industrial relevance towards health and safety

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HEALTH AND SAFETYBy,

Chowang Dolma Bhutia

Anusha D SurpurShruthi B K

Biju Govind MNithin Prasad R S

A presentation on


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A quote

A danger foreseen is halfavoided, as the Accidents

hurt but safety doesn't .


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Aim

Aim A study on employeesHealth and safety factors.


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Objective

Objective Study and literature survey on health and

safety concerns for employees

To understand the essentials of health andsafety concerns for employees &

Analyze the importance of HR role andmeasures to minimize the hazards.

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Definition

Health: a general state of Physical, Mental& Emotional well being.

Safety: is a protection of persons Physicalhealth.

Purpose:

Employee performance Safe interaction of people

Safe work environment.


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Essential of health in industry

High degree of physical, social and mentalwell being of employees.

Improve productivity and quality of work. Reduce accidents, absenteeism & labor

turn over.

Protection against any health hazards inthe industrial environment.


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Factory act of 1948

Provides certain preventive measures regarding the health

of the employees

Cleanliness Waste

Ventilation and

temperature

Dust and fumes

Artificial

humidification

Over crowding Lighting

Drinking water

Latrines and urinals

Spittoons


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Measures to promote employeehealth

Wellness Programme[WP]

Basic objective is to help employees build life styles that

will help them to achieve their full physical and mentalpotential.

The program aims at educating employees.

Identifying health risk factors.

Eliminate or reduce risk

Enable employees to self monitor and evaluate their timely

action.


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Employee assistance programme [EAP]

Objective is to offer counseling and other help toemployees having emotional, physical or otherpersonal problems.

Establish liaison relationship with social servicecounseling agency.

Allowing employees to participate in the counselingprocess. Voluntary participation is supported.

Providing allowance to a prescribed limit for suchprograms

Measures contd..


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Personal crisis& work place violence

Personal crisis - family matters, financial &

legal problems.

Violent actionsaddiction to alcohol &drugs, beat up colleagues, quarrel with

supervisors or even destroy company

property. Supervisors are suggested to cater for such

problems by advice from expertise.


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Employee safety

Objective is to prevent work related injuries

and accidents.

Employees face hazards such as, Slipping or falling on floor [watery surface, soap, oil etc]

Obstruction and collision [factory layout and space management]

Equipment hazard [wires, switches, cards and edges of equipment can causeinjuries]

Falling objects [file cabinets, lockers, shelves proper placement is needed]

Fire hazards [availability of fire protection equipments and fire extinguishers]


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Some informative pictures onemployees safety


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What causes accidents?

Improper guarding of equipments

Defective equipments

Unsafe storage like congestion, overloading Improper illumination of light at work place

Improper ventilation

Work being dangerous or done in a dangerousway.


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Accident prevention!

Safety policyreduce or eliminate accidents atwork place

Top management supportmanagement support

to the health and safety policies. Constitute Safety committee for employee welfare

which, Promote safety consciousness

Safety discipline motivation

Safety training and communication

Safety engineering

Accident investigation and research

Evaluation of safety effort

Government support


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Role of HR

Co-ordinate health and safety programs

Develop safety reporting system

Offer accident investigating expertise Provide technical expertise on accident

prevention

Develops restricted- access procedures and

employees identification systems Train managers to recognize and handle difficult

situations.


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Summary

With the rise of natural disasters in and around our world,the importance of

the safety of human capital,

protection of the environment and conservation of existing assets of an industry is increasing, leading

to growing relevance of skills in Safety Management.

Safety Management aims at minimizing the chances ofrisks, injuries and accidents by implementing risk

management techniques and safety managementoperations.

Improving the standard of health of the employees,monitoring the operating systems and bolstering the safetymeasures of an industry in general.


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Conclusion

As the learning outcomes, one can understand that

Health and safety are important aspects of anorganizations smooth and effective functioning.

Good health and safety performance ensuresan accident-free industrial environment.

Awareness of Occupational Health and Safety(OH&S) has improved considerably.

Organizations have started attaching the sameimportance to achieve high OH&S performanceas they do to other key aspects of their businessactivities


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Bibliography

Human Resource Management by L.M. Prasad

Human Resource Management by V.S.P Rao

Personnel and Human Resource Management byP. Subba Rao

Module Notes on Human Resource Managementby Prof. Nagesha HN

http:// management-case-studies.blogspot.com

http://www.indiaedu.com

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