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    The document defines key safety terms like accident, incident, first aid case, lost day case, and discusses the importance of concepts like hazard analysis, safety inspection, safety programs, and safety audits to control hazards and promote safety in the workplace. It also references an H.W. Heinrich study on the causes of accidents and defines unsafe practices and conditions.

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    ACCIDENT
    Is an undesired event that results in
    harm to people, damage to property, or
    loss to process.
    Usually a contact with a source of
    energy above the threshold limit of the
    body or structure
    INCIDENT
    Is an undesired event which,
    under slightly different
    circumstances could have
    resulted in harm to people,
    damage to property, or loss to
    process.
    Important Terms: Types of Accidents

    1. First Aid Case (FAC)

    2. Lost Day Case (LDC)


    a. Lost Workdays – away
    from work
    b. Lost Workdays –
    Restricted Activities
    Important Terms: Types of Accidents

    1. First Aid Case (FAC)


    Any one time treatment
    and subsequent
    observation of minor
    work-related injuries
    which do not ordinarily
    require medical care.
    Important Terms: Types of Accidents

    2. Lost Day Case (LDC)


    Case which involves days
    away from work or days
    of restricted work
    activity. The start of a
    Lost Day Case does not
    include the day of injury.
    Important Terms: Types of
    LDC
    a. Lost Workdays- Away from Work
    The number of workdays an
    employee would have worked but
    could not, due to occupational
    injury or illness.
    Important Terms: Types of
    LDC
    b. Lost Workdays-Restricted Work Activity
    The number of days an employee was
    assigned to another job temporarily,
    worked at a permanent job less than
    fulltime, or worked a permanently
    assigned job but could not perform all
    normal duties associated with it, due to
    occupational injury or illness.
    SAFETY

    Is the control of
    recognized
    hazards to attain
    an acceptable
    level of risk.
    CONTROL
    To
    regulate or
    restrain.
    To put on
    track.
    HAZARDS
    Are unsafe practices or
    conditions, that if not controlled
    may result into the occurrence
    of an accident or an incident.

    H.W. HEINRICH STUDY:


    • Unsafe Practices - 88%
    • Unsafe Conditions - 10%
    UNSAFE PRACTICES
    Are behaviors which could
    permit the occurrence of an
    accident or incident.

    Deviation from standard


    procedures or practices.
    UNSAFE CONDITIONS
    Are circumstances which could
    permit the occurrence of an
    accident or incident.
    Deviation from
    standard conditions
    (equipment, materials,
    or environment).
    HAZARD ANALYSIS
    A process of
    identifying risks and
    job hazards basically
    begins with a thorough
    analysis of causes of
    accidents with the aim
    of arriving-up with an
    improved/new
    standards.

    Hazard Analysis
    SAFETY INSPECTION

    A process of
    revealing hazards
    and following
    through the
    necessary corrective
    actions which results
    to a safer workplace.
    SAFETY PROGRAM
    A plan or outline of activities
    conducted to promote safety
    consciousness among Safety Program

    management and workers in


    work places in order that
    accidents and/or illness can
    be eliminated or minimized
    to the lowest reducible level.
    SAFETY AUDIT
    Is a critical
    examination of the
    safety and health
    management
    programs to
    determine their
    effectiveness and
    compliance to
    regulatory standards.
    Benjamin Franklin

    Tell me and I forget.


    Teach me and I Remember
    Involve me and I learn.

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