unsafe acts conditions

1. Environmental vs behaviour causes
Not more than 15% - Unsafe conditions
85% - Unsafe act
The above is from case studies which classified either
as unsafe act or unsafe condition but never as both.
But there are situation where the reasons are due to both.
So the above percentage cannot be accepted as a whole.

2. Person working on press injured his finger even though guard
was present
Reason: Weight carried on trolley fell on his leg.
Correction:
 Pull type truck
 Crater on floor
 Turn the orientation of the machine (press)
 Guard the entire ram.

3. Analyzing the cause – By safety engineer
Procedure
Obtain foreman’s report of accident
Obtain the injured worker’s report
Obtain the reports of witness if any.
Investigate the accident
Record all the facts
Tabulate the essential facts of the given accident together
with those of other accidents
Study all the facts
Decide the action
Assign responsibility for carrying out the action.

4. Tabulating facts
Tabulating following factors is worth
1. Nationality 2. Speak English 3. Occupation 4. Department
5. Name of foreman 6. Years employed by company
7. Length of time of job 8. Agency 9. Type of accident
10. Environmental cause 11. Unsafe act
12. Behavioristic cause 13. Cost 14. Time lost

5. Use/Value
Suggest certain preventive measures otherwise overlooked
Suggest immediate action
Gives relative importance of certain facts and helps
concentrate on that