HRM
HRM
HRM
INTRODUCTION
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Health Meaning:
The term ‘health’ is a positive and dynamic concept.
In common parlance health implies absence of
disease. However, that industrial health implies
much more than more absence of disease is clear
from Health.
Definition [Health]:
The worker who is healthy is always cheerful
confident working and strength well being in any
time that is called health.
Safety Meaning:
Before discussing other issues relating to safety, it is
useful to understand the nature of safety. Safety, in
simple terms, means freedom from the occurrence of
risk of injury or loss. Industrial safety or employee
safety refers to the protection of workers from the
danger of industrial accidents. An accident, then is
an unplanned and un-controlled event in which an
action or reaction of an object a substance, a person,
or a radiation result in personal injury.
Definition [Safety]:
Safety means prevention to danger or risk injury or
loss. Industrial safety or employee safety to
protection of workers from the danger of Industrial
accidents.
Working conditions affecting health:
1. Cleanliness:
Hygiene is essential of health dirt should be removed
daily from the workplace, furniture, staircases etc.
properly cleaned and his infected spittoons must be
provided at convenient places.
2. Lighting:
Adequate and proper lighting is essential for higher
efficiency and good quality of work. Poor lighting on
the other hand causes eye strain mental fatigue,
accidents and spoilage of materials.
1. Chemical substances:
Carbon di oxide, sulphuric acid, limes and alkalise
cause injury when they are absorbed through skin and
inhaling.
2. Biological Hazards:
Bacteria, fungi, viruses, insects malnutrition
excessive drinking and job stress affect employer
health.
3. Environmental records :
These include radiation, noise, vibrations shocks
etc. X-rays are radio active exposure may cause eye
train genetic disorders and cancer.
4.Atmospheric conditions :-
Ventilation improper lighting extrane
temperature etc., effect health and efficiency of
employees.
Under the factories act 1948. hazardous process
to defined as “any process or activity in relation to
are industry specified in the first schedule. Where
unless special care taken raw material used there in or
the intermediate are finished products.
1. Cleanliness :-
a) Every factory shall be kept clean and free from
effluvia arising from any drain.
b) Privy are other nuisance. The flavour of every
work room shall be cleaned at least once in every
week by washing.
c) Where a flavour is likely to become wet increase
of any manufacturing process to such an extent as
is capable of being drained effective means of
drainage shall be provided.
d) Walls partitions ceiling doors, windows etc... shall
be painted varnished, white colour washed in the
prescribed manner.
2. Disposal of waste and Effluents:-
Effective arrangement shall be made in every
factory for the treatment of wastes and effluents due
to manufacturing process carried on there in, so as to
render them innocueres and for their disposal.
4. Artificial Humidification :-
In any factory in which the humidity of the air is
artificially increased, the water use for the
purpose shall be taken from a public supply are
other source of drinking water or shall be
effectively purified before it is so used.
5. Over Crowding :-
There shall be in every work room of a factory at
least 9.9 cubic metres [for the factories existing
before this act] and 14.2 cubic metres [for factories
built after this act] of space for every worker. In
calculating such space, no account shall be taken of
any space which is more than 4.2 metres above the
level of the room’s floor.
6. Lighting :-
a) In every part of the factory where workers are
working are passing there shall be provided and
maintained sufficient and suitable lighting
material are artificial or bath.
b) All glazed windows and sky lights used for
lighting shall be kept clean and free from
obstructions.
7. Drinking :-
a) In every factory effective arrangement shall be
made so provided and maintain at suitable points
conveniently situated for all workers.
b) All such points shall be marked “drinking water”
in a language understand by a majority of
workers employed in the factory.
Types of Accidents
Accidents are of different types. They may be
classified as major and minor ones, depending upon
the severity of the injury. An accident which ends in a
death, or which results in a prolonged disability to the
injured is a major one. A scratch or a cut which does
not seriously disable him/her is a minor accident.
