Why Mock drill is important?
What is a Mock Drill? A "mock drill" is a scenario in which participants practise how they would react in the event of a disaster or emergency. For the sake of safety, mock drills are held in schools, colleges, hospitals, [...]
Benefits of pursuing IOSH Managing Safely
IOSH (Managing Safely) Before we get into the specifics of IOSH Managing Safely, let's understand what it is. The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) was founded in 1945 and is Uk’s leading chartered body for health and safety [...]
Risk Assessment in Safety and Healthy
The process of detecting potential hazards in a location and evaluating the risks that may occur as a result of such hazard(s) is referred to as "risk assessment". Simply put, "risk assessment" means identifying "probabilities, dangers, and consequence(s). A hazard [...]
Roles & Responsibilities of Safety Officer
Who is a Safety Officer? A safety officer is someone who is in charge of the organization's internal well-being, which includes employees, employers, and those who are associated with that organisation in terms of safety and health. A Safety Officer, [...]
Why is fire safety important?
Fire safety is one of the most important considerations for any employer, school, college, or university, mall, theatre, or management personnel. Fire dangers are the most hazardous of all because, if a fire breaks out in a building, it will [...]
Why environmental management is so important?
It is just as crucial to safeguarding our environment as it is to protect ourselves. Pollution has put our planet in jeopardy. Pollutants from industry play a significant influence in contaminating and hurting the environment. Pollutants from industries and factories [...]
Importance of Workplace Health & Safety Training for your Employees
No matter how big or small your organization is, Health & safety training should be at the pinnacle of your priority list. It is your first & foremost step to keep your employees & customers safe. Also, safety training enables [...]
Why Choose Occupational Health and Safety as a career?
Having a myriad of career options in today’s progressive world, one needs to be heedful about picking a befitting one! While one can be a doctor, lawyer or even a cinematographer, it takes a unique vision to think or simply [...]
Industrial Safety – Scope & Significance
Safety stands as the foremost priority in most of today’s technology-aided industrial processes that deal with large amounts of energy. A well-engineered safety system is critical for the protection of workers, equipment, the environment & society. And this is what [...]
Over 27027 fire accident deaths in India – How can we contribute towards safety?
Fire accidents – Time to time, we keep hearing a plethora of devastating news of fire accidents in India. One such incident that depicts how destructive fire accidents can be is Haryana School Fire Accident (23 December 1995). It is [...]