DUW10022 : NTRO & CONCEPTS OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT

INTRO OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT

–  An effective safety and health management system is the key to reducing the number and severity 

of workplace injuries and illnesses, resulting in lower accident-related costs. In this  course, 

you will learn to effectively implement a company’s safety and health management system, including 

the core elements of an effective safety and health system, and the central issues critical to each 

element’s proper management.

CONCEPTS OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT

–  In order to understand the accident causation, it is necessary to consider what is meant by 

"safety".

Depending on one's perspective, the concept of safety may have different connotations, such as:

   •  zero accidents (or serious incidents);

   •  the freedom from danger or risks, i.e. those factors which cause or are likely to cause harm;

   •   the attitude towards unsafe acts and conditions by employees (reflecting a "safe" corporate 

culture);

   •  the degree to which the inherent risks in industry are "acceptable";

   •  the process of hazard identification and risk management; and

   •  the control of accidental loss (of persons and property, and damage to the environment).

–  Safety is the state in which the risk of harm by accident to persons or of property damage is 

reduced to, and maintained at or below, an acceptable level through a continuing process of hazard 

identification and risk management.

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