Internal External
Major Minor
Fatal Disability
Temporary Permanent
Cost Saving :
Two types of costs are incurred by the
management when an accident occurs. There are the
direct costs, in the form of compensation payable to
the dependents of the victim if the accident is fatal,
and medical expenses incurred in treating the patient
if the accident is non-fatal, the management,
however, is not liable to meet the direct costs if the
victim is insured under the ESI scheme. When the
victim is uninsured, compensation and medical
expenses are the responsibility of the management.
There is the cost of risk management, which the
management must bear.
Moral :
Safety is important on humane grounds too.
Managers must undertake accident prevention
measures to minimise the pain and suffering the
injured worker and his/her family are often exposed
to as a result of the accident. An employee is a
worker in the factory and the bread-winner for his/her
family. The happiness of his/her family depends upon
the health and well-being of the worker. It is no secret
that the dependents of a worker look forward to
his/her reaching home safe everyday. Imagine their
agony when they receive the news that the fingers,
legs, eyes, hands or the life itself of their bread-
winner has been in jeopardy. True, a fatal or non-fatal
injury entitles his/her dependents or him to monetary
a compensation, as per the workmen’s compensation
act, 1923. But is monetary compensation a substitute
for the person?
Legal :
There are legal reasons too for undertaking safety
measures. There are laws covering occupational
health and safety, and penalties for non-compliance
have become quite serve. The responsibility extends
to the safety and health of the surrounding
community, too. The Supreme Court held:
An enterprise which is engaged in a hazardous or
inherently dangerous industry which poses a potential
threat to the health and safety of the persons working
in the factory and industry in the surrounding areas,
owes an absolute and non-delegable duty to the
community to ensure that no harm result to anyone on
account of the hazardous or inherently dangerous
nature. This implies unlimited liability.
The civil law established the extent of damages
or compensation. Under the criminal law, sentences
are prescribed under the pollution control laws. There
is no legal ceiling on the extent of liability.
Safety programme
Safety programme deals with the prevention of
accidents and with minimising the resulting loss and
damage to persons and property. Five basic principles
must govern the safety programme of an
organisation. The five principles are:
1. Industrial accidents result from a multiplicity of
factors. But these have to be traced to their root
causes, which are usually faults in the
management system arising from poor leadership
from the top, inadequate supervision, insufficient
attention to the design of safety into the system,
an unsystematic approach to the identification,
analysis and elimination of hazards, and poor
training facilities.
2. The most important function of safety
programmes is to identify potential hazards,
provide effective safety facilities and equipment
and to take prompt remedial action. This is
possible only if there are:
Comprehensive and effective systems
for reporting all accidents causing damage
or injury;
Adequate accident records and
statistics;
Systematic procedures for carrying out
safety checks, inspections and
investigations;
Methods of ensuring that safety
equipment is maintained and used; and
Proper means available for persuading
managers, supervisors and workers to pay
more attention to safety matters.
3. The safety policies of the organisation should be
determined by the top management and it must
be continuously involved in monitoring safety
performance and in ensuring that corrective
action is taken when necessary.
4. The management and the supervision must be
made fully accountable for safety performance in
the working areas they control.
5. All employees should be given thorough training
in safe methods of work and they should receive
continuing education and guidance on
eliminating safety hazards and prevention of
accidents.
Safety Policy
The second step in evolving a safety programme
is to have a safety policy. A policy specifies the
company’s goals and designates the responsibilities
and authority for their achievement. It may also
provide caveats and sanctions for failing to fulfil
them. There are differences in the form and content
of corporate policies. Their style, however, is not as
important as the clarity with which they identify
functional responsibilities and authority.
They are:
1. Lack of adequate inspection adds to the problem
of industrial accidents. We have the factories act,
the boiler act, the Indian explosives act, the
Indian electricity act, the pesticides act, the water
(Prevention and control of pollution) act, the air
(Prevention and control of pollution) act, and the
environment protection act. All these contain
elaborate provisions to ensure employee and
public safety, and also punishment for non-
compliance. Things usually go wrong in the
implementation of the laws.
