Dear Friends,
I was watching all those postings “why or why not safety officer is responsible for any accidents”?
On a debate very many questions arise:
If the industry is safe only the safety officer can claim all the credit, or the entire employees from top to bottom.
Where there is no safety officer who is responsible for accidents ?
My doubt again - Safety officer is responsible for accident or accident prevention ?
Accidents are caused. By removing the causes accidents are prevented we learn.
Now, who is responsible for removing the causes ?
There is no accident having a single cause. Or for an accident there may be very many causes. Some are interrelated. For each cause there may be owners and in some cases joint owners. In that case responsibility is shared by every owner of those causes.
In accident prevention unless an accident investigation proves willful negligence on an individual no one can be branded responsible for that accident.
Like every other profession a safety officer is also responsible for satisfactorily discharging his assigned duties. If he failed to discharge his duties and that resulted in a particular accident; of course he only is responsible for that accident and otherwise his responsibility is equal to every one else in the organization.
Regards,
Kesava Pillai