- What is an Accident?
- It is an unplanned happening.
- What is an ‘incident’?
- An incident is an unplanned event with the potential to lead to an accident.
- Sould accident prevention be left to the Safety Manager as the representative of management, and the supervisory staff in a place of work?
- No - It is the responsibility of all concerned in the workplace.
- Who should have the prime responsibility of investigating an accident, and who should not investigate an accident?
- The Safety Officer, who is trained and equipped for accident investigation. If possible he/she should be accompanied by a member of the safety consultation mechanism, or Safety Representative.
- The manager/supervisor/foreperson of the area where the accident happened. They may be involved emotionally or by sense of guilt.
- What are the causes of industrial accidents?
- Inadequate skill, improper supervision etc.
- Rapid industrialization
- Expansion of existing factories
- Setting up new industries involving hazards not known earlier
- How many types of accidents?
- There are 4 types of accidents
- Near miss accident? Escape
- No lost time reported 48hrs. Before
- Lost time? Reported48hrs. After
- Fated?Death
- Write about accident sequence?
- A personal injury occurs only as the result of 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.
- Has a Safety Officer or Safety Manager a responsibility to see that Safety measures are complied with?
- Yes - As an agent of management with delegated responsibility.
- Give two reasons why all accidents should be reported immediately?
- So that an investigation to determine the cause may be instituted.
- So that injuries may be attended to.
- Give two reasons for the investigation of an accident?
- Find the cause,
- Prevent reoccurrence.
- Give two reasons why you should not wear a ring while working on a machine?
- It may increase the risk of an accident.
- It may make a minor accident worse.
- Why investigate an incident even if no accident occurred?
- To prevent the recurrence of a situation where somebody may be injured.
- Why keep a record of all accidents, however small?
- Accident Prevention.
- In case of litigation.
- If an employee is always having minor accidents and incidents.What action should you take?
- Move him to a less hazardous job.
- What responsibility has an employee to avoid accidents?
- He must work safely and use all the protective equipment provided for him.
- What are the two principal responsibilities of an employer in relation to accident prevention?
- To provide a safe place of work.
- To provide safe conditions of work.
- "The application of engineering techniques to reduce accidents and hazards", what is the normal term used for this approach?
- Loss Prevention.
- Name four areas into which accident costs may be classified?
- Wage Losses.
- Production Losses.
- Medical Costs.
- Property Damage.
- Investigation Costs.
- Insurance Costs.
- Give four consequences of an accident?
- Pain and Suffering.
- Loss of work and wages.
- Loss of production.
- Damage to plant.
- Non productive losses.
- What are the immediate and ultimate objectives of an accident investigation. Qualify your answer?
- The Immediate Objective - is to get accurate information about the cause and circumstances of the accident.
- The Ultimate Objective - is to prevent future reoccurrence’s of similar accidents, to uncover new hazards, and to devise methods to control these hazards.
- State four methods that can be utilised to prevent new workers to an area suffering accidents?
- Train them in the new work location process
- Put them in the charge of an experienced worker.
- Instruct them in the dangers and the precautions to take.
- Ensure that they have adequate supervision.
- Name four ways whereby one could prevent accidents?
- Good Housekeeping.
- Good Maintenance.
- Secure Guarding.
- Cleanliness.
- Controlling environmental conditions.
- The guidance refers to the hidden costs of occupational accidents and specifically names four.
- Wage costs.
- Extra personnel administration costs.
- Material costs.
- Other costs (loss adjusters, lawyers, fines etc.).
- When a fatal accident has occurred in a factory,what are the three conditions necessary for allowing the place of fatality to be disturbed?
- The expiration of three clear days after notification to the authority.
- The place has been visited and inspected by an inspector or with the consent of an inspector
- The disturbance was necessary for securing the safety of persons.
- Power tools feature in more accidents than any other factor, in particular grinders and grinderettes. Name the three most important measures to be taken for your personal safety when using grinders?
- Wear goggles.
- Check guard is appropriate.
- Use ear protection.
- What is accident investigation?
- Accident investigation means to carry 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 accident?
- Injured person’s 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?
- Date and time
- Activity
- What had happened?
- Person involved
- What went wrong?
- Causes
- Corrective action suggested
- Signature
- Safety officer
- Safety in charge
- Project manager
- What is accident prevention?
- Accident prevention may be defined as an integrated program and directed to control un safe mechanical or physical condition.
- Role of management in industrial safety?
- A written safety policy is issued by the management’s towards men, material and machines.
- The safety policy should bring out the management’s towards men, material machine.3
- The safety policy should be circulated to top, middle and to workers
- Management meeting should be in a position
- Management should arrange for safety inspection (once in 3 months) and safety audit (once in year) to be carried out.
- List three key benefits of investigating accidents and incidents.
- To identify the cause of the accident/incident so that it can be prevented from happening again.
- To prevent further business losses from disruption, down-time, and lost business
- To improve worker morale/promote a positive safety culture.
- To collect the information required for notifying the enforcing authority.
- To get information needed for insurance claims.
- To find out the cost of an accident/incident
- To develop skills that can be applied elsewhere in the organization.
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