Ways by which you can prevent workplace injuries

2. An Accident
• An unexpected and undesirable event, especially one resulting in
damage or harm
• An unforeseen incident
• Lack of intention; chance

3. Hazard
• Existing or Potential Conditions That Alone or Interacting With Other
Factors Can Cause Harm
• A Spill on the Floor
• Broken Equipment

4. Risk
• A measure of the probability and severity of a hazard harming human
health, property, or the environment
• A measure of how likely harm is to occur and an indication of how
serious the harm might be

5. Safety
• FREEDOM FROM DANGER OR HARM
• Nothing is Free of Danger
• BUT -We can almost always make something SAFER
• Safety Is Better Defined As….
A Judgement of the Acceptability of Risk