA).
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).
• Failure mode and effect Analysis (FMEA)

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Stages of Hazard Analysis

• Design phase
• Construction / procurement / installation stage.
• Integration / test / check out phase.

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Control of safety hazards

• Elimination
• Substitution
• Isolation
• Control Administrative Engineering.
• Personnel Protective Equipment ( PPE)

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OHSAS 18001

• Abbreviated as Occupational health Safety
  Assessment Series.
• International Safety Management system.
• Originated from British Standards Institution
  (BSI)
• Calls for Management commitment to safety.

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Elements of OHSAS 18001

• Safety Policy.
• Safety Procedure.
• Implementation Management.
• Safety Audits.
• Corrective preventive action.
• Management review.

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Question Hour

• Any Questions Please?

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THANKING YOU

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