Jose Rizal University

80 Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City

College of Computer Studies and Engineering

Domingo, Junel B.
Assignment #1
June 20, 2017

1. What is Safety?
Safety means keeping yourself and others free from harm or danger. It means taking
care not to fall or bump or run into things. It also means to avoid accidents by being
careful with what you are doing.

2. What is the importance of safety?

Safety is very important in our daily lives, because we secure our health and welfare
for every action we made at workplace. Saety is always a priority in the workplace,
which is why safety programs are required for all businesses. Every occupation has
safety ssues that must be addressed for the safety of all workers, as well as every
companies success.

Reference: http://www.usbioclean.com/importance-safety-programs-workplace/

3. What are the elements required to achieve safety?

Individual Responsibility
Joint occupation health and safety committee
Health and safety rules
Correct work procedures
Employee orientation
Training
Workplace inspections
Reporting and investigation accidents/incidents
Emergency procedure
Medical and first aid
Health and safety promotion
Workplace specific items

Reference: http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/basic.html

4. What is safety engineering?

Safety engineering is a field of engineering that deals with accident prevention, risk
of human error reduction and safety provided by the engineered systems and designs.
It is associated with industrial engineering and system engineering and applied to
 manufacturing, public works and product desgins to make safety an integral part of
operations.
Reference: https://www.safeopedia.com/definition/683/safety-engineering-health-
safety-and-environment

5. Why do we have safety engineering?

The purpose of safety engineering is to control risk by reducing or completely
eliminating it. It also aims to reduce the rate of failures and if failure does occur, it is
not life threatening. Safety engineering usually begins during the design of a system
or product development.

Reference: https://www.safeopedia.com/definition/683/safety-engineering-health-
safety-and-environment

6. Different attributes for safety engineering?

Investigative Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and
require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts
and figuring out problems mentally.

Enterprising Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying

out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many
decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Conventional Conventional occupations frequently involve following set

procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details
more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Realistic Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include

practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and
real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations
require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely
with others.

Social Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with,

and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to
other.

Reference:http://jobs.virginia.gov/careerguides/healthsafetyengineer.htm

7. What is the importance of safety engineering?

The importance of safety engineering is usually implemented in the companies.
With safety ensured, they actually saved money as they spend less on insurance
and medical costs. Also when workers know work place safety is being taken care
of professionally, they will feel better about their jobs and become more
productive in turn.