Industrial safety Definition: Industrial safety is primarily a management activity which is concerned with reducing, controlling and eliminating

hazards from the industries or industrial units. Importance of industrial safety The danger of life of human being is increasing with advancement of scientific development in different fields. The importance of industrial safety was realized because every millions of industrial accidents occur which result in either death or in temporary disablement or permanent disablement of employees and involve large amount of losses resulting from danger to property, wasted man hours and wasted hours. More ever, from managerial perspective the importance of industrial safety in any organization may be concluded by following facilitation: 1. Treatment: industrial safety management provides treatment for injuries and illness at the work place. 2. Medical Examination: it carries out medical examination of staff joining the organization or returning to work after sickness or accident. 3. Hazards identification. 4. Provision of protective devices. 5. Consultancy: it provides medical advised on other condition potentially affecting health e.g. works canteen etc. 6. Education: it provides safety and health training.

Safety measures Proper speed of work: Accidents frequently occur when the work is performed at a speed much greater than that, which is desirable. Therefore the speed of the worker in an office or factory should be controlled. Workers should be encouraged to work at such a speed that they can maintain their efficiency and work throughout the day without unnecessary fatigue. Organization of safety committee: Another measure for preventing accidents suggested by psychologist is the formation of safety committee. Such committees help to train the worker, make him more safety conscious and also help to develop or invent new safety techniques. Safety campaigns and posters: Safety can also be promoted by organizing a safety campaign in factory and office. Posters and slogans can also be used in such a campaign. These will help the worker to control his actions. Habits of safety: Despite all the satiety measures adopted, by far the best and the most successful method is the creation of habits of safety. Such habits can be developed through training and other similar methods. Motivating Safety: Workers should be motivated to work cautiously. One way of doing it is to increase the salary of those workers who follow the safety regulations. Safe Material Handling: The employer should provide mechanical means of conveyance to ensure the safety of the workers engaged in material handling. The transport workers should not be asked to lift more than the permissible load. Proper material handling equipments must be used and should be according to nature of the goods. Safety equipment There are following equipment are use in the industries for the safety purpose. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Goggles Glasses Hand gloves Apron Safety shoes Anti fire gas cylinders

Internal Check is an arrangement of staff duties whereby no one person is allowed to carry through and record every aspect of transactions so that without collusion between two or more persons, fraud is prevented and at the same time the possibilities of errors is reduced to a minimum. Internal Check is a system or method introduced with defined instructions given to staff as to their sphere of work with a view to control and verification of their work and also maintenance of accurate records as the ultimate aim.

To allocate duties and responsibilities to every clerk in such a way that he may be held responsible for a particular error or fraud. To minimise the possibilities of errors, frauds or irregularities. To detect errors or frauds if they are already committed by the clerks. To enhance the efficiency of clerks in a business. To distribute work in such a way that no business transaction is left unrecorded. To ensure that the accounts produce reliable and adequate information. To exercise moral pressure over staff

Internal check system is such a system in which duties of different assistants are divided and allocated to each other in such a way that their work is supplementary and dependent upon each other. By this system the work is automatically checked as it is done. Since one particular job is not assigned to any single individual chances of mistakes are very less. Division of work and delegation of authority are two basic principles that help this system work. For example withdrawal of money from a bank: In this case on clerk enters the cheque in the books of account or ledger. Second person checks the credit balance available in the account and third person gives the payment. In this way, there is a division of work and authority and chances of mistake are minimized.