Hi Dipil Ji,
I hope you are doing well. Thank you for your reply. There was no problem, but I have been waiting for your response for several days, and finally, today is the day.
Accident prevention is a very sensitive topic; in safety, everything carries equal importance. However, this aspect is crucial as it can save lives and shows immediate effects.
I aspire to study and learn more in this area as I strongly believe in the term "ALL ACCIDENTS ARE PREVENTABLE."
I have several questions:
1. What are the major causes of accidents?
It varies according to the process and work activity. In general, the major cause is unsafe acts/other factors, with an 80/20 ratio.
2. What are the major factors that lead to unsafe acts?
It may include gender, age, workload factors, etc.
3. What are the mitigation measures for these unsafe acts?
Training, awareness, and addressing skill-based errors like slips of action through behavior-based safety concepts can help mitigate these issues.
Regarding human failures, what are the causes for machine or process failures? Factors like maintenance, poor guards, poor design, or device failures can contribute to these failures.
My requirement now is to know if there are any new procedures for identifying all potential hazards in industrial premises. This could involve creating a safety culture that encourages reporting every near-miss and incident without fault-finding. Utilizing pre-operation and post-operation user checklists before starting work and ending shifts can also help in hazard identification.
As you mentioned, it is challenging to obtain all accident records. Thus, I am interested in an effective methodology to identify all potential hazards, making it easier to implement cost-effective control measures.
Thank you for taking the time to read this email. I appreciate your patience and guidance. I am also grateful for Raghu Ji's assistance and information. I look forward to your suggestions and corrections.
Thanks a lot,
Ashok
From India, Pondicherry
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I hope you are doing well. Thank you for your reply. There was no problem, but I have been waiting for your response for several days, and finally, today is the day.
Accident prevention is a very sensitive topic; in safety, everything carries equal importance. However, this aspect is crucial as it can save lives and shows immediate effects.
I aspire to study and learn more in this area as I strongly believe in the term "ALL ACCIDENTS ARE PREVENTABLE."
I have several questions:
1. What are the major causes of accidents?
It varies according to the process and work activity. In general, the major cause is unsafe acts/other factors, with an 80/20 ratio.
2. What are the major factors that lead to unsafe acts?
It may include gender, age, workload factors, etc.
3. What are the mitigation measures for these unsafe acts?
Training, awareness, and addressing skill-based errors like slips of action through behavior-based safety concepts can help mitigate these issues.
Regarding human failures, what are the causes for machine or process failures? Factors like maintenance, poor guards, poor design, or device failures can contribute to these failures.
My requirement now is to know if there are any new procedures for identifying all potential hazards in industrial premises. This could involve creating a safety culture that encourages reporting every near-miss and incident without fault-finding. Utilizing pre-operation and post-operation user checklists before starting work and ending shifts can also help in hazard identification.
As you mentioned, it is challenging to obtain all accident records. Thus, I am interested in an effective methodology to identify all potential hazards, making it easier to implement cost-effective control measures.
Thank you for taking the time to read this email. I appreciate your patience and guidance. I am also grateful for Raghu Ji's assistance and information. I look forward to your suggestions and corrections.
Thanks a lot,
Ashok
From India, Pondicherry
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Dear Mr. Ashok
Before trying to answer your query I would like to mention few things:
1. If you expecting reply from me only towards your query just send me a mail instead of starting up a thread addressing me only... Our other forum member will feel odd on such kind of communication and they will not come up with their views... So let it be an open thread with a hope that some of our forum member will help you in replying to the thread...
2. If so particular after start a thread you can send a private message asking for participation in particular thread
3. In this thread you have come up with many issues... For a member to participate and give a satisfactory answer to you, he/she have to spend a good amount of time in it... So try to be very short in your posting... May be two or three queries/concerns at a time... This will increase the participation level, I am sure...
Now let me share my views on what you asked:
1. WHAT ARE THE MAJOUR CAUSES FOR ACCIDENT?
We believe that there are following three causes behind every incident, even if it’s a Near Miss:
1. Physical Cause
2. Human Cause
3. System Cause
It’s not always the employees doing mistake... Why your systems allowing them to do mistake?
NOW 2. WHAT ARE THE MAJOR FACTORS LEADS TO UNSAFE ACTS?
Many factors starting from the mental stress of an employee... You may refer the attachment which I downloaded from net only...
THEN 3. WHAT ARE THE MITIGATION MEASURES FOR THESE UNSAFE ACTS?
As you rightly mention about training, behavioural based safety, etc is very good tool...
4. NOW WHAT ARE THE CAUSES FOR MEACHINE OR PROCESS OR ANY ACTIVITY FAILURE ?
It’s because of the lack of Operating Discipline... It’s the key to safety for running plants... Covering broad concepts starting from just housekeeping to preventive maintenance...
