Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment in Glass Coater Plant

Abstract

In industrial arena, if any industry to be successful, it has to be safe, reliable, and sustainable in its operations. The industry has to identify the hazards and assess the associated risks and to bring the risks to tolerable level. Most of the accidents are caused by our latent or patent, visible or invisible, known or unknown, detectable or undetectable, intentional or unintentional unsafe acts, conditions and sequential events leading to accident. They explain rather the causation and not just the occurrence. Therefore, all should find the cause of accident and the appropriate measures for prevention. The zero-accident goal is an ideal goal, and everyone organization must try to achieve it by using all safety philosophy and technology. In reality, an industry and accidents are co-related and each industry is facing the accident problem, the nature, number and size may differ. It is this accident problem at the root which has generated the need of safety. Deaths, injuries and suffering are its direct results. Compensation, productionless, time-loss and various costs-losses are indirect results. The injured worker, his family, factory and the nation, all are the sufferers. Accidents not resulting in human injuries, but resulting in property damage or money-loss are also accountable and undesired. Therefore, accident is always undesirable. That is why the accident problem has attracted attention worldwide. Industries are increasing to fulfil basic human needs food, clothing, home, employment or earning and requirements of goods, services and facilities. This brings industrial hazards of various types viz. mechanical, electrical, noise, vibration, chemical (fire, explosion, radiation, gas, dust, fumes, poisoning etc.) and many visible or invisible health hazards. It is the basic need to protect the human life and environment from all such hazards. Effective controls protect workers from workplace hazards, help avoid injuries, illnesses, and incidents, minimize or eliminate safety and health risks and help employers provide workers with safe and healthful working conditions. Only Risk Assessment can do it.