ENGINEERS ROLE IN SAFETY

WHAT IS SAFETY?
Safety may be defined to be our own activity which help us to identify our own deviation in any work situation and enable us to take precaution before any accident or incident takes place because of that deviation.

Accident
AN ACCIDENT IS AN UNDESIRED AND UNPLANNED EVENT, MAINLY CAUSED BY HUMAN ERROR AND/OR HIGH RISK CONDITIONS
THAT RESULTS IN OR HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR PHYSICAL HARM TO PERSONS AND/OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND/OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS.

ACCIDENTS DO NOT

HAPPEN
THEY ARE THE RESULT OF

UNSAFE ACT OR CONDITION

UNSAFE ACT

UNSAFE CONDITION

ACCIDENT

INJURY BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS

PROPERTY DAMAGE

THE ENGINEERS ROLE...

TRAINS PEOPLE
COMMUNICATES

SETS THE EXAMPLE

ENFORCES RULES

ENCOURAGES POSITIVE BEHAVIOR

INVESTIGATES ACCIDENTS

HEINRICH THEORY The theory shown beside by a triangle shows that behind every serious accident, there are atleast 29 minor and atleast 300 no injury and no damage cases. It is generally observed that one case (I.e. serious accident case) is thoroughly investigated and causes found out. In case of 29 minor cases, only facts are noted and in case of remaining 300 cases the investigations are not done at all. The founder of these theory has proved that if we avoid all the 300 cases( in which there are no injury or damage) than it is very easy to avoid the serious accident and minor accident.

1 FATAL ACCIDENT

29
MINOR INJURIES

300
NON - INJURY ACCIDENTS

COST OF LOSS
INJURY AND ILLNESS COSTS

MEDICAL LOST TIME COMPENSATION

PROPERTY, PROCESS, MATERIAL, MISC. COSTS

ICEBERG

PRODUCTION LOSS BUILDING DAMAGE PLANT DAMAGE TOOL & EQPT. DAMAGE MATERIAL DAMAGE LEGAL FEES INVESTIGATION COST REPLACEMENT COST EMERGENCY SUPPLIES CLERICAL COST

An effective workmen Training Tool

SCHEDULE
- A periodical plan in a matrix -

NEED IDENTIFICATION
- requirement of the participant -

CO-ORDINTION

MINUTES
- Record in specified format

- With the concerned Site Engineer / Supervisor -

PLANNING DELIBERATION
- Well defined & directed - Group of participants - Subject / focus of the talk - Location & Time-

TYPICAL SUBSTANDARD ACTS AND CONDITIONS

ACTS
OPERATING EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT NOT SECURED OPERATING SPEED REMOVING SAFETY/ DEVICES LOADING PLACEMENT USE OF PPE SERVICING EQUIP. IN OPERATION HORSEPLAY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS / ALCOHOL OTHERS

CONDITIONS
ABSENCE OF GUARDS / BARRIERS PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TOOLS , EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL CONGESTED / RESTRICTED AREAS WARNING. MONITORING ALARMS AND SYSTEMS FIRE AND EXLOSION SUPPRESSION SYSTEM HOUSEKEEPING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS E.G. DUSTS, FUMES, GASES, VAPOURS, OTHERS NOISE RADIATION HIGH / LOW TEMPERATURE VENTILATION CONCURRENT OPERATIONS INCOMPATIBLE CHEMICALS INCOMPATIBLE ADDITIVE OTHERS

GUESS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR SAFETY???

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING YOU ARE OBLIGED TO WEAR ALL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING! INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SHOES HAND GLOVES INDUSTRIAL SAFETY HELMETS SAFETY GLASSES SAFETY BELTS APRONS FACE SHIELDS EAR PLUGS/MUFFS DUST MASK GUMBOOTS etc.

SAFETY TIPS

WEAR YOUR SAFETY CLOTHING!

WATCH OUT FOR UNSAFE CONDITIONS

REPORT THEM

HOUSEKEEPING

A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERY THING AT ITS PLACE.

DONT WORK ON ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IF YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED

NO FOOLING, TEASING FELLOW EMPLOYEES

ONLY WORK ON EQUIPMENT IF YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO DO SO!

MAKE SURE ALL YOUR TOOLS ARE IN A SAFE CONDITION

DONT DRINK ON DUTY

PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOURE DOING AND WHERE YOURE GOING.

CLEAN UP ANY OIL OR GREASE TO AVOID SLIPPING ON IT.

REPORT ALL INJURIES TO YOUR EIC. TODAY! THE EIC TO INVESTIGATE THE ACCIDENT AND COMPLETE THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION FORM ALONG WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.

ONE LAST POINT

As long as you follow through on your duties and dont ignore Safety Issues / Problems As long as you take the time to properly train and monitor your workers As long as you document all Safety activities Then you wont have any legal problems Its when you ignore your duties and dont take this seriously that you can get in trouble

SETTING THE EXAMPLE

Follow the rules yourself Be consistent in your approach Even small things count Dont make exceptions & Dont play favorites Your actions say a lot more than your words Employees will watch you to see if you can Walk the Talk

SUMMARY
Accident prevention saves money and improves productivity Engineers have a key role in the Safety program Understand human behavior Be a leader - set the example, enforce the rules Train, communicate, motivate & dont play favorites Follow through on your duties - take the time!