TABLE OF CONTENTS To enable successful management of both fire and health and safety it is vital to develop a solid base of understanding and the key elements that will provide a foundation upon which to build. For students and safety professionals alike the information presented in this book outlines the legal requirements and management considerations that will assist the reader to successfully minimise the risk of harm from fire in the workplace.
The terms relating to the management of safety in this chapter are defined by a variety of publications. To clarify the meaning of the text, it is important to establish a common understanding of the following, frequently used basic terminology:
Occupational health and safety factors and conditions that can affect the well-being of persons within the workplace, i.e. employees, contractors, temporary workers and visitors.
Safety the freedom from unacceptable risk from harm.
Fire/combustion a chemical reaction or series of reactions involving the process of oxidisation, producing heat, light and smoke. There are two classes of fire: conflagration (where combustion occurs relatively slowly) and detonation (where combustion occurs instantaneously).
Ill health the term ill health includes acute and chronic physical or mental illness which can be caused or made worse by physical, chemical or biological agents, work activity or environment.
Accident an undesired event resulting in death, ill health, injury, damage, environmental loss or other loss.
Incident an undesired event that...
