MINE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Hazard
any capacity to cause harm to a person or an object.
- an
inherent characteristic of a material, condition, machine, or
process.
Risk
chance or probability that a person or entity will be harmed
by
a particular hazard.
Risk (Safety Related)
hazard × probability
risk (Health Related)
hazard × exposure
Safety
- can also be defined as the control of hazards to achieve
an
acceptable level of risk.
Accident
an undesired event in which, the contact, the exposure may or may not
cause
personal injury, damage to property and delay
Lost Time Accident (Fatal or Non-Fatal)
those that will prevent the injured from reporting to work on the
working day following the day of injury and
thereafter.
AFR
Accident Frequency Rate
ASR
Accident Severity Rate