Safety Education and its management techniques

Safety Education and Fitness Promotion

It is natural to   have accidents in various Phases of  our life, but it can be prevented. Every one will agree that it is better  to take the time and try to prevent them  than to spend much more time trying to cure the Injury . Take time to be safe. Life is valuable , so safety is necessary . The term safety means  taking precaution  before hand. It is Introduction to Safety Education  

          Life is like the  most impoetant game that is ever played. There are rules for Playing it Safetly and Well. If  we follow  the rules,  we can reach our Goal. A Risky short cut  may cut a life short. Walking across the track, Swimming in unprotected Pools, Crossing the streets unnecessarily instead of walking in the pavement , Standing on a Chair instead of a step ladder are Dangerous Shortcut Each time we fail to follow of the aimed at avoiding accidents.

           Prevention is better than cure is an old saying but still deep rooted.  Safety education aims at preventing from accidents . The main aim of safety Education is to provide necessary wants warn s  and precautions so that the possible accidents would be prevented . Safety Education is a  Series of  Instructions and warnings that provides awareness about possible  harms and injuries with hand objective of minimizing Injuries and their  fatal Consequences. Safety Education is the need of modern Age. It is the Guidance for our activities  and protectors  of our life.

          In fact , Safety Education is the means and process of taking precautions  to avoid the accidents. We may say that the rules, means and methods  adopted and followed  for the safe living is called safety education.

Definition

Safety education is the teaching of specific knowledge, skills and understanding that children need in order to stay safe in a given situation.

Importance of Safety Education

1.     It helps to provide safe and healthy living.

2.     It protects people from pre mature  and unexpected death.

3.     It helps in longevity.

4.     It helps to create a civilized and progressive society.

5.     It helps to build healthy and successive personality .

6.     It helps to protect people from unnecessary expenses.

7.     It protects people from undue  mental   tension.

8.     Reduced the likelihood of injury & accidents.

9.     Safety reduces the chances of accidents or injury happening.

10.                                                                                                  Improved productivity .

11.                                                                                                 A safe work environment with adequate safeguards promote an employee to focus on their works instead of the danger or hazard.

12.                                                                                                 Safety reduces injury thereby decreasing lost work hours.

Generally, schools themselves are safe places for children of all ages, so the focus of safety and risk education is to prepare children and young people for the world outside of school, now and in the future.

Safety Management Technique

Principles of Safety

Six principles to be followed to achieve safety in a work place are as follows:

1.     Ethical responsibility.

2.     Culture

3.     Management responsibility.

4.     Employee must be trained.

5.     Condition for employment.

6.     All injuries are preventable.

Management Techniques

Step 1: Management Leadership and Employee Participation in a Health and Safety Management System

Management Leadership of the Health and Safety Management System

Management leadership should direct the organization to establish, implement, and maintain the health and safety management system.

Elements of management leadership include:

• Establishing a health and safety policy at the workplace
• Providing appropriate resources for the health and safety management system
• Establishing and delegating roles, responsibilities, accountability, and authority for the health and safety management system
• Integrating the health and safety management system into the organization’s other systems and processes

Employee Participation in the Health and Safety Management System

• Provide employees with the time, resources, and means necessary
• Give employees timely access to relevant information
• Identify and remove barriers to employee participation in the health and safety management system

Step 2: Planning a Health and Safety Management System

·        Identify OHSMS issues (hazards, risks, management system deficiencies, and opportunities for improvement)

·        Prioritize those issues identified

·        Establish objectives that offer the greatest chances for safety and health management system improvements and risk reduction

Planning into the following four action items:

• Gather and review relevant information to identify safety and health management system issues
• Prioritize the safety and health management system issues identified during the review mentioned above
• Develop objectives for the safety and health management system and for risk control based on the prioritized safety and health management system issues
• Create implementation plan to accomplish the prioritized objectives  above

Step 3: Implementing and Operating a Health and Safety Management System

• Implement a reporting system
• Train workers how to identify and control hazards
• Conduct inspections
• Collect hazard control ideas
• Implement hazard control ideas
• Address/anticipate workplace emergencies
• Seek input on workplace changes

Aspects of implementing and operating:

• Operational elements, including:
• Risk assessments
• Hierarchy of control
• Design review and management of change processes
• Process verification
• Procurement
• Contractors
• Emergency preparedness
• Training
• Communication
• Documentation

Step 4: Monitoring, Evaluating, and Correcting a Health and Safety Management System

1.     Monitoring, measuring, and assessing your health and safety management system

2.     Performing incident investigations

3.     Auditing your health and safety management system

4.     Performing corrective actions (of your health and safety management system) when necessary

5.     Updating the planning process and management review of your health and safety management system

Step 5: Management Review of the Health and Safety Management System

In this phase, which should happen at least yearly, top management of the organization works together with with health and safety management who “own” the health and safety management system, process owners, and rank and file employees to identify any serious risks and/or management system deficiencies, to determine how to solve any, and to ensure resources are allocated to solve them.

During the management review, consider the following types of data:

• Overall trends and progress toward risk reduction
• Effectiveness of efforts and processes to identify, assess, and prioritize risk
• Effectiveness of efforts and processes to identify, assess, and prioritize system deficiencies
• Effectiveness of processes intended to address underyling causes of risks and system deficiencies
• Input from employees and employee representatives
• Status updates on corrective actions, preventive actions, and changing circumstances
• Follow-up actions and status updates from safety and health management system audits and previous management review of the safety and health management system
• Status updates on the extent to which the safety and health management system has met the objectives of the safety and health management system
• Performance of the safety and health management system relative to expectations, taking into account changing circumstances, resources needs, alignment of the business plan, and general consistency of the organizations’ occupational health and safety policy

Decisions made during the management review of the health and safety management system should:

• Future direction of the safety and health management system based on the organization’s safety policy, business strategies, and overall operating conditions
• Need for changes to the organizations’ policy, priorities, objectives, resources, or other parts of the safety and health management system

After the management review, create a summary of the review that lists the top commitments of upper management and a list of action items, including listing the person responsible for completing the items and target completion dates.

It’s a good idea to periodically distribute status updates on the results of those action items.