SAFETY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Safety Education
Most injuries occur to workers who are new on the job and are poorly
trained. Experienced workers assigned to operate new equipment or work with
new processes must likewise undergo further briefing and training.

Safety Seminars and Promotion

One of the most effective ways of imparting safety consciousness among
employees is a safety seminar. Such seminars may be done on a year-round
basis by qualified personnel within the firm or the Ministry of Labor.

SUGGESTED SEMINAR TOPICS IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

Topic Duration

1. Overhead crane operator and - 2 hrs / session / dept. semi-annual

rigger
2. Welding and cutting (For - 3 hrs / session / quarterly
Mechanical Maintenance and
Engineering Services
Department)
3. Firefighting technique - 4 hrs session / dept. semi-annual
Fire Drill - quarterly
4. Disaster control - 2 hrs / session / dept. semi-annual
Disaster drill - quarterly
5. - 10 hrs / session / dept. semi-annual
Occupational health hazard
6. Material handling and storage - 2 hrs / session / dept. quarterly
7. Industrial hygiene - 2 hrs / session / dept. semi-annual
8. First Aid - 2 hrs / ten sessions annually
9. Safety seminars for supervisors - 2 hrs semi-annual
10. Safety seminars for line - 2 hrs / session / dept. quarterly
operators
11. Mechanical and electrical - 2 hrs / session / dept. quarterly
hazards
12. Family planning - 2 hrs / session annually
GENERAL INSPECTION OF:

1. Machine guards - 2 hrs / line / work

2. Storage tanks - Monthly
3. Railings - Monthly
4. Building structure - 8 hrs / month
5. Firefighting equipment - 12 hrs / week
6. Slings and other lifting equipment - 12 hrs / week
7. Ladders and life lines - 6 hrs / week
8. Plant housekeeping - 2 hrs / day
9. Safety paraphernalia and/or equipment - 2 hrs / day
10. Ground and overhead equipment - 8 hrs / day
11. Lighting facilities - 1 hr / day
12. Draining facilities - 1 hr/ day

MAINTENANCE OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT

1. Refilling/Maintenance of empty fire extinguishers:
a. 10lbs. capacity dry chemical
b. 50-100 lbs. capacity dry and liquid
c. Refilling is done outside

2. Cleaning/Maintenance of fire hoses and boxes:

a. Inside the plant building - 4hrs/day accord to frequency
of use
b. Outside the plant building
c. Maintenance/ Test run of high-
pressure fire pump
d. Check on standard fire hydrant

GENERAL EVALUATION OF:

a. Accident frequency and severity rate - 3 times / day
b. Firefighting equipment - 4 hrs / week
c. Safety equipment - 2 hrs / week

SAFETY IMPLEMENTATION - 12 hrs /week

a. Safety rules and regulation
b. Safety standard practices
c. Safety uniform
SAFETY INVESTIGATION - 12 hrs / week
a. Accident investigation
b. Incident investigation
c. Violation investigation

SANITATION AND HYGIENCE FUNCTION - 6 hrs / week

a. Availability of potable water supply
b. Proper and satisfactory ventilation
c. Adequate disposal of sewage and garbage
d. Toilet and canteen proper maintenance

Safety Training
The increase use of power-driven machines and the employment of new
materials in industry which involve technical hazard that has been hitherto
unheard of makes it imperative to embark on a program to train people and
prepare them for new technological development.

Selection of Safety Personnel

The Safety Department must be staffed with competent men, with capacity
to grow professionally on the job. A Safety Engineer must not only be a technical
man acquainted with every phase of operation and conversant on a wide range
of hazards, he must be a teacher or a salesman.

Safety Education and Training Program

Responsibility for Safety and Health should certainly rest with top
management, who is thinking characteristically centers on principles and
policies. But if responsibility stops at the policy level, it could be of no benefit to
the employees.

Education and Training of Safety Administrators

Training and knowledge required of Safety Directors, Professionals and
Advisers:
1. Relevant legal requirement
2. Principles and practice of accident prevention
3. Accident investigation and safety audits
 4. Methods and requirement of inspection
5. Specific hazards met in the work of the firm
6. Emergency procedures and situations

Main Areas of Safety Training

1. General safety
2. Firefighting, escape, and rescue
3. First aid
4. Specific job training

Standard Operating Procedure

One way of promoting safety and minimizing accidents in any organization
is the establishment of safety standard operating procedures. These standard
procedures are criteria for determining root causes of accidents when they
happen.