institute of safety science presentation 90808

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INTRODUCTION


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SAFETY SCIENCE

Safety Science is a twenty-first century

term for everything that goes into theprevention of accidents, illnesses, fires,explosions and other events which harm

people, property and the environment.


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Why Safety Science

Illness caused by exposing people to harmfulbiological, physical and chemical agents produce

great losses each year and accurate estimates oftheir impact are hard to make.

In addition, pollution of all kinds causes damageto all forms of life.

This generates skyrocketing cleanup costs andthreatens the future habitability of our planet.


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What are the elements

yThe term safety science may sound new,

but many sources of safety scienceknowledge are hundreds of years old.

yAll of the following are knowledgeareas of safety science: ----------


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Areas Where in Safety Science

Chemistry and

biology provideknowledgeabouthazardoussubstances.


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Safety SciencePhysics tells people about electricity, heat, radiation and other forms of energythat must be controlled to ensure safe use.


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Ergonomics

y Ergonomics helpspeople understand the

performance limits ofhumans and helps themdesign tasks, machines,work stations andfacilities which improve

performance and safety.


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Environmental Sciencey Environmental sciences

provides knowledge

about pollution sourcesand their control, wastedisposal, impact studies,environmental alteration(heat, light, irrigation,erosion, etc.), andecology

.


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Psychologyy Psychology helps people

understand human

behaviors that can leadto or avoid accidents.


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Physiology and MedicinePhysiology, biomechanics

and medicine helppeople understand themechanisms of injury

and illness and how toprevent them.


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Engineering and Social Sciencesy Engineering, business

management, economics,and even sociology andgeology give people the

knowledge necessary toimprove safety in oursociety and contribute toproductivity and

profitability.


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How Safety ScienceWorks

The things that can cause or contribute to accidents,

illnesses, fire and explosions, and similar undesired events

are called hazards.

Safety science gives people the ability to identify, evaluate,

and control or prevent these hazards.

Safety science provides management methods for setting

policy and securing funds to operate safety activities in

a company.


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ApplicationHazard control activities go on every daythroughout the world.

From the careful design and operation ofnuclear power generating stations to theelimination of lead-based paints in homes, the

efforts to reduce threats to public safety go onnonstop.


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The application of safety science principles occurs in many places:

Workplace,

Transportation,

Laboratories,Schools, andhospitals,

C

onstruction sites,Oil drilling rigs at sea,.

Underground mines,Busiest cities,

Space program,

Farms,

Anywhere else wherepeople may beexposed to hazards


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SafetyProfessionThe primary focus for thesafety profession isprevention of harm topeople, property and theenvironment. Safetyprofessionals applyprinciples drawn from suchdisciplines as engineering,

education, psychology,physiology, enforcement,hygiene, health, physics,and management.


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SafetyP

rofessionThey use appropriate methods and techniques of loss

prevention and loss control.

Safety professionals must know the most cost-effective

ways to reduce the risk and how to advise employees,

owners, and managers.

Without safety science, safety professionals rely on

guesswork, mythology and superstition.


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SafetyPro---cont---

Safety professionals are the specialists in the fight to

control hazards.

To be called professionals, they must acquire the

essential knowledge of safety science through education

and experience so that others can rely on their

judgments and recommendations.


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Safety professionals help to achieve safety

Identifying

Analyzing hazards

Developing

Applying hazardcontrols

Communicating safety

Health information,Measuring effectiveness ofcontrols,

Performing follow-upevaluations

To measure continuingimprovement in programs.


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What SafetyProfessional Do

Safety professionals are people who use a wide variety

of management, engineering and scientific skills toprevent human suffering and related losses.

Their specific roles and activities vary widely,

depending on their education, experience and thetypes of organizations for whom they work.


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Safety EducationyEngineeringDegrees

yD

iplomasyDegree Programs

yPost Graduate Programs

yCertificate ProgramsyDoctorate Programs


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Roles and

Responsibilities

Hazard Recognition:

Identifying conditions or actions that may causeinjury, illness or property damage.

