Essay On Industrial Hazards

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What is Industrial hazard?
It is a term related with any condition associated with industries that may cause harm to personnel, production or property of the industries
What is Industrial safety?
Protection, Prevention and Removal of industrial hazards

What are the Causes:--
Carelessness
Flame
Electric failure
Poor housekeeping
Chemical
Exposed live parts

Types of Hazards

Physical
Chemical
Biological
Mechanical
Electrical
Pollution

Physical Hazard
Physical hazard may refers to as the harm causes to the human body without necessarily touching it. Like Heat and cold
It affects the workers as heat stroke, heat cramps, burns and foot sore, frostbite, immersion foot.
For prevention the temperature should be maintained

Noise
Has two types of effects: Auditory and …show more content…

Fire and Explosion
Smoking, defective equipment, explosive gas, spark
Using fire resistive material, proper ventilation, sprinkles and regular inspection

Chemical hazard
3 types of effects:
Local—Dermatitis, Eczema, Ulcers, Cancer
Inhalation—Gas poisoning
Ingestion—Dehydration, Indigestion

Sources, effects and preventions
Type/ source of chemical contaminant

Effect/ organ affected

Precautions to be taken

Acridines, phenothiazines
Dermatitis

Cleanliness, removal of people from the areas as soon as first sign of skin reaction is observed.

Solvents like chloroform, benzene
Unconsciousness

Handle with care

Vegetable drugs like capsicum & podophyllum
Dust evolves, affects eye

Goggles are to be worn

Improper use of cleaning agents contamination Follow established cleaning procedures

Working with radio pharmaceuticals
Hazards due to emitted radiation

Wearing lead coat, maintaining pressure of working area.

Biological Hazard
Diseases due to chemical hazards
Brucellosis (dairy

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