This document discusses safety management in industrial settings. It outlines the need for safety management systems to protect employee health and safety. It then provides general safety norms that all industrial units should follow, such as ensuring safe workplaces and equipment, using personal protective equipment, proper worker selection and training, and promoting safety awareness. Specific preventative measures are also described, like workplace conditions, worker selection, safety devices, and training programs. The document emphasizes that consistent safety measures and programs are needed to prevent accidents in high-risk industries.

1. SHRI SAI POLYTECHNIC,CHANDRAPUR
ELECTRICAL ENGG. DEPT.
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2. Table Of Contents:-
• Need for Safety Management
• General safety norms for an industrial unit
• Preventive measures: 1. Safe workplace and working condition
2. Proper selection of worker
3. Personal Protection Equipment’s (PPE)
4. Promoting safety awareness in employees
5. Proper selection of workers
6. Safe Working Methods
7. Proper selection of workers
8. Training for safe working
9. Accident prone areas
10. Safety Devices
11.Safety Programme
12. Promoting Safety awareness in Employees

3.  Need for Safety Management:
A Safety Management system (SMS) is a continuous improvement process that
reduces hazards and prevents incidents. It protects the health and safety of employees and
should be integrated into everyday processes throughout the organization.
It includes policy, objectives, plans, procedures, organisation, responsibilities and other
measures. The SMS is used in industries that manage significant safety risks, including
aviation, petroleum, chemical, electricity generation and others.
Workplace safety is so important for every industry because workers desire to work in
a safe and well protected environment. Healthy and safety workplace is essential for
all industry in order to promote the well-being of both employers and employees.
Industrial safety is important as it safeguards human life, especially in high risk areas
such as nuclear, aircraft, chemical, oil and gases, and mining industries

4.  General safety norms for an industrial unit
While working in any industry we should aware about safety norms to be followed for
everyone’s safety. Following are some safety rules to be kept in mind while working:
General Safety Rules/Norms
1. Be sure you know how to perform the job and perform it safely.
2. be sure you know its hazards and how to protect yourself, e.g., head protection, eye and
face protection, hearing protection.
3. Always work clear of suspended loads – head and foot protection.
4. Use Equipment, Machines, and Tools Properly, e.g., hand tool and portable power, tool
safety.
5. Wear Safety Equipment like protective clothing and personal hygiene.
6. Prevent Slips and Trips.
7. Keep Work Areas and Emergency Exits Clear.
8. Eliminate Fire Hazards.
9. Wear the required personal protective equipment (PPE) necessary for the job during
welding and working on cutting tools.

5.  Preventive measures:
To prevent accidents there is a need for consistent implementation of safety
measures. Some of the important safety measures helpful for preventing accidents
are:
1. Safe workplace and working condition:
Operations in the factory must be designed considering safety first.
Possibility of accident should be eliminated. Prior care must be taken for that, while
deciding the methods and operations.
2. Proper selection of workers:
Disciplined, mentally stable, emotionally balanced and alert people
always work in safe manner. Workers with above qualities, with good motive of work
must be selected for the work. The attitude and aptitude of workers must be tested
through various psychological tests and interviews at the time of selection.

6. 3. Personal Protection Equipment’s (PPE):
The personal protective equipment is used to save from the danger from sharp edge, hot
surface, dust, toxic gas etc. A PPE cannot remove the hazard but it acts as barrier between the
danger and the user.
Figure 1 Personal Protection equipment

7. Usually human body needs protection for the parts or systems and PPE used is as below
• Hand protection- Hand gloves
• foot protection-Leather/Rubber shoes
• Head protection-Safety helmet
• Eye protection- Safety goggles/shield fitted with special dark glass
• Face protection-Face shield
• Skin and body protection- Aproan , boiler suit
• Protection against fall-safety belt, rope , anchoring point
• Hearing conservation/protection against noise-Air plugs, air muff
• Respiratory protection-Respirator, breathing apparatus, half face mask, dust filter
Figure 2 Personal Protection Equipments

8. 4. Promoting safety awareness in employees:
Even though everybody knows miseries of accident, there are number of
accidents every day. So it is also important to create safety consciousness among the
employees.
By the following ways management may promote safety awareness:
1. Safety training programs
2. Display of banners, posters which underlines importance of safety.
3. Organizing seminars, conferences, sessions by experts on industrial safety related
issues.
4. Displaying safety related messages, instructions, guidelines near the work area.
5. Formation of safety committees.
5. Prevention of electric accidents:
• Electrical insulation should be periodically tested
• Use proper tools for testing and repairing
• Repair Work should be done after switching the power off
• Use safety equipment’s such as insulated tools and rubber gloves whenever
necessary

9. 6. Safe Working Methods
7. Proper selection of workers
8. Training for safe working
9. Accident prone areas
10. Safety Devices
11. Safety Programme
12. Promoting Safety awareness in Employees

10. Figure 5 Types of Accidents
 Causes of accident:-
• Workers
• Management
• Unsafe working conditions
• Natural causes