Abstract
Organization should provide a safe and healthy environment for its employees. Safety is concerned with the protection of the physical health of employees in the workplace. The Health and Safety Policies aims to create a healthy workplace by reducing hazards affecting the performance of employees. Hazardous working conditions will increase the health risks leading to high rate of absenteeism and attrition. Any unexpected event likely to cause any type of injury to the person or damage to the property and environment is called to be the accident. Frequent exposure of the worker to the unhealthy working conditions slowly develops accumulated effect over an extended period of time causing occupational diseases. All the accidents involving the element of fatality or injury which disables a person from working for more than 48 hours are considered to be the reportable injuries. Occupational hazards are the potential conditions both internal and external transforming into a series of events causing loss. Death, injuries and illness can arise out of safety violations or negligence. Accidents and Injuries happening in the course of employment will cause enormous financial loss to the organization. Safety is the protection against uncertain risks caused by the hazards of electricity, machinery, slip or trip, explosion causing injury, death or damage to people and property. This study aims to describe the fundamentals of industrial safety management for hazardous industries in India.
Highlights
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing but not merely the absence of disease or infirmity according to the World Health Organization
Industrial safety ensures protection against accidents and diseases occurring in the industrial establishment [2]
The basics of safety management are listed below. (a) Safety: It is the freedom from those conditions causing injury or death to people, property, environment, etc. (b) Environment: All the external conditions and factors affecting organisms including natural and manmade elements. (c) Accident: According to International Labour Organization It is an occurrence arising out of or in the course of work that results in a fatal or non-fatal occupational injury
Summary
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing but not merely the absence of disease or infirmity according to the World Health Organization. (a) Safety: It is the freedom from those conditions causing injury or death to people, property, environment, etc. (c) Accident: According to International Labour Organization It is an occurrence arising out of or in the course of work that results in a fatal or non-fatal occupational injury. (g) Health: The employee health consists of both physical and mental states which anticipate and recognize potentially the harmful situations and take controlling measures to prevent disease, illness or infirmity. (j) Occupational Diseases: The diseases caused by the unhealthy working conditions prevalent in industries due to the frequent exposure. (l) Dangerous Occurrence: According to ILO any readily identifiable event as defined under national laws and regulations, with potential to cause an injury or disease to the person at work or the public The Factories Act, 1948 vide Sections 89 and 90 have identified 22 occupational diseases [6]. (k) Risk: It is the likelihood of harm resulting from a hazard. (l) Dangerous Occurrence: According to ILO any readily identifiable event as defined under national laws and regulations, with potential to cause an injury or disease to the person at work or the public
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