INDUSTRIAL SAFETY Industrial safety is primarily a management activity which is concerned with :- Reducing Controlling Eliminating hazards from industries or industrial units
DEFINITION “Industrial safety is defined as policies and protections put in place to ensure plant and factory worker protection from hazards that could cause injury. Safety policies put in place by the occupational safety & health administration (OSHA) are examples of industrial safety policies.”
4 E’S OF SAFETY Engineering : i.e. safety at the design, equipment installation stage. Education : i.e. education of employees in safe practices. Enlistment : i.e. it concerns the attitude of the employees and management towards the programmed and its purpose. This necessary arose the interest of employees in accident prevention and safety consciousness. Encouragement : i.e. to enforce adherence to safe rules and practices