Accident prevention principles

Hazard control managers must teach others about accident-prevention principles and solicit their input. When seeking senior leader approval for hazard control expenditures, use a... 

In Part II, we have been through a number of different accident-prevention principles described in the literature. Experience shows that the application of any single one of these principles alone will not lead to a substantial risk reduction. Figure 10.10 illustrates a balanced approach. The intention is to achieve a high-level SHE performance through synergetic effects by combining different accident-prevention principles. 

The Rohm and Haas Major Accident Prevention Program (Ren-shaw, 1990 Berger and Lantzy, 1996 Hendershot, 1991a) is based on potential accident consequence analysis and uses checklists based on inherently safer design principles to identify ways to eliminate or reduce hazards. 

A written major-accident prevention policy has been established that includes the operator s overall aims and principles of action with respect to the control of major-accident hazards. 

The welfare of the people who work with chemical products and processes is at least as important as the welfare of the environment. Green chemistry is anthropocentric (as is sustainable development). Several green chemistry principles reflect this anthropocentrism. Principles 3 (less-hazardous chemical synthesis), 4 (design of safer chemicals), 5 (safer solvents and auxiliaries), and 12 (inherently safer chemistry for accident prevention) express concern for the health of the people who handle materials or attend to processes (Anastas and Warner, 1998). While many of these safety benefits also accrue to nonhuman organisms, the focus of the principles is on the people who are exposed to these materials and methods. Inasmuch as we cannot know all of the environmental needs of nonhuman things, it is hard to imagine how the focus could be on anything else. 

OECD, 2003 Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response, Guidance for Industry (including Management and Labour), Public Authorities, Communities, and other Stakeholders, OECD Environment, Health and Safety Publications Series on Chemical Accidents No. 10. 

The safety culture action principle, behavior based attitudes theory and accident triangle principles work together to promote the change of zero accidents concept to zero accidents objective from three indispensable aspects of idea , action and methods , as is shown in Figure 4. Three principles commonly guide zero accidents concept, which is one of the key elements of safety culture, to strengthen enterprise safety management, prevent accidents and lessen accident rate, as follows ... 

The term science is commonly defined as knowledge of principles and facts. Consequently, if accident prevention work is to be conducted scientifically, it must be founded upon well-established principles or facts that have been proved by application. [Citation 1]... 

One of the first movements for the prevention of industrial accidents was founded in 1867 by Frenchman Engel Dollfus. One of his principles was, The employer owes more than wages to his workers. He was also responsible at a later date for publishing a book describing all the effective safeguards used during that period. This organization. The Society for the Prevention of Accidents, was the forerunner of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association of France. 

List at least seven key concepts or principles related to shift work that management should consider implementing to improve accident prevention efforts. 

Each industry is somewhat different. What works well for one company may not duplicate or replicate at other companies without tailoring to fit the unique needs of the latter. Uniqueness is often used as an excuse to not take action. Excuses include, Our industry is different, or It won t woik in our industry. Generally, these are seen as lame excuses and a way of saying that they just don t want to try to make safety a priority. The principles of preventing accidents are applicable to any industry setting if one desires to make accident prevention an integral part of doing business. 

The Ministry of Labour and National Service postulated six principles of accident prevention in 1956 that are still valid today. These are ... 

Outlines the principles of accident prevention and the main causes of accidents understands the difference between the cause of injury and the cause of accident. 

A basic principle of coimnon law is that an organization s management must provide competent staff. In safety and associated training, as well as at induction sessions, the principles of accident prevention and safe behaviour should be emphasized at all levels of work. 

All new legislation provides a mechanism to promote the resolution of occupatiorral health and safety issues at the workplace level. The purpose of these arrangements is to reinforce the Robens principle that the solntions for accident prevention are essentially a maher to be resolved between those who create the risks and those who work with them. There is also a clear intention on the part of governments to rednce the industrial relations conflicts often associated with occnpational health and safety issnes. 

The handling of the end product is less dangerous than most other solvents. Therefore it illustrates Principle 12, Accident Prevention. ... 

United States Steel Corporation, 1968. Principles of Accident Prevention in United States Steel, 3rd edition. United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA. 

In recognition of the defence-in-depth principles, the strategy of severe accident prevention is first realized in the plant design and includes measures to control these accidents and limit their consequences. 

In Heinrich s Principles of Accident Prevention, an inordinate emphasis is placed on the unsafe acts of individuals as causal factors, and insignificant attention is given to systemic causal factors. It is this author s belief that many safety practitioners would not agree with Heinrich s premise that man failure is the heart of the problem and the methods of control must be directed toward man failure (4). 

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