Here comes the need for stringent inspection
which is not forthcoming. Partly, the problem
lies with the inadequate strength of inspectors.
Unsafe Mechanical or
Unsafe Acts of Persons
Physical Conditions
1 Operating without 1 Inadequately
. clearance, failure to . guarded, guards of
heed warning. improper height,
strength, mesh, etc.
2 Operating or working 2 Unguarded, absence
. at an unsafe speed. . of required guards.
3 Making safety devices 3 Defective, rough,
. inoperative. . sharp, slippery,
decayed, cracked,
etc.
4 Using unsafe 4 Unsafely designed
. equipment, or using . machines, tools, etc.
equipment unsafely.
5 Unsafe loading, 5 Unsafely arranged,
. placing, mixing, . poor housekeeping,
combining, etc. congestion, blocked
exits, etc.
6 Taking an unsafe 6 Inadequately lighted,
. position or posture. . sources of glare, etc.
7 Working on moving or 7 Inadequately
. dangerous equipment. . ventilated, impure oil
source, etc.
8 Distracting, teasing, 8 Unsafely clothed, no
. abusing, startling, etc. . goggles, glares or
masks, high heels,
etc.
9 Failure to use safe 9 Unsafe processes,
. attire or personal . mechanical,
protective devices. chemical, electrical,
nuclear, etc.
Abrol of the delhi science forum observes that
Indian plants are not designed with enough back-
up safety systems. Others in the industry point to
corruption in the factories’ inspectorate, the
government arm that is supposed to check on
safety at the factory level. A manufacturer
confesses that he bribed a boiler inspector with
Rs 5000 after the inspector said that the boiler’s
tube outlet for steam should have been stamped
“boiler quality tested”. The newly set-up plant
could not go on stream because the boiler had
not been certified by the factories inspectorate.
Accident Rates
Accidents are described in terms of frequency,
severity and incidence. Organisations generally
maintain frequency, severity and incidence records.
Mathematical formulae are used to calculate
accident rates. Thus ,for calculating the incidence
rate the formula is:
Number of recordable
injuries*1 million
Incidence rate= Number of
employee exposure hours
Number of disabling
injuries*1 million
Frequency rate= Number of
employee hours worked
The supervisor or the foreman is the key person
in industrial accident prevention. His/her application
of the art of supervision to the control of worker
performance is a factor which exerts the greatest
influence in successful accident prevention.
The humanitarian incentive for preventing
accidental injury is supplemented by a realisation of
two powerful economic factors, namely:
(i) A safe establishment is efficient productively,
and an unsafe establishment is inefficient.
(ii) The direct employer costs of industrial
injuries for compensation claims and for
medical treatment are but one-fourth of the total
which the employer must bear.
Training in safety
Systematic training of industrial employees is
necessary if they are to do their jobs efficiently and
safely. This is an inescapable requirement, regardless
of how carefully employees are selected or how much
aptitude and experience they may have for the jobs to
which they are assigned. Training practices in the
industry will be found to vary widely with respect to
method, content, quality, quantity, and source of
instruction. The differences are influenced, strongly
by the size of the company, the types of jobs
performed, and the awareness of the management
regarding the importance of training.
Example: Electrical Safety Training:
It is not enough if workers are trained on the
methods of avoiding accidents. They must be trained
on the ways of minimising damage, should an
accident occur. For example, high-voltage line
repairs must be given thorough indoctrination in
correct work methods before they are permitted to
undertake more hazardous phases of their work.
Additionally, the employees must be given
instructions in first-aid procedures, including
specialised techniques for resuscitation, using
prescribed methods that can be applied while the
victim is still at the top of a high-voltage line pole. A
similar problem might occur in a chemical plant.
Employees may be working with compounds that, if
accidentally released or spilled in large volumes,
would cause sever injury upon contact with the skin
or body tissues.” In such situations, a common safety
device is the installation of emergency showers that
provide a deluge of water to thoroughly flush the
dangerous compound off the skin of a victim.
