OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
code:18CVENOESA
FACULTY: Dr Sampath kumar M C
Mob:9980941336
Definition
• Definition: Occupational health and safety is concerned
with fostering the safety, health and welfare of people
engaged in work or employment.
• Meaning: To promote health and well being of people
employed in a work environment against Occupational
diseases. To promote the safety at work place for
employees.
• The laws and regulations are enforced to prevent
workplace illnesses, accidents, injuries, and fatalities.
ACCIDENT
Any un planned event that interferes with ordinarily
progressed activity.
All accidents do not necessary cause personnel injuries.
HAZARD
Any condition that may result in the occurrence
or contribution to the severity of an accident
RISK
Is a statistical concept and expresses the probability of
potential of substances or condition to cause harm.
Accident due to Un-safe acts - 88 %
Un-safe conditions - 10 %
Others - 2 %
Justification:
• > Mandatory requirements as stipulated by
the legislation and laws
• >E H S / S H E Compliant organizations Higher
incentives, rewards and concessions for such
establishments. ( with good governance &
Best practices)_Case of GE,Bosch,Toyota
• >Basic services water supply, waste water
disposal, solid waste management, storm
water drainage, Fire protection
• >Corporate social Responsibility – CSR 15-
20 % of profits ear marked for community well
being. Case of Tata steel Jamshedpur
• >Brand Value Loss ,case of Dow chemicals.
• >Compensation ,Shut down and legal issues
-case of Carlton Towers
• > Enforcement of Green concepts by
International lending agencies
• > Carbon credits/ Carbon foot print
• >Occupational Health issues, like CTS
(Carpel Tunnel Syndrome),Trigger finger, silicosis,
asbestosis,Leaukema,Hearing loss and other
ailments
• >Ergonomics :comfort @ workplace
• >Occupational Safety:Safe work practices,use of
PPE
• > Fire Safety Regulations
• > Rules and Regulations to be followed as
per Monitoring agencies
• >Electrical Directorate
• >Department of Fire Services
• >Municipal Corporation
• >Labour Department
• >Department of factories and Boilers
• >State pollution control Board
SYLLABUS
• Definitions, Rules and Legislation
• Accident Theory
• Hazards Theory
• Ergonomics
• Fire Safety
• Occupational Health
• Case studies
• Topics Covered
• Introduction: Occupational safety and Health
administration, Right to know laws,
• Indian Acts: Labour acts, Factories Act , OSHA
Guidelines
• Accidents: Models, Theory, prevention
• Ergonomics: Need, Task analysis,
• Ergonomics: preventing ergonomic hazards, Ergonomics
programme.
• Occupational hazard and control: Hazard analysis,
human error model, Fault tree analysis and Emergency
response system.
Fire prevention and Protection:
Types of fires, Fire development and its severity, Effect,
Extinguishing fire
Fire prevention and Protection:
Electrical safety, Fire safety in buildings and industries.
Occupational Health: Health and safety considerations,
Personal protection equipments (PPE)
Health problems in different types of industries:
Construction, textile, Steel, food processing,
Pharmaceutical.
Occupational Health & Safety considerations in wastewater
treatment plants
• Overall out look
• Occupational safety considerations are a
mandatory requirement.
• Occupational safety is applicable to
occupations in all disciplines more so in
engineering.
• Occupational safety is concerned with safety
at work place.
• Safety at work place improves production,
motivation and ambience.
• From the management point of view safety
and health administration Fosters better
growth of the organization.
• Many limited engineers are aware of OSHA,
their guidelines and practices , which is a
necessity in industries.
• At a global level an engineer who is well
informed with state of the art practices in
OSHA fits into the organization, making useful
contributions for well being.
• A EHS and OSHA compliant organization is
an asset to the society and does not put its
community into a Risk or hazards.
• Understanding concepts of Accidents,
hazards, fire prevention, Ergonomics at work
place adds to the value and productivity of
the work place
ACCIDENT
Any un planned event that interferes with ordinarily
progressed activity.
All accidents do not necessary cause personnel injuries.
HAZARD
Any condition that may result in the occurrence
or contribution to the severity of an accident
RISK
Is a statistical concept and expresses the probability of
potential of substances or condition to cause harm.
Accident due to Un-safe acts - 88 %
Un-safe conditions - 10 %
Others - 2 %
• WHAT IS AN ACCIDENT ?
• AN EVENT- UNPLANNED
• UNDESIGNED
• UNDESIRED
•
• RESULTING IN LOSS:
• : DEATH
• : DISABLEMENT
• : DAMAGE
• : DAYS, DISGRACE
• : DEBTS
Effects of Accidents &
Bad occupational Health conditions
WORKER
– Pain and suffering
– Loss of limbs
– Wage cut
– Medical expenditure
– Social problems in family
– Future plan
– Loss of a member to the family
Principles of Safety
A Safe and alert worker is safer in an Unsafe
Condition
as a corollary to this
An Unsafe and unalert worker is unsafe in a
safe Condition
• TEXT BOOKS:
• “Occupational safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers and
Managers:” Geotsch.D.L, Prentice Hall publishing.
• “Essentials of safety management”: Kaila and singh, Himalaya publishing
house.
• “Fire safety in Buildings”. V.K.Jain, NewAge Publishers
•
• REFERENCES:
•
• “Industrial Safety and Pollution Control Handbook”,National safety
council and associate publishers Pvt Ltd. GOI Publication.
• “Industrial Accident prevention.” Heinrich H.W. Mcgraw hill publication
• “Industrial Safety Management and Technology”, .Colling.D.A. Prentice
hall
• Course Material
• Consists of chapter wise notes + Model question papers
