Industrial accident prevention: Scientific approach

The basis and philosophy of accident prevention:

Basic philosophy of accident prevention

Accident-prevention method

Causes of accidents; direct and proximate causes (mechanical or physical); direct and proximate causes (personal); subcauses (personal); facts of identification; corollary facts; underlying facts; methods of finding accident facts; supervisor's report of accident investigation; job analysis; methods safety analysis; advantages of methods safety analysis.

Accident-analysis master sheets and work sheets; accident summary sheets; value of facts in selection of remedy; selecting predominant causes for attack; similarity of subcauses in different industries.

Selection of remedy: The four basic remedies; reasons for unsafe acts and indicates remedies; when a problem does not yield; steps in the selection of remedy.

Application of remedy-corrective action

Creating and maintaining interest: Appeal to personal characteristic; self-preservation; personal material gain; loyalty; responsibility; pride; conformity; rivalry; leadership; logic; humanity; crating and maintaining the interest of management.

Safety psychology

Education

Formula for supervision: Trainee supervisors are bewildered; practicing supervisors are confused; the formula to supervision; kinds of problems; methods of application of remedies.

Safety organization: Basic elements; typical outline; forms and procedures; majors objective of committee meetings.

Machine prime-mover and power-transmission guarding

Personal protective devices

Process and procedure revision: Examples; invention and research; the future.

Occupational disease: Recognition of hazards; facts and fact finding; instrumentation; methods of control.

Nuclear radiation

Illumination and vision: Causes of poor lighting; color contrast; relation of illumination to accident prevention; poor vision as a cause of accidents; recommended lighting standards; new light sources; medical viewpoint on illumination.

Motor vehicles: Types of unsafe acts and conditions; motor-vehicle-fleet program; drives selection and testing; traffic engineering; education.

Small-plant safety programs: Principles of safety are applicable in large and small plants; definition of small plant ; methods or measuring practicality; value of small-plant safety programs; practicality of program activities.

Fire Prevention: Plublic disasters; fire fighting and extinguishing; organization; fire-resistive design and construction; method of fire prevention.

Accident statistics: Weakness in present statistic; national and state codes; discussion; recommended revision of accident-cause code; practical application of recommended revision; discussion of recommended code and its application; boiler and machinery accident-cause code.

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