Industrial Safety

MT 482 – INDUSTRIAL
SAFETY
KTU – CIVIL ENGINEERING

, MODULE -2
SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT

Safety and Health Management: Occupational Health Hazards
Promoting Safety, Safety and Health training, Stress and
Safety. Ergonomics - Introduction, Definition, Objectives,
Advantages. Ergonomics Hazards - Musculoskeletal Disorders
and Cumulative Trauma Disorders.. Importance of Industrial
safety, role of safety department, Safety committee and
Function

,Occupational Health:
 The promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physica
mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations
 Occupational health is a field of health care made up of multiple
disciplines dedicated to the well-being and safety of employees in
workplace. It has a strong focus on injury prevention and employ
education. Occupational health services include employee wellne
pre-placement testing, ergonomics, occupational therapy, occupa
medicine, and more.

Occupational Health Hazards:
 The promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physica
mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations – total
of all at work
 Diseases caused by the exposure to specific hazards at the workp
 Something that can cause harm if not controlled

, Depending upon the occupation an industrial worker may
exposed to 7 types of hazards:
1)Physical Hazards
2)Chemical Hazards
3)Biological Hazards
4)Mechanical Hazards
5)Psychosocial Hazards
6)Electrical Hazards
7)Pollution Hazards
1)Physical Hazards
 Heat and cold
 Light
 Noise
 Vibration
 Ultraviolet radiation
 Ionizing radiation