SAFETY INTERVIEW QUESTION & ANSWER

1. What is Safety?
Safety is a state where risk has been eliminated or reduced to an except able level.
OR
It is a condition which gives you freedom from hazard, risk, accident which may cause injury,
damage and loss to material or property damage and even death.
2. What is accident?
An Accident is defined as unplanned event that result in personal injury or property damage.
Example: - A car crash.
3. What is Incident?
An incident is defined as an unplanned event that does not result in injury but may result in
property damage.
Example: - A bank robbery.
4. Near miss?
Any form of incident which could result in injury or loss but does not.
5. What is hazard?
Anything that has potential to cause harm.
6. What is risk?
Chance of harm from hazard.
7. What is Environment?
Surroundings in which an organization operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora,
fauna, Humans, and their interactions. (ISO 14001:2004)
8. What are Environmental Aspects?
Element of an organization’s activities or products or services that can interact with the
environment. (ISO 14001:2004)
Example: Engine smoke coming out of a truck where truck is being used for transporting business
goods of an organization.
9. What are Environmental Impacts?
Any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly, or partially, resulting from
an organization’s environmental aspect. (ISO14001:2004)
Example: The smoke coming out of truck may cause increase of CO2 levels and damaging
environment.
10. What is safety policy?
A written document in which company acknowledged that its company social and legal obligation
to provide a safe and health working environment to all his employees.
11. Environmental safety
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Environmental safety is the practice of policies and procedures that ensure that a surrounding
environment, including work areas. is free of dangers that could cause harm to a person working
in those areas. A safe place to work is the key element of environmental safety.

12. SAFETY OFFICER

A competent person who has the knowledge of safety, implement safety program, and enforce
safety laws and regulations.

13. Safety Supervisors 

A competent person works on the ground implementing plans and ensuring that everyone
adheres to legislation and organizational guidance.

14. Safety Engineers 

A competent person who focuses on development and maintenance of the integrated
management system. They act as a quality assurance and conformance specialist. Health and
safety engineers are responsible for developing and maintaining the safe work systems for
employees and others.
15. Safety Managers
Safety Manager are responsible for planning, implementing, and overseeing the company’s
employees’ safety at work. Their main duty is to ensure that the company is complying and
adheres to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) guidelines.
16. JSA
A job safety analysis (JSA) is a procedure in which each basic step of the job is to identify potential
hazards and to recommend the safest way to do the job.
17. JHA
A job hazard analysis (JHA), also called a job safety analysis (JSA), is a technique to identify the
dangers of specific tasks in order to reduce the risk of injury to workers.
18. Risk Assessment
Risk assessment is a procedure to identify hazard, evaluating the risk, eliminating, or controlling to
an acceptable level.
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19. Environmental safety

Environmental safety is the practice of policies and procedures that ensure that a surrounding
environment, including work areas. is free of dangers that could cause harm to a person working
in those areas. A safe place to work is the key element of environmental safety.
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