Unsafe/Unhealthy Acts and Conditions in the Workplace PDF

UNSAFE / UNHEALTHY ACTS AND CONDITION OCCUPATIONALLY HEALTH AND SAFETY OBJECTIVES: Identify the different unsafe and unhealthy acts and condition in your workplace Differentiate unsafe/unhealthy acts from unsafe/ unhealthy conditions Explain the relationship between unsafe/ unhealthy...

UNSAFE / UNHEALTHY ACTS AND CONDITION OCCUPATIONALLY HEALTH AND SAFETY OBJECTIVES: Identify the different unsafe and unhealthy acts and condition in your workplace Differentiate unsafe/unhealthy acts from unsafe/ unhealthy conditions Explain the relationship between unsafe/ unhealthy acts and unsafe/ unhealthy conditions Identify filipino traits and characteristics in their workplace which result in unsafe/ unhealthy acts and condition Define accident and its causes Enumerate ways to promote safety consciousness WHAT IS ACCIDENTS Accident is an unexpected, unforeseen,unplanned and unwanted occurrence or event that causes damage or loss of materials or properties including injury or death COMMON TYPES OF ACCIDENTS: Fall from height and fall from the same level (slips and strips) Struck against rigid structure, sharp or rough objects Struck by falling objects Caught in, on or in between objects Electrocution fire FALL FROM HEIGHT fall from a height is defined as a fall, which spans a distance of at least one metre. The difference in height between the spot, where a possible fall can begin (a workplace or traffic route), and the next lower plane with sufficient width and re- sistance to bring the fall ELECTROCUTION Electrocution is a death caused by an application of electrical current to the human body. In this article, we review salient historical research and describe the scientific advances that support ventricular fibrillation as the mechanism of electrocution. COST OF ACCIDENTS Corollary to accidents are cost that companies have to bear whether directly or indirectly. The cost of accidents can be beat explained by the iceberg theory. Once an accident happens, money has to spent for medical expenses of the injured worker/ workers, insurance and some cases for penalty and litigation expenses. Companies are also spending huge amounts to replace damaged equipment and wasted raw materials. These are we consider ad the direct costs of accidents. 1. Lost or lesser productivity of the injured- workers lose their effecincyand income due to work interruption on the day of the injury 2. Lost of productivity among other employees due to work stoppage because it’s under maintenance, inspections where the accident happen 3. Downtime due to equipment damage 4. Hiring and training replacement workers  ACCIDENT CAUSATION Commonly thought that express people “oras na niya” “malas niya lang” “tanga kasi” “kasama sa trabaho” These mentioned above are the common phrases or statements when someone gets injured or dies in an accident. These are not the real causes of accidents but mere excuse of some people didn’t understand the concepts of occupational safety and health. Accidents are primarily caused by unsafe and unhealthy acts and conditions. UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY ACTS: American National Standards Institute (ANSI) defines this as “any human action that violates a commonly accepted safework procedure or standard operating procedures.” This is an act done by a worker that does not conform a departs from an established standard, rules or policy. A worker has improper attitude, physical limitations or lacks knowledge or skills. Example of unsafe conditions include: horse playing, smoking is non smoking areas, using substandard/defective tool, non- wearing of googles/gloves, driving without license, reporting to work under the influence of liquor or drugs, and improper storage of paints and hazardous chemicals among others.  UNSAFE/ UNHEALTHY CONDITION: ANSI defines this as the physical or chemical property of a material, machine pr the environment which could possibly cause injury to people, damage to property, disrupt operations in a plant or iloffice or other. forms of losses. These condition could be guarded or prevented. Example: of unsafe Condition include, slippery and wet floors, dusty work area, congested plant lay-out octopus wiring, scattered objects, unguarded rotation machines/equipment, etc. CAN ACCIDENT BE PREVENTED? Herbert William Heinrich, an American industrial safety pioneer who work as am Assistant Superintendent of the Engineering and inspection division of Travelers Insurance Company, did a study on the insurance claims. After reviewing thousand of accidents reports completed by supervisors, who generally blamed workers for causing accidents. Heinrich found out that 98% of workplace accidents are preventable and only 2% are non-preventable. From the 98% preventable accidents, 88% is due to unsafe/unhealthy acts or “man failure” and 10% is due to unsafe/unhealthy conditions. This study explains the behaviors and attitudes of workers and management towards safety and health HOW DO YOU PREVENT YOURSELF FROM PERFORMING UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY ACTS THAT WILL CAUSE UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS AT WORK It is Important to managed everybody’s consciousness before he/she begin his work to realize that our actions can affect to other people in the workplace, because we are part of the problem and it can be we are part of the solution. OSHC believes that Filipinos are inherently responsive workers, given the proper education, training, and right motivation. We can do our part in making a safe amd a healthy workplace, that’s why BOSH training course exist.