Health, Safety and Environment 1

DR. MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN MIRZA

LECTURE - 4

Department of Engineering Management (DEM) – NUST- CEME

 Course Information

Course Name Health, Safety and Environment

Course Code ME-424
Credit Hours 1
Email zeeshanmirza21@hotmail.com
Visiting Hours 2-4 pm (Tuesday & Wednesday)
Location Block-7, 1st Floor

Department of Engineering Management (DEM) – NUST- CEME

 Accident Prevention

 Prevention is the first or initial part of ‘control’

 Accident control is a vital factor in every industry

 Accident-prevention task requires, the short-term approach

(direct control of personal performance and environment)

 And the long-term approach (instruction, training, and education)

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Principles of Accident Prevention

Department of Engineering Management (DEM) – NUST- CEME

 Principles of Accident Prevention

 Organization

 The planned procedure that how safety programs is designed,

directed and controlled

 Organization does not mean safety department only

 All the members of the organization (including all departments) have

to contribute and play their role for safety

 Top management, staff and every single person working for safety

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 Principles of Accident Prevention

 Fact Finding

 The knowledge of probable or potential hazards (facts) is derived

from surveys, inspections, safety audits, observations, review or
records, inquiry, investigation, and judgment

 Facts include past, present and future facts

 Personal hazards (unsafe acts) are violations of commonly accepted

safety rules, practices, and procedures

 Mechanical hazards (unsafe conditions) are of four groups: Static,

kinetic, electrical and chemical (including radioactive or nuclear)

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 Principles of Accident Prevention

 Fact Finding

Department of Engineering Management (DEM) – NUST- CEME

 Principles of Accident Prevention

 Hazard Analysis

 Initially a hazard analysis (HAZAN) is undertaken so as to ascertain

the magnitude of the potential problem

 Its potential for harm to the people, plant, process and the public

 A subsequent risk analysis will then go on to examine the actual

consequences – worst possible case considerations – and express
them in quantifiable terms

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 Principles of Accident Prevention

 Selection of Remedy

 What and Which measures to be selected to prevent accidents in

future

 Application of Remedy

 How the measures will be implemented at workplace

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Department of Engineering Management (DEM) – NUST- CEME