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Industrial safety encompasses both industrial safety and industrial health. What does each of these areas deal with and which, in your opinion, is more important?

The field of industrial safety and health at work has changed dramatically in recent decades. Some of these changes are: the introduction of new technologies, despite the new risks in the work stations, the new legislation in the field of health and safety at work, the relationship between health, safety, productivity, costs and peer pressure. The sum of these and other factors have transformed the profession of industrial safety and health at work into a necessity for companies. This program contains the most current information for this profession in a very competitive business world and technology is constantly changing.

Why might an industry consider system safety as an essential competency?

In order to reduce accidents and thus, improve the competitiveness of the company, it is necessary new approach to prevention, considering all types of hazards in the workplace, which is a treatment global, multidisciplinary, requiring specialist in the general prevention techniques to address the variety of problems (Health and Safety Executive 2009, 90).

Define the term total safety management. List and briefly describe the fundamental elements of TSM

Total safety management is a performance-oriented approach to safety and health management that gives organizations a sustainable competitive advantage in global marketplace by establishing a safe and health work environment that is conducive to consistent peak performance and that is improved continually forever.

Elements are given below:

Management Commitment

Goal Setting

Engineering

Training

Recognition

Hiring and Developing Employees

Employee Safety Committee

Record Keeping/Data Analysis

Loss Prevention Services

Accident Investigation

Medical Community Relationships

Light Duty

Injury Management

Monitoring Recuperation

Investigation, Surveillance & Litigation

What are the critical characteristics of QM?

A Management System Quality is an operational structure of work, well documented and integrated technical and managerial procedures to guide the actions of ...