safety and other terminologies

1. Definition Of Safety & Other
Terminologies

2. Definition of Safety
It is the state of being safe, the conditions of being protected from
health and economical losses, physical, damage accident, error,
harm or other types of consequences of failure.
Safety can also be defined to be the control of recognized
hazards to achieve an acceptable risk level
Industrial safety
• It is defined as policies and protections put in place to ensure
plant and factory worker protection from hazards that could
cause injury

3. Occupational Health & Safety
Conditions and factors that effect, or could effect, the health and safety
of employees or other workers (including temporary workers and
contractor personnel), visitors, or any other person in the workplace

4. Occupational Health & Safety Management System
• Part of an organization’s management system used to develop and
implement its OH&S policy and manage its OH&S risks

5. Hazard-Source, situation, substance or act with a potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health or a
combination of these. Hazard Identification Process of recognizing that a hazard exists and defining its
characteristics
Acceptable Risk- The risk that has been reduced to a level that can be tolerated by the organization having
regard to its legal obligations and its own OH&S Policy
Risk-Combination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event or exposure(s) and severity of injury
or ill health that can be caused by the event or exposure(s).
Risk Assessment-Process of evaluating the risks arising from hazards, taking into account the adequacy of
any existing controls, and deciding whether or not the risk(s) is acceptable

6. Definition of Event:- The possible incident that could result if a threat should release hazard.
Definition of Incidents:- An Incident is an unplanned event or chain of events, which has, or could have,
caused injury or illness and/or damage (loss) to people, assets, the environment, or reputation. It includes
accident and a near miss.
Definition of Accidents:- An Accident is an Incident, which has caused harm/loss.
Environmental Incident:- Any unplanned or uncontrolled release of material (liquids or gases or solids)
likely to have an environmental impact

7. Illness:-It is a health condition or disorder, other than resulting from an injury
Fatality:- A fatality is a classification of a death resulting from a Work Injury or Occupational Illness,
regardless of the time intervening between injury and death

9. Substandard Acts or Unsafe Act:-It’s a human error or person mistake by which there is a chance of
accident or property loss.
Substandard Condition or Unsafe Conditions:- It is the condition by which there has a chance of
getting accidents and property losses.
Near Miss:- A Near Miss is an Incident, which results in no injury, illness, damage, product loss or
harm to the company reputation

12. It is the condition by which there has a chance of getting accidents and property losses.