Occupational Safety
According to International Labor
Organization (ILO) statistics, around
two million persons lose their lives
due to work-related accidents and
injuries. For, workers are annually
exposed to about 270 million work
accidents and 160 million illness
cases related to work. Besides,
studies indicate that man represents
either direct or indirect cause of
accidents, with several studies
pointing out that 88 % of accidents
occur because of man, either
directly or indirectly. Studies also
show that 10 % of accidents are
due to technical failures (indirectly
caused by man), while 2 % are due
to causes beyond man. Another
study shows that 85 % of accidents
were cause directly by man, while
15 % were indirectly cause by him.
Accordingly, humans can prevent
the occurrence of 85 % of accidents
if they focus on the labor’s behavior
within work environment.
Concept of occupational
health and safety
Occupational health and safety as
a concept is defined as a group of
measures, rules and regulations
within a legislative framework
that aim at preservation of man’s
health against the threat of injury,
and also preservation of property
against damage and loss. It is also a
programs that targets protection of
every person having an occupation,
through implementation of sound
performance by the laborer, which
is commensurate with the nature of
machines and equipment a laborer
deals with, as well as the raw
materials a laborer handles at the
workplace. It also targets protection
from exposure to injuries upon going
to and returning from work, and
cares to safeguard a laborer against
indirect factors that may contribute
to their injury or to the deterioration
of their health and in turn their falling
victim to occupational diseases.
Objectives of occupational
health and safety
Indeed, the main target behind
implementation of occupational
health and safety programs is to
reduce the cost entailing losses
and accidents, and to increase
productivity through securing a
safe work environment for laborers.
Accordingly, such a target cannot
be achieved unless the following
elements are preserved:
• Employees’ health and
safety
Since time immemorial, man has
always been and shall still be the
cornerstone of this life, and the
issue of man’s health and safety
and preservation of it against risks
to which they may be exposed at
workplaces constitute the main topic
that preoccupies all those interested
in the field of occupational health
and safety.
• Machinery
Statistics relating to injuries resulting
from work accidents all over the
world indicate machinery is the main
player in accidents and injuries, as
it causes 28 % of the total injuries
annually. Besides, the malfunction of
machine causes other harms, such as
increase in the costs of maintenance,
and production disruption, and in
turn reduction in profits.
• Work environment
Work environment is that internal
environment (where laborers are
present) and external environment
(locating outside the respective
institution), the preservation of which
has a considerable importance in
terms of the following:
• Protecting laborers from the
factors that may affect their health
or productive competence.
• Protecting machinery and
equipment by keeping it in a good
and proper condition.
• Protecting external environment,
like air, water and soil, from industrial
waste that results from various
industries.
Occupational health and
safety program
The methods we should observe
or secure to fulfill implementation
of a successful occupational health
and safety program are multiple.
Yet, what links them all is the
laborers actual participation in these
methods, being the active player
who introduces it or having it as the
pivot of the laborer’s existence, and
as the basis for securing a safe and
proper environment. It thus includes
the following:
1. Education and awareness-raising
Education and awareness-raising
are among the most important
objectives that are attained through
several methods, including the
following:
• Instructive pamphlets
• Posters and advertisements
• Audio and visual aids
• Exhibitions, conferences and
seminars on occupational health
and safety.
2. A specific program for
occupational
safety
3. Regular safety meetings
4. Safety Committee
5. Safety records
6. Training
7. Cautionary and directive placards
8.
Inspecting
committed
implementation of health and safety
s y s t em
9. Safety man of the month
10. Investigation of accidents
and radical causes to avoid its
reoccur rence .
* This page has been prepared
in
collaboration
with
the
Department of Security and
Safety, Environment and Quality
in Al Ain Distribution Company
The award is for all …
and all are winners
In response to the noble directives
of H.E. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed
Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince,
Armed Forces Deputy Supreme
Commander, and Abu Dhabi
Executive Council Chairman, to
launch excellence awards programs
in agencies subsidiary to Abu Dhabi
Government, AADC was keen to
launch “AADC Excellence Award.”
The award is intended to serve
the objective of the company, as
represented inmotivating employees
to maintain work, enhance the level
of performance, and improve work
mechanisms. It is also intended
to inform employees and develop
their capacities and to qualify them
to cope with the occurring change
towards attainment of the best
practices applied in service delivery
to customers.
The award contributed directly to
the dissemination of the culture of
excellence, quality and transparency,
making it a basic component in the
work environment through infusing
a spirit of competitiveness among
all departments. This in turn worked
towards encouraging employees
to highlight their achievements and
contributions in the company in
a way that promoted the spirit of
belonging and positivity.
This internal award is considered
as an opportunity for the company
to determined performance levels,
either on individual, project or
department levels, in a way that
contributes
to
benchmarking
performance in comparison with
other
institutional
authorities,
and pinpointing strengths in the
company and development and
improvement opportunities. It is also
considered as an initial step and
most important step in qualifying
the company to attain prospective
institutional awards at local and
international levels. For, the results
of the company’s internal award
shall constitute an input for other
excellence awards.
Indeed, your cooperationwith us and
your fulfillment of such standards
and bases constitute a positive
reflection on performance and daily
work tasks, and hence grant you the
opportunity to highlight your efforts
and advantages. For, success
begins with you and reflects on
everyone, either in the institution
or in the state as a whole. You are
a substantial element in a generous
community and a bounteous
state that always aspires to attain
top positions. So, if you do not
participate in competition, then be
supportive of the award, since the
path is one and the home (company)
is united.
So, we wish you a journey of
constant success and continuous
award winning, knowing that
excellence is never single station,
but rather a journey.
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