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Sources and Factors Accident

Core implementation of safety or the prevention of workplace accidents is securing each source of hazard. In this case, all the potential dangers be pursued in a way that little or nothing at all. For example, machine parts moving / rotating is a resource which at times may bring in an accident. However a safety fence installed properly will avoid the accident. The security fence as it has a very important function.

Measures should be taken as a first step towards securing the source of a hazard is identified the exact source of danger itself. This identification is sometimes very easy to do as if the science does not imply anything in particular. Therefore, everyone asked her participation to identify the source of the danger of workplace accidents each. To implement the necessary powers of observation and using the usual sense as usual.

Furthermore, please note that the actual source of the crash hazard identification requires professional expertise. Just to know or be aware of the health and safety of course is sufficient. Knowledge and awareness as only the beginning of efforts to promote health and safety or K3. Only know or be aware of the importance of occupational health and safety is just the beginning of a phase that must be pushed toward a more positive attitude and action.

In this case the activity by companies, laboratories, workshops everyday in the K3 will be able to inculcate the habit of living and working in safe and sound on the behavior of labor. It can be a source of danger to the machinery, equipment, building or environment. Through careful identification of the source of such danger can be demonstrated with certainty then performed security. In this regard, an expert in occupational safety often described as having a “third eye” in the ability to identify the source of the danger.

Nor be forgotten that the accident might be a source of danger to human sendirir. In fact, the importance of the human factor as the cause of the accident, so efforts should focus attention K3 always the human factor. This section tries to explain some of the sources of danger, among others from machinery, equipment, buildings or environments by providing relevant examples of appropriate specialization of the building.

Source of danger from engine
This explanation is the actions and behavior of workers who cause insecurity for himself as tergulungnya hair loose. Can you reflect, what else happened to him immediately after the machine rolling up her hair? Maybe some answers will emerge sequentially as tear wounds on the head, pain can not work, loss of material and so on. This is one example: a machine that requires improvement.

As demanded by the principles of health and safety, this machine when used before the fixed electric current can pose a hazard to the wearer due to short circuiting.
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Figure 4.1 Write down on paper labels that “these machines should not be used”

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