Basic Occupation Safety and Health (BOSH)

Why do engineers need to study Basic Occupational Safety and Health?

Engineers need to study BOSH in order to learn:

a. Importance of health and safety particularly in workplaces.

b. How to prevent accidents.

c. How to protect people from harm in work-related activities.

c. How to save lives and properties.

d. How to create a safe and healthy work environment free from hazards and risks.

Benefits in prioritizing Basic Occupational Safety and Health in industires:

a. Reduced risk or accidents or injuries by identifying and mitigating hazards

b. Improved efficiency and productivity due to fewer employees missing work from illness or injury

c. Improved employee relations and morale (a safer work environment is a less stressful work
environment)

d. Reduced costs associated with accidents or injuries.

e. Lower insurance premiums resulting from fewer workplace

1. DEFINITION OF TERMS:

What is safety?

- It is the preservation of the lives, property and the environment by taking preventive reserves to
prevent accident and pollution and destruction, through accident prevention programs.
- State of being safe: Freedom form danger, risk, or injury.
- The absence of danger.

What is accident?

- Undesired event which result in physical harm or property damage (injury, property damage,
interruption, delay)

What is Injury?

- Consequence of an accident.
Safety Management System (SMS)

- It is a comprehensive management system designed to manage safety elements in the

workplace. It includes policy, objectives, plans, procedures, organisation, responsibilities and
other measures.

- Is a systematic approach to managing safety, including the necessary organisational structures,

accountabilities, policies and procedures.

Safety plan

- Is a personalized, practical plan thatcan help you avoid dangerous situations and know the best
way to react when you're in danger.
- If you're experiencing abuse or are in an unhealthy relationship, creating a safety plan can be
very helpful.

Safety policy

- Is a health and safety (hs) policy is a written statement by an employer stating the company's
commitment for the protection of hs of employees and to the public.
- It is an endorsed commitment by management to its employees regarding their health and
safety.

Safety Management

- is an organization function, which ensures that all safety risk has been identified, assessed and
satisfactorily mitigated objective.

The objective of safety management in the aviation industry

- is to prevent human injury or loss of life, and to avoid damage to the environment and to
property .

Safety Management

- is a complete process of hazard identification risk assessment and employee training record
keeping program assessment, control and management throughout, and designed to effectively
manage and ensure continued employee health and safety in the workplace.

Health and safety program

- is a definite plan of action designed to prevent accidents and occupational diseases.

What is a hazard analysis?

- Is the process of recognizing hazards that may arise from a system or its environment,
documenting their unwanted consequences and analyzing their potential causes.
Safety Inspection

- Systematic assessment of safety standard for plant, place of work, working. Carried out by a
manager and not a safety adviser/engineer.

Safety Monitoring

- Periodic check on obeservance of corporate safety standards and procedures.

Workplace

- Describe as any place where people at work.

What is Occupation safety and Health (OSH)?

- It is an area concerning the safety, health and welfare of people enaged in work or
employment.
- It is a basic human right for safety at workplace

Why OSH?

- Unsafe working conditions affect workers health and productivity.

Areas coverd by OSH Clinic:

- Construction Companies, Corporate Companies, Factories, and Oil and Gas Companies.

Benefits of OSH:

- Increase productivity output and profit.

Occupation safety and Health (OSH)

- Is a cross disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people
engaged in work or employment.
- The goal of OSH programs include to foster safety and healthy work environment.

Quiz 1

1. Why do we need to study Basic Occupational Safety and Health?

2. How does BOSH improve employees productivity and efficiency?

3. Why safety inspection in workplace necessary?

4. Define the following terms:

4.1 Safety 4.2 Accident 4.3 Injury 4.4 BOSH

The importance of safety measures in workplace:

- Obey OSHA standards. Follow workplace safety and health rules.

- Use assigned personal protective equipment (PPE). Participate in required safety training.
- Report hazardous conditions to management so they can take swift corrective action.
- Report job-related accidents, injuries, and illness to your supervisor and get medical attention.
- Cooperate with OSHA inspectors if they come to inspect our facility.

