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INTRODUCTION TO

SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Prepared by: Pau B. Plantas

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U N I V E R S I T Y O F T H E E A S T

C O L L E G E O F E N G I N E E R I N G

C O M P U T E R E N G I N E E R I N G D E PA R T M E N T

M a n i l a C a m p u s

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Safety and Management

Safety

The state of being "safe.

The condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual,financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological,educational or other types or consequences of failure,

damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event which could beconsidered non-desirable.

Management

In business and organizations, Management is the function thatcoordinates the efforts of people to accomplish goalsand objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively.

Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading ordirecting, and controlling an organization or initiative to accomplisha goal.

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Safety Management

An organisational function, which ensures that all safety riskshave been identified, assessed and satisfactorily mitigated.

Application of set of principles, framework, processes andmeasures to prevent accidents, injuries and other adverseconsequences that may be caused by using a service or a

product.

It implies a systematic approach to managing safety, includingthe necessary organisational structure, accountabilities,policies and procedures.

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Types of Safety Management

Reactive Safety Management

Identification and correction of systems deficiencies byprofessional analysis of safety occurrences.

Proactive Safety Management

Prediction of systems deficiencies before errors occur.

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Safety Engineering

An engineering discipline which assures that engineeredsystems provide acceptable levels of safety. It is stronglyrelated to systems engineering, industrial engineering andthe subset system safety engineering.

Safety engineering assures that a life-critical system behaves

as needed, even when components fail.

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Workplace Hazards

Source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effectson something or someone under certain conditions at work.These hazards include but are not limited to:

Physical Hazards

Mechanical Hazards

Biological Hazards

Chemical Hazards

Psychosocial Hazards

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Workplace Hazards

Physical Hazards

Common source of injuries in many industries.

An engineering workshop specialising in the fabricationand welding of components has to follow the PersonalProtective Equipment (PPE) at work regulations 1992.

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Workplace Hazards

Biological Hazards

Bacteria

Virus

Fungi

Blood-borne pathogens Tuberculosis

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Workplace Hazards

Chemical Hazards

Acids

Bases

Heavy metals

Lead Solvents

Petroleum

Particulates

Silica Fumes (noxious gases/vapors)

Highly-reactive chemicals

Fire, conflagration and explosion hazards11


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