Good Morning Class! February 10, 2021: Tle-Carpentry
Good Morning Class! February 10, 2021: Tle-Carpentry
Good Morning Class! February 10, 2021: Tle-Carpentry
Importance of
Safety
and Health in the
Construction
Industry
Occupational Safety and Health
promotion and maintenance of the highest
degree of physical, mental and social well-
being of workers
prevention safety and health hazards
protection workers from adverse effects to
health
placing and maintenance of the worker in an
environment adapted to his/her ability.
Global OSH Situationer
4 every minute
Unsafe Act
Unsafe Condition
Unsafe Act
Equipment
Environment
Process
Materials
Accident Theory
People Equipment
Environment Process
Materials
Accident Causation
Human Factors
The actions that people take, or do not take, greatly
affect what happens in the workplace
• Employer
• Workers
• Clients
• Guests
Accident Causation
Material Factors
Many of the materials involved in producing goods
and services in the workplace, including waste
products, involve safety hazards.
These hazards include risks from explosions, fires
and unexpected traumatic exposure to highly toxic
substances
Accident Causation
Equipment Factors
Equipment refers to the tools, machines, facilities,
vehicles, and other hardware used in the workplace.
Equipment may be hazardous if a person is exposed
to parts that move, spin, rotate or cut.
Accident Causation
Environmental Factors
The workplace environment is the place where
people, materials and equipment come together to
get work done.
There are many aspects of the environment that
can affect or alter conditions adversely and contribute
to safety hazards.
Accident Causation
Process Factors
A process is the sequence of actions used to
transform materials and human skills into goods or
services.
It is the way work is designed.
Fire Hazards
Electrical accidents in
workplaces usually occur as a
result of:
– Faulty or defective
equipment
– Unsafe installation, or
– Misuse of equipment
Machinery and Tool Hazards
The biggest hazard comes from moving machine
parts which may accidentally come into contact with a
worker’s body causing injury or death.
Workers may be crushed when a part of their body or
clothing gets caught in rotating shafts, belts or pulleys
Body parts may be severely injured or even severed
by presses, blades and saw
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Indirect Costs
Direct Cost of Accidents
Medical Expenses
Equipment Damage
Wasted Raw Materials
Insurance Premiums
Litigation Expenses
Indirect Cost of Accidents
1 Injured Workers
Lesser productivity due to interruption on day of
injury
Loss in efficiency
Loss of income
2 Other Employees
loss productivity due to:
work stoppage out of curiosity
when assisting injured worker
due to inspection
Loss in efficiency out of sympathy to the injured
Additional cost due to completion of added work
Indirect Cost of Accidents
3. Supervisors
lost productivity :
when assisting the injured
due to accident investigation
in preparing reports
during inspection
4. Replacement worker
hiring or training
5. Equipment
downtime
Humane Aspects
98% - preventable
• 88% - unsafe act
• 10% - unsafe condition
2% - non-preventable
Focus of OSH
People
People
Equipment
Environment
Materials
Systems to Control
Unsafe Acts/Unsafe Conditions
Pre-contact:
Engineering Control :
Elimination/Minimization Enclosure of the Hazard
Isolation of the Hazard Redirection of Hazard
Systems to Control
Unsafe Acts/Unsafe Conditions
Administrative Control :
Exposure time limitations ,Safe work practices
Alarms and Warning signs, Training and Education
Family
Regulatory Agencies
Employee Health
SAFETY
Accident Costs
Production
Corporate
Image Quality
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CENTER
Department of Labor and Employment
Website: www.oshc.dole.gov.ph
Email: [email protected]