Health and Safety, NEBOSH, OSHA, IOSH, HSE.

What is Fault Tree analysis in Health and Safety? Is Fault tree analysis a Qualitative or Quantitative Risk assessment? Risk assessment is of two type .i.e. Quantitative and Qualitative. Quantitative risk assessment means prioritizing the risk through its quantification. Like in 5 X 5 risk assessment matrix, risk prioritized on the basis of Severity and Probability. We multiply both severity and probability and higher the number higher the risk. This ranking or numbering gives us an idea about dealing the high number risk prior to low number risk. This is called as Quantitative risk assessment and Fault tree analysis is one of the quantitative risk assessment techniques as well as qualitative too. Qualitative risk assessment means no quantity and hazard, risk identified from the activity. After identification of hazard and risk we apply control. There is no priority, no ranking. This is called as qualitative risk assessment. Example of qualitative risk assessment is Job safety

What is Event Tree analysis in Health and Safety? Is Event tree analysis a Qualitative or Quantitative Risk assessment? Risk assessment is of two type .i.e. Quantitative and Qualitative. Quantitative risk assessment means prioritizing the risk through its quantification. Like in 5 X 5 risk assessment matrix, risk prioritized on the basis of Severity and Probability. We multiply both severity and probability and higher the number higher the risk. This ranking or numbering gives us an idea about dealing the high number risk prior to low number risk. This is called as Quantitative risk assessment and Event tree analysis is one of the quantitative risk assessment techniques. Qualitative risk assessment means no quantity and hazard, risk identified from the activity. After identification of hazard and risk we apply control. There is no priority, no ranking. This is called as qualitative risk assessment. Example of qualitative risk assessment is Job safety analysis (JSA).

What is Safety culture and what are the methods to improve safety culture at workplace? Safety culture  is the attitude, beliefs, perceptions and values that employees adhere, perform or reflect in relation to  safety  in the workplace.  Safety culture  is an integral part of organizational culture. In nut shell it is a way of life for every employee at workplace. In case way of life is positive it is termed as positive safety culture and in case it is negative it is termed as Negative health and safety culture. This can be easily judge by way an employee work at workplace.  Examples given below can be judgmental in analyzing Safety culture at workplace: 1-      An employee working with all Personal protective equipments required for the job, following all SOP’s for the job, doing the work which is for he is authorized, commencing the job after appropriate tool box talk following hazard identification risk assessment of the job. His immediate superior, tea