1.1 General Introduction to Safety EGHS1140 Health Safety and Environment • Healthy employees and goodwill related to industrial safety is highly essential for any successful business and manufacturing enterprises. • Safety is a highly important topic for various types of industries aimed at the realization of accident free work environment which boosts the employee morale especially while working in hazardous conditions. • Statistics related to industrial accidents that result in substantial loss of production time, which also results in injuries that involves temporary or permanent disablement and even deaths are being reported year after year. • Such accidents are also resulting in damage to machineries, equipment, infrastructure, and other resources that adversely affects the profits and growth of the company as well. • Hence it is essential to identify the causes of industrial accidents, examine and analyze it and take necessary steps in controlling and eliminating them.