Safety.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bird FE
• Description:
  Safety in the work environment is discussed. An accident is defined as contact with a source of energy above the threshold limit of the body or structure. Therefore, safety programs can be directed at the pre contact, contact, or post contact stages. The loss from accidents, in terms of both human and economic costs, is significant. Two major sources of work related injuries are handling objects and falls. In the pre contact stage, emphasis should be placed on such activities as good facility inspections, safety rules and regulations, safety meetings and training, personnel practices, job analysis and observation, personal communications, and work standards. The use and application of personal protective equipment is the best example of the contact stage of accident control. Two major post contact measures to control accident losses are emergency care and accident investigation. The measurement of safety program effectiveness occurs in three categories: measurements of consequence, measurements of cause, and measurements of control. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Industrial-equipment; Occupational-exposure; Safety-equipment; Industrial-environment; Safety-engineering; Health-services; Occupational-hazards; Workplace-studies; Safety-measures
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00134421
• Citation:
  The industrial environment - its evaluation and control, 3rd edition. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 74-117, 1973 Jan; :681-691
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The industrial environment - its evaluation and control, 3rd edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/247535/cdc_247535_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]