GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD OF

TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Diploma In Government Polytechnic, Gondia

A PROJECT REPORT ON
“Study on prevention of hazards (or accidents) in industry by use of
personnel protective equipment’s (PPE’S)”

SUBMITTED BY GROUP

Name of Student Enrollment No

1. Abhishek R. Turkar 2012420071

2. Mansi D. Katre 2012420072

3. Tejaswini P. Kawale 2012420073

4. Runali N. Washnik 2012420074

GUIDED BY
N. L. Langewar
Lecture
Department of Computer Engineering

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 Certificate

This is to Certify that the project report entitled

“study on prevention of hazards (or accidents) in industry by use of

personanel protective equipment’s (PPE’S”

Was successfully completed by Student of Second semester

Diploma in Computer engineering.
BY GROUP
Name of Student Enrollment No
1. Abhishek R. Turkar 2012420071
2. Mansi D. Katre 2012420072
3. Tejaswini P. Kawale 2012420073
4. Runali N. Washnik 2012420074

Carried out under guidance of Ms. N. L. Langewar, Lecturer, Computer

department and submitted to the department of computer engineering in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Diploma in Government
Polytechnic Gondia and submitted to the Department of Computer Engineering
of Institute Government Polytechnic Gondia work carried out during a period
for the academic year 2022-20223as per curriculum.

N. L. Langewar
Guide and Lecturer
Department of Computer Engineering

Department of Computer Engineering

Government Polytechnic, Gondia
(Year: 2021-2022)

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 Micro-Project Report
On
“Study on prevention of hazards (of accidents) in industry by use
of personnel protective equipments (PPE’s)”

1. R ATIONALE :
Personal Protective Equipment is used to
prevent hazardous effect in all industries. It is useful in preventing the loss of
humans. Controlling a hazard at its workplace is the best way to protect the
employee’s. Depending on the hazard, engineering or work practice control
should be used to manage or eliminate hazard to greater extent. Personal
protective equipment is used to manage the hazard when it is happens. It
discusses the standards of personal protective equipment. This paper deals about
Understanding the types of PPE, Basics of hazard assessment at its workplace,
Selection of appropriate PPE for various circumstances, Proper use and take
care of PPE, Smart PPE. This paper also covers the various types of smart
technology that can be incorporated in clothing for personal protective
equipment and applications and examples of smart PPE and it also incorporates
future trends of smart PPE.

2. A IM OF THE M ICROPROJECT :
Study on prevention of
hazards (of accidents) in industry by use of personnel protective equipment’s
(PPE’s)

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3. C OURSE O UTCOME :

 Analyze the function of data communication and computer

network
 Select relevant transmission media and switching techniques as
per need.
 Configure various network device.

4. L ITERATURE R EVIEW :

According to Suma ‘Mur occupational safety is the primary means of

preventing accidents, disability and death as a result of workplace accidents.
Occupational safety involves all processes of production and distribution of
goods and services. Occupational safety is a gateway for labor security. The
purpose of work safety is to protect the safety of workers for the welfare of life
and increase productivity, ensure the safety of every other person who is in the
workplace and the maintenance of production resources and can be used safely
and efficiently by Suwardi Occupational safety for employees is guaranteed by
law number 1 of 1970 and law number 25 of 1997 concerning worker protection
and safety.

The purpose of health and occupational safety is to protect workers, coworkers,

worker’s families, consumers and others who may be affected by work
environment conditions. According to Suma ‘Mur occupational health for
workers / community workers to obtain the highest degree of health, whether
physical, or mental, or social, with preventive and curative efforts, against
diseases / disorders health caused by factors of work and work environment, as
well as against common diseases.

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According to WHO / ILO in Hebbie. occupational health to improve and
maintain the highest degree of physical, mental and social health for workers in
all types of work, prevention of employee health problems caused by working
conditions, protection for workers in his work from the risk due to factors that
harm health and maintenance of workers in a work environment that is adjusted
to the physiological and psychological conditions. In summary, this is the
adjustment of work to humans and every human being to their work or position.

Accidents due to work are unforeseen, undesirable events and cause loss of both
life and property by Seaman, whereas according to Suma'mur , workrelated
accidents are accidents related to work at the company, meaning that work
accidents occur caused by work or when carrying out work. Heinrich in which
unsafe act contributes the most accidents (88%). Dupont in Heinrich, even
states 96%.

