SAFETY

 Responsibility for Safety

 Safety Program
 Fire Prevention
 Housekeeping the Job
 What Safety means?
 It refers to your freedom from danger,
injury and damage, and to your
personal security.
 It can be defined to be the control of
recognized hazards to achieve an
acceptable level of risk.
 4 Ways of Promoting
Workplace Safety:
• Create a culture of safety
• Make safety fun
• Hold safety training seminars
• Be observant and realize some accidents
cannot be avoided.
 FACTORS INFLUENCING
SAFETY
• Management Systems
• Work Factors
• Human Elements
 RESPONSIBILITY FOR
SAFETY
The organization is responsible for the
safety and the welfare of the employees as
long as they are on the premises of the
organization or are on duty for the
organization in another place, using the
organization's equipment and resources.
Sometimes, what happens is the management
takes the safety of its employees very
seriously, but it is the employees themselves
who take it fairly lightly.
 SUPERVISORS

1. Supervisors must be familiar with the

provisions of the Occupational Health and
Safety Act and regulations, health and
safety policies and procedures.
 OSHAS (Occupational Safety & Health
Administration Standard) is a regulatory
agency that oversees the assurance of the
safe and healthful working conditions for
working men and women.
 SUPERVISORS

2. Supervisors must be knowledgeable about

potential or actual health and safety
hazards.
3. Supervisors must ensure that equipment,
materials and protective devices required
by regulation are provided to workers and
maintained in good condition.
4. Supervisors must ensure that workers
follow workplace procedures and use
protective equipment.
 SUPERVISORS

5. Supervisors must provide information,

instruction and supervision to a worker.
6. Supervisors must ensure that an up-to-
date inventory is maintained.
7. Supervisors must ensure hazardous
materials present in the workplace.
 Workers

1. Workers must use or wear protective

equipment, devices, and clothing that the
employer requires to be worn such as;
 Head protection
 Eye and face protection
 Hand protection
 Body protection
 Respiratory protection
 Workers

2. Workers must report to their supervisor

the absence of or defect in any protective
device.
3. Workers must not remove or make
ineffective of any protective device
required by the organization or by the
employer.
 Workers

4. Workers must not use or operate any

equipment, machine, device or thing or
work in a manner that may endanger
themselves or any other worker.
 Key Employee Safety
Responsibilities:
1. Always get a good night’s rest.
2. Do not use drugs or overdo alcohol.
3. Maintain a good safety attitude.
4. Be alert at all times.
5. Think before you act.
6. Do not hurry or take shortcuts.
7. Follow all company Safety Policies and
Rules.
 Key Employee Safety
Responsibilities:
8. Wear required Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE).
9. Inspect tools and equipment frequently.
10. Practice good housekeeping at all times.
 FIRE PREVENTION

It is a function of many fire departments.

The goal of fire prevention is to educate the
public to take precautions to prevent fires, and
be educated about surviving them. It is a
proactive method of reducing emergencies and
the damage caused by them. Many fire
departments have a Fire Prevention Officer.
 Fire Safety 
It refers to precautions that are taken to
prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that
may result in death, injury, or property
damage, alert those in a structure to the
presence of a fire in the event one occurs,
better enable those threatened by a fire to
survive, or to reduce the damage caused by
a fire.
 Fire Prevention Goals

 Life Safety
 Property Protection
 Protection of Operations
 Fire Safety Policy

1. Maintaining proper fire exits and

proper exit signage.
2. Placing and maintaining fire
extinguishers in easily accessible
places.
3. Properly storing/using, hazardous
materials that may be needed inside the
building for storage or operational
requirements.
 Fire Safety Policy

4. Prohibiting flammable materials in certain
areas of the facility.
5. Maintaining fire alarm systems for
detection and warning of fire.
6. Ensuring that spray fireproofing remains
undamaged.
 Fire Safety Policy

7. Maintaining a high level of training and

awareness of occupants and users of the
building to avoid obvious mistakes, such
as the propping open of fire doors.
8. Conduct fire drills at regular intervals
throughout the year.
 Target Audience:

 Students
 Adults
 Senior citizens
 Common Fire Hazards
1. Electrical systems that are overloaded,
resulting in hot wiring or connections, or
failed components.
2. Flammable near equipment that generates
heat, flame, or sparks.
3. Candles
4. Smoking
5. Flammable liquids
6. Cooking appliances - stoves, ovens
 Common Fire Hazards
7. Heating appliances - wood burning
stoves, furnaces, boilers, portable heaters
8. Electrical wiring in poor condition
9. Batteries
10. Personal explosion sources - matches,
lighters
11. Electronic and electrical equipment
 HOUSEKEEPING
• Good housekeeping habits are an important
part of a safe workplace.
• Why is good housekeeping important?
– To reduce amounts of flammable and
combustible materials.
– To reduce ignition hazards.
– To ensure safe emergency evacuation of
occupants.
– To allow for quick emergency response.
 General Housekeeping
Guidelines
1. Work areas, aisles, walkways, stairways,
and equipment should be kept clear of
loose materials, trash, scraps, etc.
2. Never block aisles, fire exits, emergency
equipment, or alarm pull stations with
equipment or materials.
3. Avoid build up of combustible trash and
waste such as paper, wood, cardboard,
etc.
 General Housekeeping
Guidelines
4. Keep use and storage of flammables and
combustibles to a minimum.
5. Clean up all spills such as grease, oil, or
water immediately. A delay could result in
accidents.