A presentation on

HEALTH AND SAFETY

By, Chowang Dolma Bhutia Anusha D Surpur Shruthi B K Biju Govind M Nithin Prasad R S

A quote

A danger foreseen is half avoided, as the Accidents hurt but safety doesn't .
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Aim

Aim

A study on employees Health and safety factors.

Objective
Objective

Study and literature survey on health and safety concerns for employees To understand the essentials of health and safety concerns for employees & Analyze the importance of HR role and measures to minimize the hazards.
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Definition

Health: a general state of Physical, Mental

& Emotional well being. Safety: is a protection of persons Physical health. Purpose:

Employee performance Safe interaction of people Safe work environment.

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Essential of health in industry

High degree of physical, social and mental well being of employees. Improve productivity and quality of work. Reduce accidents, absenteeism & labor turn over. Protection against any health hazards in the industrial environment.
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Factory act of 1948

Provides certain preventive measures regarding the health of the employees

Cleanliness Waste Ventilation and temperature Dust and fumes Artificial humidification

Over crowding Lighting Drinking water Latrines and urinals Spittoons

Measures to promote employee health

Wellness Programme [WP]
Basic objective is to help employees build life styles that will help them to achieve their full physical and mental potential. The program aims at educating employees. Identifying health risk factors. Eliminate or reduce risk Enable employees to self monitor and evaluate their timely action.
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Measures

contd..

Employee assistance programme [EAP]

Objective is to offer counseling and other help to employees having emotional, physical or other personal problems. Establish liaison relationship with social service counseling agency. Allowing employees to participate in the counseling process. Voluntary participation is supported. Providing allowance to a prescribed limit for such programs

Personal crisis & work place violence

Personal crisis - family matters, financial & legal problems. Violent actions addiction to alcohol & drugs, beat up colleagues, quarrel with supervisors or even destroy company property. Supervisors are suggested to cater for such problems by advice from expertise.
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Employee safety

Objective is to prevent work related injuries and accidents. Employees face hazards such as,

Slipping or falling on floor [watery surface, soap, oil etc] Obstruction and collision [factory layout and space management] Equipment hazard [wires, switches, cards and edges of equipment can cause
injuries]

Falling objects [file cabinets, lockers, shelves proper placement is needed] Fire hazards [availability of fire protection equipments and fire extinguishers]
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Some informative pictures on employees safety

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What causes accidents?

Improper guarding of equipments Defective equipments Unsafe storage like congestion, overloading Improper illumination of light at work place Improper ventilation Work being dangerous or done in a dangerous way.

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Accident prevention!

Safety policy reduce or eliminate accidents at work place Top management support management support to the health and safety policies. Constitute Safety committee for employee welfare which,

Promote safety consciousness Safety discipline motivation Safety training and communication Safety engineering Accident investigation and research Evaluation of safety effort Government support

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Role of HR

Co-ordinate health and safety programs Develop safety reporting system Offer accident investigating expertise Provide technical expertise on accident prevention Develops restricted- access procedures and employees identification systems Train managers to recognize and handle difficult situations.
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Summary

With the rise of natural disasters in and around our world, the importance of

the safety of human capital, protection of the environment and conservation of existing assets of an industry is increasing, leading to growing relevance of skills in Safety Management.

Safety Management aims at minimizing the chances of risks, injuries and accidents by implementing risk management techniques and safety management operations. Improving the standard of health of the employees, monitoring the operating systems and bolstering the safety measures of an industry in general. 16

Conclusion
As the learning outcomes, one can understand that Health and safety are important aspects of an organizations smooth and effective functioning. Good health and safety performance ensures an accident-free industrial environment. Awareness of Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) has improved considerably. Organizations have started attaching the same importance to achieve high OH&S performance as they do to other key aspects of their business activities
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Thank you

Bibliography
Human Resource Management by L.M. Prasad Human Resource Management by V.S.P Rao Personnel and Human Resource Management by P. Subba Rao Module Notes on Human Resource Management by Prof. Nagesha HN http:// management-case-studies.blogspot.com http://www.indiaedu.com

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