Human Safety and Indian Standards


Safety for Human being

Definition

 Safety is the state of being "safe" (from French sauf), the condition of being protected from harm or other non-desirable outcomes. Safety can also refer to the control of recognized hazards in order to achieve an acceptable level of risk.

Home Safety 
Home safety refers to the awareness and education of risks and potential dangers in and around a home which may cause bodily harm, injury, or even death to those residing in and around the physical structure of a home. It includes mitigating or preventing the unwanted dangers through testing, research and accepted standards of applications and practices

Industrial safety

Industrial safety is defined as policies and protections put in place to ensure plant and factory worker protection from hazards that could cause injury. Safety policies put in place by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) are examples of industrial safety policies

National Safety Day
The National Safety Day/Safety Week Campaign being spearheaded by the Council for nearly three decades to mark its Foundation Day (4th March) has significantly contributed to reduction in the rate of industrial accidents and created wide spread safety awareness even in such sectors which have not been covered by any ...

National Safety Council
The National Safety Council (NSC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nongovernmental public service organization promoting health and safety in the United States of America. Headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, NSC is a member organization, founded in 1913 and granted a congressional charter in 1953

Types of Safety
It is important to distinguish between products that meet standards, that are safe, and those that merely feel safe. The highway safety community uses these terms:

Normative safety


Normative safety is achieved when a product or design meets applicable standards and practices for design and construction or manufacture, regardless of the product's actual safety history.

Substantive safety


Substantive or objective safety occurs when the real-world safety history is favorable, whether or not standards are met.

Perceived safety


Perceived or subjective safety refers to the users' level of comfort and perception of risk, without consideration of standards or safety history. For example, traffic signals are perceived as safe, yet under some circumstances, they can increase traffic crashes at an intersection. Traffic roundabouts have a generally favorable safety record yet often make drivers nervous.

Low perceived safety can have costs. For example, after the 9/11/2001 attacks, many people chose to drive rather than fly, despite the fact that, even counting terrorist attacks, flying is safer than driving. Perceived risk discourages people from walking and bicycling for transportation, enjoyment or exercise, even though the health benefits outweigh the risk of injury.

Security


Also called social safety or public safety, security addresses the risk of harm due to intentional criminal acts such as assault, burglary or vandalism.

Because of the moral issues involved, security is of higher importance to many people than substantive safety. For example, a death due to murder is considered worse than a death in a car crash, even though in many countries, traffic deaths are more common than homicides.



LIST OF SELECT INDIAN STANDARDS ON SAFETY & HEALTH –

Example

IS 3646: 1922 Part 1
Code of practice for interior illumination General Requirements and recommendations for welding interiors
IS 3646: 1968 Part 3
Code of practice for interior illumination – Calculation of coefficients of utilization by the BZ method.
IS 3786: 1983
Methods for computation of frequency and severity rates for industrial injuries and classification of industrial accidents.
IS 5182: Part 1 to 21
Methods for measurement of Air Pollution
IS 8095: 1976
Specification for Accident Prevention Tags
IS 8990: 1978
Code of practice for maintenance and care of industrial safety clothing.
IS 9457: 1980
Safety colours and safety signs
IS 11972: 1987
Code of practice for safety precautions to be taken when entering a sewerage system.
IS 14489: 1998
Code of practice on occupational safety and health audit.
IS 14624: 1998
Part 2
Safety of laser products:
Safety of optical fiber communication system
IS 15296: 2003
Industrial Automation systems – Safety of Integrated Manufacturing Systems –Basic Requirements
IS 15551: 2003
Quality Management Systems – Guidelines for Process Improvements in Health Service Organisations
IS 18001: 2000
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems – Specification with Guidance for use
SP 53: 1992
Hand operated hand tools – Safety code for the use, care and protection
IS/ISO/IEC: GUIDE51
Guidelines for the inclusion of safety aspects in Standards 1990

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