In the other words, 88-96 % of the accident can be prevented by improving

worker behaviors. According to Hinze accident does not always cause physical
injuries because it also affects material and equipment damages. De Reamer
adds that accident is a situation that occurs beyond one’s plan. Accident at work
occurs directly by unsafe act and unsafe condition. Furthermore, it occurs due to
human and environmental factors. Human factors relate to physical, mental, and
psychological competencies, lacking knowledge and skills, as well as improper
motivation. Whereas, the environmental factors deal with physical factors
(noise, radiation, lighting, climate, etc.) and chemicals (dust, lead steam, smoke,
gas, etc.). In principle, the accident at work can be repented by administrative
and technical approaches to the use of the PPE.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is safety equipment is the last effort to

protect themselves to minimize dangers. According to Sabir, PPE is a tool that
must be used when working as needed to maintain the safety of the workers
themselves and those around them. According to Husni to avoid the risk of
workplace accidents, employees are required to use PPE. Sedarmayanti states
that one of the security measures is to provide safe equipment including
clothing/ special work protection to protect employees when carrying out their
work.

The Law No. 1 of 1970 concerning Work Safety and the law No. 25 of 1997
concerning protection and safety workers to mandates companies and workers
(seafarers) to implement the use of PPE, to guarantee and protect the safety of
every workforce and others in the workplace. So that every company or
workplace such as a ship must provide PPE and always provide socialization

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and supervision to their workers about the use of PPE by Tadesse and
McLaughlin.

Suma ‘Mur, effective self-protection equipment must:

In accordance with the hazards faced, made of material that will withstand these
hazards, suitable for people who will use it, does not interfere with the work of
the operator on duty, has a very strong construction, do not interfere with other
self-protection equipment that is being used simultaneously, and does not
increase the risk to the wearer.

Personal protective equipment must also: (1) Be provided free of charge, (2)
given one per person for one tool or if not, must be cleaned after use, (3) only
used according to its designation, (4) maintained in good condition, (5) repaired
or replaced if damaged, and (6) stored in a suitable place when not in use.

PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) that must be used includes tools that can
protect all parts of the body from head to toe. This includes a helmet, glasses,
mask, ear plug ear muff, gloves, wear pack, shoes. In certain jobs requiring
specific personal protective equipment such as chemical tankers that have very
dangerous loads will be different from ordinary charged vessels such as cargo
ships or container ships.

Personal Protective Equipment can be divided into 3 groups, namely:

Head Protective Equipment including: Helmet, Safety Glass, Mask, Respirator,

Ear Plugs and Ear Muffs.

A. Safety helmet:

Helmet or Protective Cap is used to make head protection from exposure to

hazards such as falling objects or exposure to electrical hazards. The use of a
Protective Helmet must match the head circumference until it is comfortable
and efficient to protect it. There are 3 types of helmets based on their protection
on electricity, namely:

1) General Type Helmet (G) that can protect the head from bumping and falling
objects and reduce exposure to danger of low-voltage electricity to 2. 200 Volts

2) Electrical Type Helmet (E) that can protect the head from bumping and
falling objects and reduce exposure to electrical hazards with high voltage up to
2. 200 Volts

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 3) Conductive Type Helmet (C) which can only protect the head from bumping
and falling objects but does not protect the head from exposure to electrical
current hazards.

B. Protective Glasses (Safety Glass):

Protective Goggles are tools used to make eye protection from the danger of
jumping sharp objects, dust, small particles, reduce the dazzling light and
splashes of chemicals. Protective Glasses are divided into 2 types, namely:

1) Safety Spectacles, in the form of general glasses and can only protect the
eyes from the danger of jumping sharp objects, dust, small particles and reduce
the dazzling light.

2) Safety Goggles, Glasses that have a shape attached to the face, eyes can be
protected from the danger of splashing chemicals, smoke, steam, dust and sharp
objects.

C. Ear Plugs:

Earplugs or Ear Plugs are used to make hearing aids protect the ears from high
intensity. Using Ear Plug, Tone Intensity can be reduced to 10 ~ 15 dB. Ear
Plugs are generally used by workers who work in areas that have high machine
tones.

D. Ear Muffs:

Ear Muffs or Ear Muffs are the tools used to protect hearing devices from high
Tone Intensity. Ear Muffs can reduce tone intensity to 20 ~ 30dB. Ear Muffs are
divided into Head Bands and Ear Cups made of foam pads to protect the outer
ear (earlobe). Ear Muffs is often used by Engineers and Generator Technicians.