Inspections/Audits:

Assessing safety and health risks associated withequipment, materials, processes, facilities or abilities.

FireP

rotection:Reducing fire hazards by inspection, layout of facilitiesand processes, and design of fire detection andsuppression systems.


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Roles/Res---RegulatoryCompliance:

Ensuring that safety and health standards are satisfied.

HealthHazard Control:

Controlling hazards such as noise, chemical exposures,radiation, or biological hazards that can create harm.

Ergonomics:

Improving the workplace based on an understandingof human physiological and psychologicalcharacteristics, abilities and limitations


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R & RyHazardous Materials Management:

Ensuring that dangerous chemicals and otherproducts are procured, stored, and disposed of in

ways that prevent fires, exposure to or harm fromthese substances.

y Environmental Protection:

Controlling hazards that can lead to undesirable

releases of harmful materials into the air, water orsoil.


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R&RTraining:

Providing employees and managers with theknowledge and skills necessary to recognize

hazards and perform their jobs safely andeffectively.

Accident and Incident Investigations:

Determining the facts related to an accident orincident based on witness interviews, site

inspections and collection of other evidence.


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R&Ry Advising Management:

Helping managers establish safety objectives, planprograms to achieve those objectives and integrate

safety into the culture of an organization. Record Keeping:

Maintaining safety and health information to meetgovernment requirements, as well as to provide data

for problem solving and decision making. Evaluating:

Judging the effectiveness of existing safety and healthrelated programs and activities.


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R&REmergencyResponse:

Organizing, training and coordinating skilledemployees with regard to auditory and visual

communications pertaining to emergencies such asfires, accidents or other disasters.

Managing SafetyPrograms:

Planning, organizing, budgeting, and tracking

completion and effectiveness of activities intended toachieve safety objectives in an organization or toimplement administrative or technical controls thatwill eliminate or reduce hazards.


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R&RProduct Safety:

Assessing the probability that exposure to a product

during any stage of its lifecycle will lead to anunacceptable impact on human health or theenvironment and determining the appropriateauditory and visual hazard warnings.

Security:Identifying and implementing design features andprocedures to protect facilities and businesses fromthreats that introduce hazards.


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SafetyProfessionNo matter where people work, travel, live

or play, conditions exist that can resultin personal injury or illness.

And wherever the possibility of personalinjury or illness exists, they will findsafety professionals dedicated topreventing human suffering andrelated losses.


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Where SafetyProfessionals Worky Since safety professionals provide technical assistance in

identifying, evaluating and controlling hazards, safetyprofessionals work virtually anywhere where people might beexposed to hazards.

y There are positions for safety professionals in India and in othercountries.

y No matter what a companys business is, its employees canencounter some type of hazard, either at work, getting to andfrom work or at home or play.

y E

ven working at a computer terminal can be hazardous,producing long-term injuries to the hand and wrist, back orother parts of the body.

y Manufacturing, mining, transportation, agriculture, chemicals,fuels production, construction, or provides services, it will alwaysface hazards in some or all of its operations.


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Should I become a Safetyy When choosing a future profession, as a student, what

should I look for?y Probably all of the following considerations are important:

a profession that is respected, one that is associated withimportant work, one that gives you a feeling ofaccomplishment, and one that provides growth and thepotential to advance in responsibility.

y You should also seek a profession where compensation

reflects skills and accomplishments.y A desirable profession provides stable employment, variety

in the daily routine, while keeping interest high and stresslow.


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Areas Where can Specialize

ySafety professionals work in many differentindustries, job settings and specialties.

yThe summaries below give examples formany


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Occupational Safety

Areas

Safety professionals work inManufacturing

ProductionOperationsto help ensure that workingconditions and workmethods are safe andhealthful for employees ofthem.


