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1) Define meaning of safety, health and security
safety | health | security |
· - A condition in which the physical well-being of people is protected· - Protecting employees from injuries caused by work- related accidents | · - A general state of physical, mental, and emotional well-being· - Arial employee’s freedom from physical or emotional illness | · - The protection of employees and organizational facilities |
2) Define Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
i. Most important federal safety and health legislation
ii. Assures safe and healthy workplaces for every worker
iii. Enforced by Occupational Safety and Health Administration
3) Identify roles of OSHA in safety and health in organization.
i. The “general duties” of employers to provide safe and healthy working conditions.
ii. Notification and posters are required of employers to inform employees of OSHA’S safety and health standards.
4) Identify and elaborate two (2) focus of safety program.
i. Unsafe employee actions - Create physiological environment and employee attitudes that promote safety
ii. Unsafe working conditions - Develop and maintain a safe physical working environment
5) Identify three causes of accident at workplace.
i. Basic causes - Personal factor, environmental factor, Safety policy and decisions, faulty management.
ii. Indirect causes - Unsafe act, unsafe condition
iii. Direct causes - Unplanned release of energy hazardous material
6) Discuss how to investigates accident at workplace.
i. Review the scene.
ii. Interview employees and others.
iii. Prepare report.
iv. Identify recommendations
7) Identify approaches of individual, engineering and organizational in Safety Management
•Individual approaches
–Reinforcing safety motivation and attitudes.
-Providing employee’s safety training.
-Rewarding safety through incentive programs. ...