NOW MY REQUIREMENT IS THER ANY OTHER NEW PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFYING ALL THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS IN THE INDUSTRAL PREMICES
I know about HIRA, JSA, etc... Nothing new I don’t know... Let’s hope if any of our other members will comment on this...
From India
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730Before trying to answer your query I would like to mention few things:
1. If you expecting reply from me only towards your query just send me a mail instead of starting up a thread addressing me only... Our other forum member will feel odd on such kind of communication and they will not come up with their views... So let it be an open thread with a hope that some of our forum member will help you in replying to the thread...
2. If so particular after start a thread you can send a private message asking for participation in particular thread
3. In this thread you have come up with many issues... For a member to participate and give a satisfactory answer to you, he/she have to spend a good amount of time in it... So try to be very short in your posting... May be two or three queries/concerns at a time... This will increase the participation level, I am sure...
Now let me share my views on what you asked:
1. WHAT ARE THE MAJOUR CAUSES FOR ACCIDENT?
We believe that there are following three causes behind every incident, even if it’s a Near Miss:
1. Physical Cause
2. Human Cause
3. System Cause
It’s not always the employees doing mistake... Why your systems allowing them to do mistake?
NOW 2. WHAT ARE THE MAJOR FACTORS LEADS TO UNSAFE ACTS?
Many factors starting from the mental stress of an employee... You may refer the attachment which I downloaded from net only...
THEN 3. WHAT ARE THE MITIGATION MEASURES FOR THESE UNSAFE ACTS?
As you rightly mention about training, behavioural based safety, etc is very good tool...
4. NOW WHAT ARE THE CAUSES FOR MEACHINE OR PROCESS OR ANY ACTIVITY FAILURE ?
It’s because of the lack of Operating Discipline... It’s the key to safety for running plants... Covering broad concepts starting from just housekeeping to preventive maintenance...
NOW MY REQUIREMENT IS THER ANY OTHER NEW PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFYING ALL THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS IN THE INDUSTRAL PREMICES
I know about HIRA, JSA, etc... Nothing new I don’t know... Let’s hope if any of our other members will comment on this...
From India
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Dear Ashok, Plz find the ppt attched. Hope it might help. Regards, Hansa
From India, Udaipur
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From India, Udaipur
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Dear All,
For the last point of identifying ALL the hazards, I have some thing to add.
1. Identification of hazards is an ongoing process. It can be reactive as well as proactive.
2. Reactive Type: As and when there is any near-miss, incident etc. the hazard for that activity is to be identified.
3. Proactive Type : In addition to HIRA, JSA, you can also try HAZOP, FTA, ETA (I remember to have read on Internet “The Columbia satellite accident in which Kalpana Chawala died along with 6 other astronauts on Feb 1,2003; the FTA was not complete and had an open end.)
4. In design stage latest tools are FMEA, FEA.
5. Implementation of ISO 28001 which is on security managements to counter terrorist threats. I am sure we would not have imagined about this hazard but it has become vital after twin towers attach.
If any one has any more views on this request to please share.
Regards,
Sudhir
From India, Vadodara
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For the last point of identifying ALL the hazards, I have some thing to add.
1. Identification of hazards is an ongoing process. It can be reactive as well as proactive.
2. Reactive Type: As and when there is any near-miss, incident etc. the hazard for that activity is to be identified.
3. Proactive Type : In addition to HIRA, JSA, you can also try HAZOP, FTA, ETA (I remember to have read on Internet “The Columbia satellite accident in which Kalpana Chawala died along with 6 other astronauts on Feb 1,2003; the FTA was not complete and had an open end.)
4. In design stage latest tools are FMEA, FEA.
5. Implementation of ISO 28001 which is on security managements to counter terrorist threats. I am sure we would not have imagined about this hazard but it has become vital after twin towers attach.
If any one has any more views on this request to please share.
Regards,
Sudhir
From India, Vadodara
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I am still not very convinced of the tools like ETA, FTA, RA, etc. being used indiscriminately without understanding the requirement. I have been more aligned with the conventional school of safety management, having led programs to complete millions of accident-free man-hours in large companies like Tata Steel, Torrent Power, and Reliance in India.
I recommend implementing simple programs like JSA interlaced with a meticulously conducted Hazards Catching Program in a company with a mission to achieve, step by step, firstly one million and then progressively ten million accident-free man-hours. At each step, we must conduct a thorough review of our existing practices and near misses that could have jeopardized the achievement of the targets. Never compromise on safety - it should always be zero.
From India, Delhi
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I recommend implementing simple programs like JSA interlaced with a meticulously conducted Hazards Catching Program in a company with a mission to achieve, step by step, firstly one million and then progressively ten million accident-free man-hours. At each step, we must conduct a thorough review of our existing practices and near misses that could have jeopardized the achievement of the targets. Never compromise on safety - it should always be zero.
From India, Delhi
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