Training for such workers requires, therefore, not
only what to do and what not to do in performing the
job properly, but also thorough instructions on the use
of special devices and procedures, in the event an
emergency occurs.
Training may be given by the foreman or
supervisor responsible for the job. However,
nowadays, the management is finding it worthwhile
to use specialists in training to supplement the work
of the supervisor, as in the case of job analysis and
injury prevention. Training specialists do not
necessarily do the job for which the supervisor is
responsible. The function of the specialist is to set up
the procedure so that the training can be imparted by
qualified persons in the plant or; individual
departments. The specialist will prepare the
instructional manuals and other details for conducting
the training programme, and supervise the activity.
The National Organic Chemical Industries
(NOCIL) has unique training programmes on safety.
The company has a risk management team
comprising medical officers, nursing and pathological
staff and safety officers-all numbering 20. The
team’s agenda includes safety, health and
environment protection. NOCIL’s training
programmes consist of mandatory training
programmes like mock safety drills (every week) and
evacuation drills (at least once in a year). In addition,
the company has organised a modular approach to
step up safety measure.
There is the departmental module in which all
departments at the plant are in an integrated safety
programme. A regular duty system enables every
department to participate. This team is led by the
particular department head assisted by a fire marshall,
an operations expert, four engineers (mechanical,
electrical, inspection and instrumentation) and a
product transport specialist to take accountability of
in-transit cargo.
i. Physical Health
III health of employees results in reduced
productivity, higher unsafe acts, and increased
absenteeism. A healthy worker, on the other hand,
produces results opposite to these. In other words,
healthy employees are more productive, more safety
conscious, and are more regular to work. The worker
who is healthy is always cheerful, confident looking,
and is an invaluable asset to the organisation.
But the physical health of an employee can be
adversely affected by several causes as shown in the
below Table.
Health Hazards:
Health Hazards Causes
Lung cancer Coke oven emissions, asbestos,
active or passive cigarette
smoke
White lung disease Asbestos
Black lung disease Coal dust
Brown lung disease Cotton dust
Leukaemia Benzene, radiation
Cancer of other Asbestos, radiation, vinyl
organs chloride, coke oven emissions
Sterility/reproductive Radiation
problems
Deteriorating eye- Chemical fumes, office
sight equipment
Hearing impairment High noise levels
A realisation of the advantages which flow from
a healthy workforce has impelled many managements
to provide health services to their employees, which
vary from the simple provision of first-aid equipment
to complete medical care. Many progressive
organisations maintain well-equipped dispensaries
with full-time or part-time doctors and full-time
compounders/nurses. Unlike his/her counterpart of
yesteryears, who would take every precaution to
protect his horses against diseases but felt that the
health of the human worker was his own business, the
manager of today is fully aware of the advantages of
having a healthy workforce.
The protection of the health of the workers is a
legal requirement too. Sections 11 to 20 of the
Factories Act, 1948 deal with the health of workers.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Introduction:
Research methodology is way to systematically
solve the research problem in this study. The research
adopted various steps for collecting the data.
Sampling Plan:
The sampling plan is having three parts (or)
division are as follows.
Sampling method
Sampling unit
Sample size
1. Sample method:-
Simple random sampling was the sampling
techniques used for collecting the data.
2. Sample unit :-
The sample unit selected for the study was the
employees. The employees of tanfac(pvt) ltd., in
cuddalore is being selected for this sample unit study.
3. Sample size:-
25 employees were selected for the survey in the
various department of employees.
Primary data :-
Data are being collected from the employees
directly from the work field for the first time by the
researcher is called primary data.
Secondary data :-
The secondary data is collected from various
books, magazines and company records. It is also
used in this project.
Tools used:-
The main tool used for data analysis is percentage
analysis.
1. Percentage analysis:-
The percentage method was extensively used for
finding various details as mentioned in the chapter
analysis and interpretation. It can be calculated as
follows.