Concepts of occupational safety and health

- Accident prevention is an essential part of good management and workmanship

- Management and workers must cooperate
- Top management must take the lead
- A define and known safety and health policy
- Organization and resources to achieve policy
- Best available knowledge and methods

Importance of safety in the workplace

- Employees can remain motivated if they feel safe and happy

- Formation and implementation of safety programs that are meant to teach the employees to
handle risks
- Violence at workplace Aims of safety

Aims of safety

- To prevent accident
- Avoid risk
- Protect employee and visitors
- Assure that work is completed
- Protect site machinery
- To maintain “Contractor Resource”

Who is responsible for health and safety in the workplace?

- Employees and the self employed have important responsibilities too.

- It is an employer's duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees and other
people who might be affected by their business. Employers must do whatever is reasonably
practicable to achieve this.

Safety engineer what safety engineers do?

- Make workplace safe.

- Monitor the general work environment, inspect buildings and machines for hazards and safety
violations.
 - Recommend safety features in newprocessess and products.
- Design special safety clothing and safety devices to protect workers from injury when operating
machines.
- Educate workers on matters pertaining to safety.
- Evaluate plans for new equipment to assure to operate.
- Investigate accidents and determine the cause of accidents and make recommendations to
prevent accident from happening.

What and who is a Safety engineer?

- This person is responsible for the traditional aspects of the safety program such as preventing
mechanical injuries; falls, impact and acceleration injuries; heat and temperature injuries;
electrical accidents; fire related accidents and so on.

Hazard

- is something that can cause harm, e.g. electricity, chemicals, working up a ladder, noise, a
keyboard, a bully at work, stress, etc.
- Something the poses threat to life, health, propert, and environment.

Risk

- is the chance, high or low, that any hazard will actually cause somebody harm.
- Chance of someone or something will be hurt by hazard

Major causes of accident:

- Accident mostly happens due to two major causes: unsafe conditions at the workplace (1).
Unsafe act done by a person or group (2).

Unsafe Acts:

- Working without authority

- Failure to warn others of danger
- Leaving equipment in a dangerous condition
- Using equipment at the wrong speed sconnecting safety devices such as guards
- Using equipment the wrong way or for the wrong tasks
- Failure to use or wear personal protective equipment
- Bad loading of vehicles
- Failure to lift loads correctly
- Horseplay
- Smoking in areas where this is not allowed
- Missing Platform guardrails
- Defective tools and equipment
- Inadequate fire warning system
 - Fire hazard
- Hazardous atmospheric conditions
- Excessive noise
- Not enough light to see to do work

Safety rules in the workplace:

- Keep aisles clear

- Report accidents
- Keep work area clean
- Report any unsafe conditions
- Lift properly
- Place trash ang paper in proper container
- Wear appropriate attire

What does PPE mean?

- Refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to

protect the wearer's body from injury or infection. The hazards addressed by protective
equipment include physical, electrical, heat, chemicals, biohazards, and airborne particulate
matter.

What are the 3 types of PPE?

- Respiratory protection: example, disposable, cartridge, air line, half or full face.
- Eye protection: example, spectacles/goggles, shields, visors.
- Hearing protection : example, ear muffs and plugs.

What is the importance of PPE?

- Is an equipment that will protect workers against health or safety risks on the job.
- The purpose is to reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative
controls are not feasible or effective to reduce these risks to acceptable levels.

HOMEWORK 1

1. What are the benefits we derived from bosh?

2. What are the duties and responsibilities of a safety engineer?
3. What is safety management?
4. List all the hazards that you can see in the picture and explain why?
 Women –
Wheel chair being blocked in the fire exit –
Spilled water in floor –
Damage floor –
Misplace cane –
Misplace trash bin –
Odor of the garbage -
Disarrange table –
Rolled mat –
Mess electric wires –
Live wire –
Dog -

5. Do you know? Osha does not cover the seaman and the military, why?
6. Enumerate some workplace safety rules:
7. Discuss the importance of safety measures in a workplace?
8. Enumerate some unsafe practices in the workplace ?
9. What is ppe and give at least 3 example?
10. Discuss how this safety management organizational chart works, its mission and its functions.