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Industrial Safety

INTRODUCTION                                                                                                                        Definition-Development before industrial revolution-Milestones in industrial safety movement- Development of accident prevention programs-3 E’s of safety- Development of Safety organizations-Safety and health movement- Managing emergency in industries.

ACCIDENT PREVENTION                                                                                                        Safety and productivity-Fallacies about safety-Industrial psychology in accident prevention- Basic philosophy of accident prevention-Unsafe condition, Unsafe act, Injury, Fault of persons- Cost of accidents- Safety education.

 SAFETY ORGANIZATION                                                                                                            Purpose of a safety organization-Safety policy- Safety committee- types- Role of safety coordinator- Responsibilities, Interferences and Sufferings of safety supervisor-Safety publicity-Accident reporting-Accident investigation-Accident statistics-Safety audits.

 INDUSTRIAL PROCESS SAFETY                                                                                            Overview-Safety performance by industry sector-Incident pyramid-Process hazard and risk- Failure of defences- Process safety management-Scope, Functions, Features and Characteristics- Role of organizational levels in Process safety Management-Assessing organizations safety effectiveness.

 HUMAN SIDE OF SAFETY                                                                                                          Management of change-Process and equipment integrity-Human behavior aspects and modes-The Swiss cheese model of industrial accidents-Active and Latent failures-examples - Safety lessons- Human Factors influencing the likelihood of failure-Organizational culture, Demographic effects.

 INDUSTRIAL HYEGIENE AND HAZARDS                                                                              OSHA and industrial hygiene -work site analysis-recognizing and controlling hazards- Occupational diseases prevention-Employee welfare-Statutory welfare schemes, Non statutory schemes-Health hazards-Control strategies- Fire hazards and prevention, Electrical hazard prevention and  safety.


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