Accident prevention procedures

Conducting a JSA can be a valuable learning experience for both new and experienced employees. Not only does it help them understand their jobs better, but it also familiarizes them with potential hazards and involves them in developing accident prevention procedures. Workers are more likely to follow procedures if they have a voice in planning. Finally, the JSA process causes employees to think about safety and how it relates to their jobs. 

There clearly is a need for an agency to research, define, document and then educate effective accident prevention procedures. In Ontario the additional step of widely and aggressively publicizing this agency through the media was also taken. 

The processes by which this admirable relationship are effected are as follows. When a particular part of the construction industry has concern for its accident experience it will, through associations or ad hoc groups using the Construction Safety Association of Ontario as secretariat, define and document their concern. The results of such practically orientated research form the substance of briefs to the Department of Labour by which informed legislation is developed. At the same time, the results of such research automatically become part of the curriculum of the Construction Safety Association of Ontario in its educational efforts with the entire construction force. It is encouraging that such ad hoc groups are not stimulated alone by penalties, but by a sincere desire for self-improvement in, or achievement of, better accident prevention procedures. 

The accident reporting procedure should be more than reporting of equipment damage for insurance purposes. The report should show appropriate action taken to prevent a recurrence. 

Hazard identification, step one, means identification of new chemicals or other factors that may cause harmful health effects. Previously, novel hazards were usually observed in case studies or after accidents or other excessive exposures, usually in occupational environments. Today, thorough toxicity studies are required on all pesticides, food additives, and drugs. New chemicals also have to be studied for their potential toxic effects. Thus, earlier hazards were in most cases identified after they had caused harmful effects in humans. Today, most chemical products have been evaluated for their toxicity with experimental animals. Therefore, hazard identification has become a preventive procedure based on safety studies conducted before a chemical compound or product reaches the market, and before individuals are exposed to it. ... 

Accident investigation Procedures - to e aluatc any EHS accidents that occur, with the focus on prevention of a recurrence... 

For the most part, future trends will be found in liazard accident prevention, not liazard analysis. To help promote liazard accident prevention, companies should start employee-training programs. These programs should be designed to alert staff and employees about tlie liazards tliey are exposed to on tlie job. Training should also cover company safety policies and tlie proper procedures to follow in case an accident does occur. A major avenue to reducing risk will involve source reduction of hazardous materials. Risk education and communication are two other areas tliat will need iniprovemcnt. 

When you are dealing with sites where agents have been applied, personnel safety and your is your highest priority. Special clothing, respiratory protection, sample collection and analyses procedures and decontamination procedures are all required before one begins characterization and any site work. The possibility of accidental exposure and accident prevention has to be continually considered. 

Obeying safety procedures is the first line of defense in accident prevention. 

In former years, many efforts to promote safe practices consisted almost entirely of a campaign that alerted employees to the hazards in their workplace and urged them to work safely. The modem concept is that hazards that cannot be eliminated should be controlled, first by design and then by procedural means. Procedural means consist in relying on employees to perform tasks properly and safely. Use of procedures is a less desirable means of accident prevention than is good design but because all hazards cannot be eliminated by design companies rely on the safe practices of their workers. To ensure safe work practices by their employees, companies must have an effective safety promotion plan. 

It is important that the EP includes, in order to prevent severe accidents, the procedures based on the analysis of the plant states (s5Tnptom oriented) as well as the more traditional ones based on the analysis of specific accident sequences (event oriented). In the symptom-based approach, operator actions result from the monitoring of... 

Identify the areas of the current vehicle accident prevention program in most need of improvement, and develop effective strategies, training, and/or procedures to address these needs. 

Description Worn, failed or incorrectly adjusted components can cause or contribute to accidents. Preventive maintenance and periodic inspection procedures help to prevent failures from occurring while the vehicle is being operated. Such procedures also reduce reliance on the driver, who may have limited skill and knowledge for detecting vehicle deficiencies. 

Evaluate senior leader commitment by determining time and resources allocated to hazard control efforts. Determine which policies and procedures enhanced hazard control effectiveness. Conduct evaluations to determine how well interfacing staff functions support hazard control efforts and accident prevention initiatives. Review submitted cost-benefit analysis reports to determine accuracy... 

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