What is Safety ?

•safety is a Condition of being safe

•Which Minimizing risk to the acceptable level

•Safety is a Condition which gives freedom from Hazard, risk & accident which may cause injury

Safety is Process of hazard & risk minimization by applying common sense with technical and legal aspects

Hazard & Risk

This one is very confusing for most of the people so let me explain for you difference between Hazards and Risk

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in simple word, hazard is something which can cause you harm.

•Hazard:- Potential to cause harm to Environment, person or property

•Hazard:-Hazard is a source, situation or act with a potential for harm in terms of injury or ill-health, or a combination of these.

Risk

•In simple word, Risk is Exposure to hazard

and there is formula of risk which used in HIRA (Hazard Identification Risk Assessment)

•Risk = Probability X Severity

Accident

•Accident: An unplanned, undesired event, resulting in injury or damage to property and interrupts the activity in process.

Incident

•Incident:  An undesired event that had potential to cause personal harm or other damage (a near-miss or near-hit)

Unsafe Act (unsafe work practice)

•It is any violation of (or departure from) an accepted norm or correct procedure or practice.

Unsafe Condition

•It is a physical or mechanical condition or circumstance that permits, or is likely to cause, an accident.

Toxicity

•The degree to which a substance can harm humans, Environment and other species

Acute

Acute :-A single exposure to a toxic substance which may result in severe biological harm or death; acute exposures are usually characterized as lasting no longer than a day.

Chronic

Chronic :-Continuous exposure to a toxicant over an extended period of time, often measured in months or years