1. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND LEGISLATIVE ACTS
CH.4
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND LEGISLATIVE ACTS

2. CO TO BE LEARNED IN CHAPTER
Explain the government rules and regulations related to financial management, Industrial safety acts.

3. Contents of chapter Safety Management  Causes of accident
 Types of Industrial Accidents
Preventive measures
Safety procedures
Industrial Legislation - Necessity of Acts
Important Definitions & Main Provisions of following acts:
 Indian Factory Act
 Workman Compensation Act
 Minimum Wages Act

4. SAFETY Safety is the state of “being safe”
The condition of being protected from harm or other undesirable outcomes.
SAFETY MANAGEMENT:
Safety management is concentrating on avoiding accidents.
System designed to manage safety elements in workplace.

5. ACCIDENT
An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally typically resulting in damage or injury.

7. ACCIDENTS DUE TO WORKERS
Poor knowledge of work
Overconfident behavior at work.
Lack of concentration.
Stress of work.
Overtime work.
Unnecessary and unwanted daring.
Less work experience.

8. CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS: Use of mobile phones while working
Fear of accident
Lack of confidence
Unstable mental conditions.
Poor in handling pressure situations.
Working without authority.
Not following rules and regulations.
Indiscipline.
Quarrels with colleagues.

9. ACCIDENT DUE TO MANAGEMENT:
Provision of unsafe work place to workers.
Untrained workers.
Extra workload on employees.
Poor housekeeping.
Improper arrangement of machines and equipments.
Heavy mental pressures on workers.
Lack of safe procedures.
Faulty equipments.

10. Overcrowding of machines on shop floor.
Overcrowding of workers.
Lack of safety awareness.
Unguarded moving machine parts.

11. ACCIDENTS DUE TO UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS
Poor workplace layout
Oily surfaces ; slippery floor.
Poor illumination.
Suffocation.
Unnoticeable turns and crossings.
Poor electrification.
Psychological pressures due tobad work cultures.

12. Unavailability of basic resources at workplace.
Exposure to moving parts.

13. NATURAL CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS

14. NATURAL CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS
Earthquake
Floods
Cyclones
Temperature strokes
Heavy rains
Land slides

15. EFFECTS OF ACCIDENTS
WORKERS
INDUSTRY
FAMILY
MANAGEMENT

16. TYPES OF ACCIDENTS BASED ON SVERITY,DURABILITY AND DEGREE OF INJURY
MINOR ACCIDENTS:
REPORTABLE
DUE TO DANGEROUS OCCURANCES
INTERNAL ACCIDENTS
EXTERNAL ACCIDENTS
MAJOR ACCIDENT
TEMPORARY ACCIDENT
PERMANENT ACCIDENT

17. TYPES OF ACCIDENTS BASED ON PLACE OF ACCIDENT CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT
CHEMICAL PLANT ACCIDENT
INDUSTRIAL PLANT ACCIDENT
MINING ACCIDENTS

18. PREVENTIVE MEASURES SAFE WORKING METHODS: PROPER SELECTION OF WORKERS:
Operations must be designed considering all the possibilities of accident.
All the possibilities must be eliminated
PROPER SELECTION OF WORKERS:
Disciplined ,mentally stable, emotionally balanced and alert people must be sought after by company.
Attitude and aptitude must be tested through various psychological tests.

19. PREVENTIVE MEASURES TRAINING FOR SAFE WORKING: ACCIDENT PRONE AREAS:
Training gives the correct methodology of working.
It ensures that worker knows the technique of working for preventing and avoiding accidents
ACCIDENT PRONE AREAS:
Surveys of industrial processes, plant layout, and transportation must be done,
It helps to take corrective action against accidents.

20. PREVENTIVE MEASURES SAFETY DEVICES: SAFETY PROGRAMME:
Helmets, gloves, goggles, breath purifiers, safety shoes, aprons must be used wherever necessary.
Unnecessary protection must be avoided it may cause trouble while working.
Also workers must be trained to use the same
SAFETY PROGRAMME:
SAFETY PROVISIONS
First aid facilities
Fire extinguishers
Fencing to moving parts.

21. PREVENTIVE MEASURES Promoting Safety Awareness in employees
Safety training programs
Display of banners & posters
Informative seminars ,conferences

22. TERMINOLOGY ADULT: Person who is 18 yrs of age.
ADOLSCENT: person of age between15-18 yrs.
CHILD: Person who is less than 5 yrs of age
CALENDAR YEAR:1 January to 31 December
DAY : time period between two nights -24 hrs
WEEK : time period between two Saturdays – 7 days
FACTORY : Premises of more than 10 workers- if power is used OR
Premises of more than 20 workers- if power is not used

23. Industrial legislation
Employer and employees are the two parties
Relationship between these two is important for the development and the survival of organization.
Industrial acts were initially called as labour legislation
Gives legal framework to relationship between employer and employees.
protective function dealing with wages, working conditions, social interests, industrial peace etc.

24. The progress of Industrial legislation

25. Indian Factory Act: Industrial Acts
Factory act, ESI, Workman’s compensation act and minimum Factory act, ESI, Workman’s compensation act and minimum wages acts are some industrial acts
Indian Factory Act:
a) Facts:
1. Modification of 1934 factory act
2. Passed in 1948
3. Last major ammendments in 1976
b) Aims:
1. To ensure adequate safety measures
2. To promote health and welfare of the workers employed in factories
3. To prevent haphazard growth of factories
4. To consolidate and amend the laws for regulating labour in the factories in India
5. The licensing and registration of the factories

26. Main provisions:
1. All provisions are related to: • Health & safety • Welfare & development • Duration of work • Young & women workers • Leave structure 2. Appointment of labour welfare officers in the factory consisting of minimum 500 workers 3. Rights of labour welfare officers are given to State government 4. Working duration: Special facts: Adult: 48 hrs/week Child: 45 hrs/week • Women and children- prohibited to work during night (7p.m. to 6 a.m.)

27. Workman’s compensation act:
1. Facts: a. Passed in 1924 b. Few major amendments in 1962, 1976 and Aim: To compensate employees against accidents occurred in the industry premises.

28. Minimum wages act:
1. Facts: 1. Passed in Allocable to the entire country. 3. Recent amendments in Aim: To ensure that employed persons are not subjected to exploitative wages by the employers