No of respondents favourable
X100
Total No. of respondents
CHAPTER – 5
Primary Objectives
Secondary Objectives
company.
company.
CHAPTER – 6
questions
many occasions.
CHAPTER - 7
Table - 1
AGE NO. OF
S.NO PERCENTAG
GROU RESPONDEN
. E
P TS
Betwee
1 n 31-40 15 60
years
Betwee
2 n 41-50 5 20
years
Above
3 50 3 12
years
4 Betwee 2 8
n 20-30
years
TOTA
25 100
L
INTERPRETATION:
50 years.
FIGURE – 1
AGE
Table - 2
NO. OF
S.N GENDE PERCENTA
RESPONDEN
O. R GE
TS
1 Male 25 100
2 Female - -
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that the
100% of
GEN
100%
90%
80%
Table - 3
MARIT NO. OF
S.N PERCENTA
AL RESPONDEN
O. GE
STATUS TS
1 Married 23 92
Un-
2 2 8
married
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that the
MARITAL STATUS
CLASSIFICATION
MARITA
100%
90%
80%
Table – 4
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
EDUCATIO
NO. OF
S.N NAL PERCENT
RESPONDE
O. QUALIFICA AGE
NTS
TION
Diploma /
1 14 56
Graduate
2 Below S.S.L.C 4 16
3 P.G 4 16
4 HSC 3 12
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that 56% of
H.S.C.
FIGURE – 4
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
EDU
60% 56%
50%
40%
ENTAGE
30%
Table – 5
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
YEARS OF NO. OF
S.N PERCENTA
EXPERIEN RESPONDE
O. GE
CE NTS
Above 15
1 11 44
years
2 11-15 years 8 32
3 5-10 years 3 12
Below 5
4 3 12
years
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table shows that 44% of
experience.
FIGURE – 5
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
12%
RIENCE
12%
Table - 6
SAFETY
BUDGET &
SAFETY NO. OF
S.NO. PERCE
DEPARTMENT RESPONDENTS
BEING
ARRANGED
1 Yes 22 8
2 No 3 1
TOTAL 25 1
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that 88% of
our company.
FIGURE – 6
DEPARTMENT
SAFETY
Table - 7
HEALTH
&
SAFETY NO. OF
S.N PERCENTA
POLICY RESPONDE
O. GE
IS NTS
AVAILAB
LE
1 Yes 25 100
2 No - -
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that 100%
in our company.
FIGURE – 7
HEA
100%
Table - 8
WORK
PERMIT
NO. OF
S.N SYSTEM PERCENTA
RESPONDE
O. IS GE
NTS
PROVID
ED
1 Yes 25 100
2 No - -
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table is shows they are 100%
our company.
FIGURE – 8
W
Table - 9
FACTORY
SAFETY
COMMITT NO. OF
S.N PERCENTA
EE RESPONDE
O. GE
IS NTS
AVAILAB
LE
1 Yes 25 100
2 No - -
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the table it shows that all the respondent
company properly.
FIGURE – 9
FACT
100%
Table - 10
SAFETY
COMMITTE
NO. OF
S.NO. E MEETING PERCEN
RESPONDENTS
IS
CONDUCTED
1 Weekly once - -
2 Two week once - -
3 Monthly once 25 100
4 Yearly once - -
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
Above the table shows that 100% employees
SAFE
100%
90%
80%
70%
E
Table - 11
ON-SITE
EMERGEN
CY PLAN
NO. OF
S.N ARE PERCENTA
RESPONDE
O. PREPARE GE
NTS
IN OUR
COMPAN
Y
1 Yes 24 96
2 No 1 4
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
If is found that 96% of respondents expressed
ON-SIT
Table - 12
FIRE –
EXTINGUIS
NO. OF
S.N HERS & PERCENT
RESPOND
O. HYDRANT AGE
ENTS
SYSTEM
PROVIDED
1 Yes 25 100
2 No - -
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
in our company.
