Q & A
What is Safety?
It is a condition which gives you freedom from hazard, risk, accident which may cause injury, damage and loss to material or property damage and even death.
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Safety is defined as freedom from those condition that can cause injury to persons including death or damage to property or environment.
What is accident?
It is an unexpected or unplanned event which may or may not result in injury or damage or property loss or death.
What is injury?
It is defined as a harmful condition sustained by the body as a result of an accident.
What is Hazard?
Inherent property of a substance or an occurrence which has potential to cause loss or damage property, person or environment.
What is Risk?
In probability of the realisation of potential for loss or damage or injury.
What is incident?
It is an event which represents deviation from the intended sequence of designed steps.
What is Question?
Q. What is manual handing?
A. The process of lifting, carrying and stacking materials by men is called manual handing.
Q. What is house keeping?
A. House keeping means not only cleanness but also orderly arrangement of operations, tools, equipments storage facilities and suppliers.
Q. What is personal protective equipment?
A. It is an equipments used to project the person from hazards such dust, dirt, fumes and sparks etc. It is the barrier between hazard and person.
Q. What is grinding?
A. Grinder is a portable machine with a wheel guard in position to reduced the danger.
Q. What is Crane?
A. A tall machine used for moving heavy objects by suspending them from a projecting arm with hook.
Q. What is fork lift truck?
A. Fork lift truck are designed to handle heavy loads.
What are the duties of a safety officer?
Prepare tool box talk
Prepare monthly statistics
Prepare the checklist
Accident reports
Management meetings
Arrange the safety classes/training
Arrange monthly safety bulletin
Inspection of fire extinguisher
Arrange first aid training classes
Arrange safety competitions like quiz, slogan, poster competitions etc.
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