Causes Of Fire In The Work Environment
Risk of Fire | 16 May 2025 | Risk of Fire
Combustion is a situation where the fire ignites, whether it is big or small in an unwanted situation and time. Fires are generally harmful and difficult to control. There are several minor and severe hazards that we should know about in case of fire, including:
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- Wounds that caused by a burn, flames can quickly burn hair, make your skin blister and burn the body
- Hot temperatures can cause hyperthermia. Hyperthermia occurs when the system that regulates body temperature is no longer able to withstand heat from the surrounding environment. Usually occurs when the body temperature exceeds 40 degrees Celsius
- Smoke, the eyes will feel sore if too long exposed to smoke so that it disturbs vision. Then the smoke also causes shortness of breath because it contains a lot of harmful gases
- Toxic gases can cause illness and other health problems and even death
- The collapse of the building can befall the victim so that the victim will be trapped in it and unable to get out of the fire situation
- Explosions, explosive materials around the fire area can destroy anything nearby
Fires can also cause losses which include:
- Humans, victims of fire can experience minor burns or severe burns that leave scars. Not a few also there were fatalities in the event of a fire
- Materials, building values and assets damaged by fire
- The environment, flora, and fauna destroyed by fire, thermal effects of fires and increased CO2 and pollution
- Economic, financial losses due to the inability to run a business as a result of fire events. Not to mention the time needed to restore business functions
- Social, mass layoffs due to business bankruptcy due to too much loss as a result of fire incidents
From the explanation above regarding the risks that can arise from a fire event, of course, you do not want that incident to happen to you. So, it is important for you to still feel safe both at home and at your place of work. Therefore, you need to prepare a plan for prevention from non-natural disasters. Without fire prevention and warning tools, there is a big possibility that a fire will occur without your knowledge, which will increase and endanger you. Therefore PT Sealan Pratama Indonesia is ready to provide solutions to all your problems. We offer various tools to support your safety as needed.
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source: Sistem Manajemen Keselamatan Kerja
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