We explain what industrial safety is, the main risks of industrial activity and its internal and external factors.
What is industrial security?
Industrial safety is a concept that originated socially in modern times, and that develops as the techniques and the technologies they reached and were applied to the progressive stages of industrial production.
The security applied to the industrial sector implies the joint use of multiple disciplines that are in charge of minimizing the risks in industries. Part of the assumption that all complex and industrial activity entails dangers inherent to the techniques and processes industrial companies that need a correct management to decrease them to a minimum.
As for its etymological origin, it comes from Latin, on the one hand "securites"Which we could specify as" security, quality of being careless "and, on the other hand,"industrial"Which comes from" industry ", and refers to" industriousness ".
We can divide the main risks involved in industrial activity in two broad categories:
- Endogenous risks. They are risks linked to internal accidents inherent to the activity applied by the worker, either manually or operationally.
- Exogenous risks. Risks that have to do with the context in which it takes place, the important environmental impact that brings the industry and the devastation of means, for example, may have repercussions, harming populations of inhabitants or entire regions.
Internal factors
Regarding internal or endogenous factors, it requires the protection of the workers (by means of appropriate clothing, elements and tools that must be certified by the state entity in charge of occupational safety) for the control and minimization of accidents as well as the medical monitoring of the worker, the implementation of regular technical controls.
It is also important to offer workers the knowledge necessary, through trainingsIn order to carry out tasks in such a way that they can avoid suffering accidents, dangers or diseases in their work activity, worker training is a key factor that has the potential to significantly reduce occupational risk.
External factors
Regarding external or exogenous factors, the Business and industries must adhere to the legislation national or provincial that determines the procedures and techniques that can be applied with the aim of reducing the environmental impact.
From the governmental point of view, environmental monitoring controls can be carried out, reliable studies of the consequences of the environmental impact of industrial activity in the peripheral zone of the industry.
The industry or company should not expect that only the state is responsible for external industrial safety, the frequent use of statistics makes it possible to warn about which are the sectors in which accidents usually occur with the objective to emphasize precautions.
conclusion
The concept of industrial safety is always relative, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that accidents will never occur in the workplace, yet its objective is to achieve the greatest effectiveness in reducing dangers and their risks.
Likewise, it is important to bear in mind that industrial companies often decide not to invest in security for the purpose of save money costs and maximize the Profits which ends up putting the life from the workers.