FIGURE – 12
FIRE-EXTINGUISHERS &
FIRE HYDRANT SYSTEM PROVIDED
FIRE – EXTINGUISHER
Table - 13
SAFETY
TRAINING
NO. OF
S.N PROGRAM PERCENT
RESPONDE
O. ME AGE
NTS
CONDUCT
ED
1 Yes 20 80
2 No 5 20
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that 80% of
SAFE
100%
90%
80%
70%
GE
Table – 14
PRESSURE
VESSELS
CRANES &
NO. OF
S.NO. CHAIN PERCENTA
RESPONDENTS
BLOCKS
IS BEING
DONE
1 Yes 25 100
2 No - -
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that the
CHAIN BLOCKS
PRESSURE V
Table - 15
PERSONA
L
PROTECT
NO. OF
S.N IVE PERCENTA
RESPONDE
O. EQUIPME GE
NTS
NT IS
BEING
USED
1 Yes 25 100
2 No - -
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above the table obtained about result
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT
PERSON
100%
Table - 16
SAFETY
SHOE &
SAFETY NO. OF
S.N PERCENTA
HELMET RESPONDE
O. GE
IS BEING NTS
PROVID
ED
1 Yes 25 100
2 No - -
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that the
SAFET
100%
90%
80%
E
70%
Table - 17
NEAR MISS
REPORTING NO. OF
S.NO. PERCENT
SYSTEM IS RESPONDENTS
AVAILABLE
1 Yes 20 80
2 No 5 20
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that the
NEAR
SYSTEM
2
Table - 18
RECOMMENDA
TION GIVEN BY NO. OF
S.N PERCENT
THE SAFETY RESPOND
O. AGE
COMMITTEE IS ENTS
IMPLEMENTED
1 Always 15 60
2 Some times 4 16
2 Never 6 24
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that 60% of
RECO M M EN
CO M M
Table - 19
NATURAL VENTILATION
NATURAL
VENTILAT NO. OF
S.N PERCENT
ION IN RESPONDE
O. AGE
WORK NTS
SPOT
1 Yes 18 75
2 No 7 25
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
Above the table shows that the 72% of
NATURAL VENTILATION
10
8
Table - 20
WASTE
DISPOSA
L NO. OF
S.N PERCENTA
SYSTEM RESPONDE
O. GE
IS NTS
AVAILAB
LE
1 Yes 22 88
2 No 3 12
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that the
12% W
Table - 21
AMBULAN
CE VAN IS
NO. OF
S.N AVAILAB PERCENTA
RESPONDE
O. LE IN GE
NTS
EACH
SHIFT
1 Yes 23 92
2 No 2 8
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is classified that 92%
facility.
FIGURE – 21
AMB
100%
90%
80%
70%
Table – 22
MEDICAL
ATTENDE
NTS /
NO. OF
S.N DOCTOR PERCENT
RESPONDE
O. AVAILABL AGE
NTS
E IN YOUR
FACTORY
?
1 Yes 25 100
2 No - -
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table it is inferred that the
factory.
FIGURE – 22
AVAILABLE
Table - 23
OPINION /
SUGGESTION
NO. OF
S.N FOR HEALTH PERCEN
RESPOND
O. AND SAFETY TAGE
ENTS
MEASURE OF
COMPANY
1 Yes 23 92
2 No 2 8
TOTAL 25 100
INTERPRETATION:
Most of the respondents says health & safety
in the company.
FIGURE – 23
O P IN IO N /
AND SA
CHAPTER - 8
FINDINGS
SUGGESTION AND
RECOMMENDATION
CONCLUSION
1. Name :
2. Age :
years
3. Gender
Male Female
4. Marital Status
Married Unmarried
5. Educational Qualification
Below S.S.L.C. HSC
6. Years of Experience
Yes No
policy?
Yes No
system?
Yes No
meeting?
Emergency Plan?
Yes No
available?
Yes No
Yes No
15. Does your plant is doing periodic inspection
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
system?
Yes No
is adequate?
Yes No
system?
Yes No
Yes No
in your factory?
Yes No
Yes No
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