Economic and the Morality of Safety

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Good morning, I would like to talk about ‘economic and the morality of safety’ So, should industrial companies take responsibility to the worker’s safety? At its most basic, worker should be protected. Everyone who come to work in the morning can go home in the evening uninjured. For economic, less accidents can lead to more efficient which is important to the business. How ‘no accident’ is going to achieve? Unfortunately. ‘No accidents’ are not possible. The definition of ‘accident’ is an unexpected and undesirable event, especially one resulting in damage or harm that’s why the probability of accidents cannot be 0, but only be minimized, because there are too many factors and uncertainties human being cannot control. Let’s say an accident happen usually depends on two aspects: man made factor (for example: how well does the equipment perform) which can be foreseen and prevented and random uncertainties (for example: natural disaster) which cannot be controlled, we can keep on improving the equipment to reduce the impact and probability of the accidents but random uncertainties are really hard to prevent. So, questioning how to minimize the probability of having accidents is more realistic than figuring out how to be ‘no accident’ So can risk be 100% eliminated? I would say ‘NO’. As I said ‘no accident’ is not going to achieve, risk can’t disappear. The question will be ‘where do the risks come from?’. Mainly, ‘the equipment’ is the answer but another question come up ‘will all risks eliminate even if the equipment are well-designed, built and operated with 100% safety?’ No they can’t but they are necessary. I believe equipment is not only built to prevent accidents but also can minimize the impact if the accidents happen. However, people can also be killed or injured because of the lack of awareness and education. They have no enough knowledge to deal with

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