E. Mask:

That is the tool used to protect respiratory equipment such as the nose and
mouth from possible hazards such as soldering smoke, dust and mild
chemical odors. Masks are generally made of cloth or paper.

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F. Respirator:

The respirator is a device used to protect respiratory equipment such as the

nose and mouth from possible hazards such as soldering smoke, the smell of
chemicals, dust, steam, gas and mist particles and Fume particles. Respirators
are often used by Soldering Machine Technicians, Painting Operators and other
chemical systems.

(1) Body Protective Equipment includes: Apron (Apron): That is body

protection equipment from chemical splashes and hot temperatures.

2) Protective limbs one of them, namely: Protective Shoes (Safety Shoes /

Boot), Gloves (Hand Gloves). an Equipment used to make hand protection from
chemical contact, scratches or hand wounds due to touch with sharp and sharp
objects. Gloves are generally used in chemical preparation systems, installation
of rather sharp components, heating systems and so on. Some types of gloves
include one of the following:

a) Cotton Gloves, used to make hand protection from scratches, cuts and light
cuts.
b) Leather Gloves (Leather Gloves), are used to make hand protection from
scratches, cuts and light cuts.
c) Rubber Gloves (Rubber Gloves), are used to make hand protection from
contact with chemicals such as Oil, Oil, Adhesives and Grease.
d) Electrical Gloves, are used to make hand protection from contact with
electric currents that are low to high voltage. b. Protective Shoes (Safety Shoes /
Boot) equipment used to protect the foot from falling objects, sharp objects such
as glass or pieces of steel, chemical solutions and electricity. Protective shoes
are fitted with steel at the end with rubber band.

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5. A CTUAL M ETHODOLOGY F OLLOWED :

 First, we have discussed with each group member for what work
should done by which group member.
 The work will be distributed among 5 students involved in the group.
 Then we have collected information’s from many of websites, Books
and from internet required for our microproject.
 To complete the project qualitative method will be used in which data
collection, analysis and interpretation is required.
 Then we performed different operation in it.
 Then we created report and submitted to the respective teacher in
guidance.

6. A CTUAL R ESOURCES U SED :

Sr Name of Specification Quantity

N Resource /
o. Material
1. Reference
Websites
https://www.researchgate.net/publicati
on/339703422_The_Use_of_Personal
_Protective_Equipment_for_Reducing -
_Accidental_Risk_on_Board

2. Hardware
HP Laptop core i3 6th generation -
with 8GB RAM

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7. Output of the Micro-Project Project:

The study result show that 60 respondents, found that 47 respondents had
experienced accidents on board related to the PPE. Of these accidents, 11 due to
improper protective devices (unsuitable shoes, causing slip and sprain or broken
arm, leg, even back bone), 6 accidents occurred because they did not wear
helmet, causing head injury and headache, 18 accidents occurred because they
did not wear safety shoes, causing broken toes, 4 accidents occurred because
they did not wear goggle during chipping, causing eye injury, and 8 accidents
occurred because they did not wear safety gloves, causing broken fingers.

When observing the findings, the use of PPE is very important for the
prevention of workplace accidents. From the interviews, there were several
obstacles related to PPE, including: (1) Incomplete PPE inventory, (2) applying
non standardized devices, (3) some PPE are broken, and (4) not properly used.
So that it can cause work accidents. For that according to the mandate of the
Law, the company must be sufficient the needs of the crew about PPE and
always socialize the crew about how to use the PPE. Likewise, the crew must
obey the laws and regulations of the company in preventing accidents by using
PPE onboard.

8.S KILL D EVELOPED / LEARNING OUT OF THIS M ICRO -

P ROJECT :

With the creation of microproject we learn the various types of skills and
we acquire various type of knowledge.
Learning based on the project which we get to know from the entire
microproject are as follows:

 We learned the communication skills among the group members.

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  We learned how to create a good collaboration between the group
members.
 We learned how to manage a project.
 We learned the responsibility and importance of each and every
member in the project.

9. Applications of this Micro-Project:

The results of the study that the occurrence of work accidents resulting from:
(1) Incomplete PPE inventory, (2) applying non-standardized devices, (3) some
PPE are broken, and (4) PPE is not properly used and some people do not use
the PPE. For this reason, the company must always facilitate the adequacy and
completeness of PPE, and socialize the use of PPE to prevent work accidents.
Seafarers must obey to use PPE to prevent work accidents onboard.
Socialization on prospective seafarers at merchant marine polytechnic and
educational institutions is very important, so the seafarers know and understand
the importance of using PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)

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