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Health & Safety
Health & Safety
● Domino Theory
● Epidemiological Theory
● Systems Theory
● Combination Theory
Domino Theory
● 4. Unsafe acts and hazards do not always result in immediate accidents and injuries.
● 5. Understanding why people commit unsafe acts helps to establish guidelines for corrective actions.
● 7. Best accident prevention techniques are analogous to best quality / productivity techniques.
● 10. Cost of accidents include both direct costs and indirect costs.
● Overload
● Inappropriate Responses
● Inappropriate Activities
Inappropriate Responses
Inappropriate Activities
Accident/Incident Theory
● Ergonomic Traps
● Decision to Err
● System Failures
Epidemiological Theory
● Industrial Hygiene concerns environmental issues that can lead to sickness, disease, impaired health.
● System is a group of interacting and interrelated components that form a unified whole.
● Changes in the patterns of interaction can increase or decrease the probability of an accident occurring.
● Person/Machine/Environment
● Information Gathering
● Risks Assessment
● Decision Making
● Task Performance
● Stressors can cloud the judgment during information gathering, risk weighing, decision making
processes.
Firenzie’s Recommendations
● Job Requirements
● A combination of theories and models may be the optimal approach toward problem solutions.
Direct Cost
Direct costs are variable costs associated with the input and labor Required to produce a good or service.
2-workers’ wages.
Indirect cost
Indirect cost are fixed costs which do not change when the output change
1-Ambulace service
3-Hospitalization
4-Medication
+Direct cost are well understood and can be measured with accuracy.
Example
A worker gets injured on workplace by a crane loss=20 mintes for first aid treatment
Indirect loss
Example
1-Loss of pay for Worker. 2-pain and suffering. 3-Financial effects as well emotional on family member.
4-Demage to company image 5-Reduce morale 6-Criminal Charge 7-Reduce Profit Margins.