Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health

Industrial activities from time to time and any other working place involve new methods, materials, machines and technologies. In most cases, these new machines or equipments are heavier, faster in operation and more complicated.

Safety as a discipline is avoiding harm, injury, accident, danger and fatality. Especially at work site or place. That is avoiding hazards. It entails responsibility and hence staying alive or taking care of one’s life and the life of others.  In viewed of this those who are safety conscious always make safety their life style, investment, seekers precious and as mark of excellence.

Maintaining a safe and healthy working environment is not only important human resources issue it is low. The employees need to understand health and safety risks, the steps they need to take to minimize those risk and compliance procedures.

Safety at workplace otherwise known as occupation safety and health concerned with protecting the safety health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of the program include to faster a safe and health work environment.

The occupational safety and health [OSH] may also protect co- workers, family members, employers, customers and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment.

The occupational safety and health can be important for moral, legal and financial reasons. All organization has a duty of care to ensure that employees and any other person who may be affected by the companies undertaking remain safe at all time.   Moral obligation world involve the protection of employee lives and health legal reason for OSH practice relate to the preventative, punitive [punishment] and compensatory effects of laws that protect workers safety. The OSH can also reduce employee injury and illness related costs, including medical care, sick leave and disability benefit cost. Occupational health and safety may involve many subject areas, including occupational medicine, occupational hygiene, public health, safety engineering, industrial engineering, chemistry, health physics, industrial and organizational psychology and occupation health psychology.