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Amit Kumar Sharma, Lovely Professional University Unit 14: Workplace Safety and Health

Unit 14: Workplace Safety and Health Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
14.1 Safety and Health at Work Place
14.2 Measure to Promote Employee Health at Workplace

14.3 Employee Safety at Workplace
14.4 Industrial Safety and Health
14.4.1 Industrial Health
14.4.2 Industrial Safety: Effective Safety Management
14.5 Summary
14.6 Keywords
14.7 Review Questions
14.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
 Define the term workplace safety
 Discuss the term workplace health
 State the relevance of Industrial safety
 Explain the concept of Industrial health
 Differentiate between physical and mental health

Introduction

"Every twenty seconds of every working minute of every hour throughout the world, some one
dies as a result of industrial accident."
The area of safety and accident prevention is of great concern to managers, at least partly
because of the increasing number of deaths and accidents at work. Failure to provide a safe place
to work can result in major fines and even criminal conviction for managers. In their own self
interest, therefore, managers must ensure a work environment that protects employees from
physical hazards, unhealthy conditions, and unsafe acts of other personnel. Supervisors play a
key role in monitoring workers for safety. Workers must develop safety consciousness through
observance of rules. The law enforcing authorities must take all steps to bring the violators to
book and impose severe penalties so as to bring about a radical change in the outlook of
managers who take safety matters lightly.

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