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•The factors impeding i.e retarding or reducing the safety are those factors which go against the efforts for safety.
•It is necessary to identify such negative factors and remove them for the purpose of safety.
At Management Level:
1.Passive interest by management. No safety policy
2.Poor maintenance of machine and equipment
3.Poor working conditions or not providing lighting and ventilation, safety guards, devices.
4.Poor infrastructure of the organization
5.Poor financial condition of the organization or not providing sufficient safety budget.
6.Improper layout and location of plants, building, machinery
7.Improper methods, procedures or use of raw materials, machines, equipments etc.
8.Improper design or selection of tools, machines, materials, vessels
9.Improper selection or placement of men, machines, methods, tools
10.Lack of awareness and insistence for safety
11.Lack of motivation and participation for safety
12.Lack of safety aspects in accident prevention
13.Lack of inspection, supervision and training for safety
14.Frequent changes in shifts, working hours and calling workers for overtime
15.Ageing or corrosion of machines, plants and building
16.No written rules for job description, procedure and safe production
17.Absence of safety organization for proper and continuous attention in safety.
18.Compromising safety with production
At the Workers Level:
1.Passive interest by workers in safety. No or less participation in safety programmes including safety committee.
2.Insufficient knowledge, qualification and training for the job.
3.Not maintaining the machine guards, safety devices, equipments etc.
4.Reluctant to use PPE and other safety equipment
5.Indiscipline, laziness, disobedience for safety rules for whatsoever reasons.
6.Non co-operation to the management to carry out regular as well as emergency duty for safety close down the running of plant and process to avoid accidents.
7.Improper attention or judgment on the matters of safety.
8.Poor socio-economic status, financial hardship, family problems, worries etc.
9.Guided by personal (psychological) factors causing unsafe actions.
10.Misuse of guards, safety devices, protective equipments etc.
At the Government Level:
• Non enacting or amending requisite safety laws and poor or non-implementation of the enacted safety laws.
• Poor or no incentives, awards, rewards, subsidy, rebates and encouragement to employers and employees for their safety efforts.
