Accident management

Unsafe act

An action that increases the risk of injury in the workplace.

Examples

Failure to wear PPE
Unsafe Driving
Failure to Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO)
Bypass or Removal of Safety Devices
Using defective Equipment's
Use of Tools for other than their intended purpose
Operating a machine which is found to be faulty
Operating a machine without competence & Training
Lack of Awareness on Safety Practices
Horseplay

Reasons of Unsafe act

1. Taking Shortcuts

2. Being Complacent

3. Over Confidence

4. Ignoring Rules & Procedure

5. Poor attitude

Factors contributing to Unsafe act

1. High increased work loads

2. Pressure of Production

3. Insufficient workforce Level

4. Improper Repair or Maintained Equipment's

5. Employer's failure to identify Potential Hazards

6. Inadequate Training

Prevention of Unsafe act

1. Education

2. Engineering

3. Enforcement

4. Empowerment

Unsafe condition

A condition in the workplace that is likely to cause property damage or injury.

Examples

Damaged Electrical Wires
Equipment without proper protective guard
Oil or Chemical Spillage
Slippery & Unsteady Surfaces
Inadequate or Excessive Lighting
Fire & Explosion Hazards
Poor Housekeeping
Excessive Noise
Poor Ventilation

Incident

Any unwanted, unplanned occurrence is called incident.

Accident

Any unwanted, unplanned event which leads to injury, damage or loss is called accident.

Near miss

An event which occur with out injury of person damage to property but has the potential to result in an accident. Any unwanted, unplanned event that has potential to cause harms damage or loss but did not do so.

Hazard

A hazard is a dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition.

Risk

Combination of the (probability) frequency of an undesirable event occurring and the severity level of its consequence.

A risk is a chance high or low that any hazard will actually cause somebody harm

Risk Assessment: A formalized process of identifying the risk that they generate and then either eliminate or controlling the risk.

What is accident investigation?

Accident investigation means to carried out immediately the occurrence of accident to find out real facts to avoid the future accident.

What is accident statistics?

It means to maintenance of accident details

How to investigate an accidents?

Injured persons name, address, designation age Exact place and types of hazards Date, shift, time To find out the causes/ reasons To take correction action Fact finding not fault finding

How to report an accident?

1. Date and time

2. Activity

3. What happened

4. Person involved

5. What went wrong

6. Causes

7. Corrective action suggested

8. Signature

9. Safety officer

10. Safety in charge

11. Project manager

What is accident prevention?

Accident prevention may be defined as an integrated programme and directed to control un safe mechanical or physical condition.

Human factors causing accidents?

1. Carelessness

2. Fooling bout it

3. Hurrying to increase production

4. Laziness in house keeping

5. Hurrying in Lunchtime

6. Lack of attention due to worry

7. Alcohol and drugs

8. Lack of skill and experience

9. Not using PPE

Write causes of accidents ?

Direct cause: Unsafe act and unsafe condition.

Indirect Cause: 1. Lack of knowledge or skill 2. Improper attitude 3. Physical or mental deficiency

Write about accident sequence?

A personal injury occurs only as the result of an accidents An accident occurs only as the result of a unsafe action or un safe mechanical or physical conditions or both.

Unsafe action or unsafe condition or mechanical or physical condition exist only because of faulting the part of persons.

Fault of persons acquires from the environment and the causes for lack of knowledge or skills or improper attitude.

How many types of accidents?

There are 4 types of accidents

1. Near miss accident – escape

2. No lost time reported 48hrs. before

3. Los time – reported 48hrs. after

4. Fated – Death

Heinrich accident ratio?

Major injury Minor injury No injury Bird accident ratio? Serious Minor Property damage No visible injury