Accident are Preventable and an accident can be
Prevented if we understand the underlying causes of accidents in order to
Prevent future accidents. An accident can occur by any unplanned and
uncontrolled event caused by human, situational or environmental factors, or
result in minor or major injury, illness, damage or undesired event. Any hazard
can result in an accident and thus safety programmes are hazard control programmes.
An accident can occur by the unsafe act of a person
or by existence of a mechanical or physical hazard. The motives or reasons that
permit the occurrence of unsafe acts of persons provide a guide to the
selection of appropriate corrective measures.
Human
error is often main reason for accidents. The three situations for human errors
are
¾ Overload
(mismatch between load and capacity of person at the time of action).
¾ Incorrect
response by the person to a situation (insufficient training, fatigue, anxiety
or other reasons could be responsible for this)
¾ Improper
activity.
The basic reasons for operators to choose to perform
the job un-safety are – priority systems, pressure for meeting production
deadlines, and peer influences.
The three interacting components in accident
situation are men, machinery, and environment changes in any of three
components or their interrelationships can alter the probability of occurrence
of an accident.
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