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WHO IS AN ENGINEER IN A
SOCIETY
• Engineers are ? those
members of the
Engineering & Allied
Professionals who are
knowledgeable in Design,
Manufacture, Application
HIS ACTIVITY
He may act as an
individual entrepreneur
or employee who sell
engineered
products,buy and
CONCERN for SAFETY :
Because, a product or an
WHY ?
activity may endanger
peoples
HOW TO life & welfare
DEFINE “SAFE
When thereT are
Y”? differences
within a group about what
is safe & what is not it
becomes “Elusive”
Safety better understood
WHAT IS SAFETY
As per William?W. Lawrance
“ A THING IS SAFE IF ITS
RISKS ARE JUSTIFIED TO BE
ACCEPTABLE ”
So the understanding is
A thing is safe, if the
perceived risks are less
WHAT IS RISK ?
“ A RISK IS THE POTENTIAL
THAT SOMETHING
UNWANTED & HARMFUL MAY
OCCUR ”
• What was considered risk
previously are acceptable
now & vice versa due to
DRAWBACKS OF
LAWRANCE DEFINITI
ON
1 Underestimation of
Risks :
Something will
seem less risky if
the bad effects
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE
PERCEPTION OF RISKS
a) Voluntarism and
Control
b) Effect of
Information on Risk
Assessment
a) VOLUNTARISM AND
CONTROL
These are voluntary
Risks taken by persons
knowing fully well that
the actions they do are
unsafe but still take up
for thrill / fun
b) EFFECT OF INFO
ON
R I Smanner
The K A S Sin
E S which
S M E Ninfo
T
necessary for Decision Making
are presented, influence the
Risk perception
Options perceived as Yielding
Firm Gains will be preferred
over those from which gains
c) NATURE OF JOB
• Most often employees in high Risk
Jobs have no other option but to
undertake them out of compulsion
• Safety Equipments are rarely used
d) M A G N I T U D E & P R O X I M I
• Perception TY
changes with the
magnitude of life lost in a single
incident or accident to the total No of
lives lost over a longer span of time
• People perceive a thing to be of great
risk if there is possibility of affecting
KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO ASSES
RISK
Having Understood how the risks are
perceived, Engineers should know
the Factors he must address before
assessing the Risk :
Drawbacks Noticed :