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Industrial Hygiene

y Industrial hygienistsspecialize in workersexposure to chemical andphysical hazards created by

industrial processes.y For example, they might

evaluate exposure to airbornelead created by a batterymanufacturing process,

or they might measure theexposure to noise producedby a ripsaw in a furnituremanufacturing shop.


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Environmental Safety

y Protecting theenvironment in the worldis a massive effort beingconducted on severalfronts.

y Businesses of all sorts aretrying to either eliminatethe release of materialsthat can harm the public ordamage the environmentor recover and recycleexcess materials forenvironmentalconservation.


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Industrial/Government Sector

y People can serve as environmental safetyprofessionals for a specific facility or organization.

y Department ofTransportation (DOT), andEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)compliance, and state health and safety andenvironmental regulations.

y Additional duties may include overseeing thehealth and safety of onsite contractors.


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Consulting

People can work fordesign engineeringfirms and perform

health and safetyfunctions for theirgovernment or

industrial projects.They can sell healthand safety servicesto outside clients


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Contracting:

y This role involves being employed by andproviding in-house health and safety services toremediation

contractors who actually clean up hazardous wastesites.

yWorking in this arena requires an extensiveconstruction background, since it involves

hazardousy waste activities coupled with heavy construction

work.


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Fire Protection Engineering

y Fire protectionengineering is one ofmany interesting andchallenging professionalsafety specialty areas.

y These safety specialistsuse the basic tools ofengineering and scienceto help protect people,

property and operationsfrom fire and explosions.


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Ergonomics

y Ergonomics is the scienceof fitting the job to theperson.

y Most safety professionals

must deal with ergonomicsin general safety practice.

y Ergonomists (also calledhuman factors engineers)

specialize in therelationships betweenpeople and their work.


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System Safety

ySystem safety specialists typically work withmajor new technological programs.

y

Aerospace, military, medical, scientificallyadvanced projects and high-tech industrieshave relied on the system safety specialist todevelop concepts, designs and products that

have a high reliability of operation and lowlevel of risk.


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Risk Management

y Organizations of all kinds must minimize the adverseeffects of accidental losses at the most reasonable cost.

y To do this, they rely on the knowledge and services ofrisk managers.

y Risk management is an integral part of modernorganizational management.

y By protecting a company against loss, the risk managerhelps it to boost its operating efficiency and meet itsstrategic goals.

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and Risk Control

y Loss control, loss prevention, and risk control areterms primarily used in the insurance industry.

y Insurance companies selling workers compensation,property, auto, liability, and other forms of business

insurance employ safety professionals to conduct riskassessments to support underwriting (businessselection and pricing process) and help their clientsprevent incidents and accidents that lead to insurance

claims.


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Chemical Process Safety

y Many of the modernmaterials and essentialproducts we take for grantedeveryday are made possible

by the chemical industry.y Fuels, food ingredients,

pharmaceuticals, textiles,paper products, plastics and

industrial chemicals aresome chemical industryproducts.


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Construction Safety

yConstruction sites areas different from oneanother as are people.

y They vary in size from

small road repair jobsand buildingrenovations to theconstruction of huge

skyscrapers, enormousbridges and massivepower plants.


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Institutional Safety

Managementy Institutional safety

typically encompasseshazard control inorganizations such ashospitals, correctionalfacilities (prisons andjails), research facilities orschools at all levels.

y Hospitals, correctional

facilities and universitiesare typically largeemployers and are oftenpart of large organizations.


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Transportation Safety

y Safety professionals playan important role in the

safety of all forms oftransportation:

y Railroads, auto, trucking,aviation, maritime

shipping and oil and gaspipelines.


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Safety Research & RiskAssessment

y As with any discipline, thebody of knowledge thatguides the science andpractice of safety continues

to grow.y Much of what is regarded

as good theory andpractice was discovered bypractitioners through trial

and error, or was simplyborrowed from relateddisciplines


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