Associate Safety Professional

ASP Abbreviation for Associate Safety Professional, a designation devised by the American Society of Safety Engineers. 

BCSP is an examination and certifying body. Candidates who pass a Safety Fundamentals Examination receive the Associate Safety Professional (ASP) title those who pass the Comprehensive Practice Examination receive the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) title. Also, BCSP gives specialty examinations in subjects such as system safety and ergonomics. 

Associate Safety Professional—Designation given to someone who has successfully completed the first half of the examination processes for CSP. 

ASP (Associate Safety Professional ) See CSP above See CSP above X (CSP fundamentals) X ( Temporary designation - must continue on to CSP within certain timeframe) X (Application and renewal fee) www.bcsp. org... 

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Associate Safety Professional... 

The industrial hygienist or safety professional must interpret the physical and toxicological properties to determine the hazards associated with a chemical. These properties are also used to develop a strategy for the proper control and handling of these chemicals. 

Such success stories may come from within the organization or from external sources including other companies and even other industries. Professional and trade associations, safety organizations, and some customers or suppliers as well as other business publications and sources can be sources for such information. Many of the same organizations hold meetings that discuss lessons learned (see Section 9.2.2). An organization may want to engage the corporate communications and/or public affairs functions to look for opportunities to publicize the company s successes within and outside the firm as well as look for examples outside of process safety successes. 

Haz-Map is an occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals at work. Haz-Map links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms. Chemicals and biological agents in Haz-Map are linked to industrial processes and other activities such as hobbies. Occupational diseases and their symptoms are associated with hazardous job tasks and possible exposure to hazardous agents. Information from textbooks, journal articles, and electronic databases such as HSDB (described above) is classified and summarized to create this database. 

The lack of a universal reimbursement model for cognitive services provided by pharmacists can serve as a roadblock for initiating documentation however, the opportunity to demonstrate contributions to patient outcomes and safety should serve as a catalyst for pharmacists to document their services provided in all practice settings. While a reimbursement model associated with professional services for the profession may emerge as Medicare Part D is implemented, its description is beyond the scope of this chapter. The reasons why pharmacists should document their patient care activities, along with the specihc information that should be recorded, as well as examples of documentation systems and forms that have been used successfully, are illustrated in this chapter. 

Fewer safety professionals are employed now in most of the major companies with which 1 have had association in the past few years. Nevertheless, the superior performers still maintain a top-quaUty staff, which is a requisite for the accomplishment level defined by the culture. The safety staff is expected to earn recognition and respect and establish their capabilities, thereby being sought by decision makers for their views. They are a part of management and have ready access to senior executives. 

Professional requirements for safety persoimel with regard to education, experience, accomplishment, and executive ability in those organizations whose cultures require superior safety performance have been moved up a few notches in recent years. Model companies expect their safety personnel to maintain professional competency and provide opportunities to do so. Their safety professionals are expected to be active in safety committees of trade associations and in technical societies. Also, they are encouraged to (a) expand their horizons through additional education and (b) increase their knowledge of operations so as to better understand and relate to the organization. 

And, for performance, those companies benchmark with others in similar businesses, formally and informally. They pubhsh and exchange statistics on incident experience. Through their trade associations and professional society meetings and publications, they explore ideas on how safety can be improved. 

Try this experiment. Have your associates assume that a member of the public asks them What is your job What do you do I asked those questions of a group of safety professionals, and the answers were embarrassing. We have not established a common understanding of our practice, nor do we use a common language to define what we do. If we are to be recognized as a profession, we must be able to identify what is unique about it, and its societal purposes. 

The HSE is the body empowered to enforce the health and safety legislation in most factories. Via its local inspectors the HSE gives guidance on safe manufacmring practices, but initial enquiries should be addressed to the relevant trade association or professional body. 

Consult sources of information. Consult an up-to-date LCSS for each chemical involved in the planned experiment. Examine an up-to-date MSDS if an LCSS is not available. In cases where substances with significant or unusual potential hazards are involved, it may also be advisable to consult more detailed references such as Mackison et al. (U.S. DHHS, 1981), Patnaik (1992), Patty s (Clayton and Clayton, 1993), and other sources discussed in section 3.B. Depending on the worker s level of experience and the degree of potential hazard associated with the proposed experiment, it may also be necessary to obtain the assistance of supervisors and safety professionals before proceeding with risk assessment. 

Effective training of machine operators, operator assistants, inspection personnel, and safety professionals is one of the keys to prevention of injury and death. It is often determined that injuries have resulted from the operators or associated personnel being unaware of the hazards associated with machine operations. Inexperienced, untrained workers have no way of knowing how to protect themselves with safeguarding methods and have no knowledge of how to deal with machine or cycle malfunctions. 

Because there are some minor differences from the OSHA rule, the components of those elements are worthy of further explanation. For example, under human Factors are the following components operator-process/ equipment interface, administrative control versus hardware, and human error assessment. Likewise, under enhancement of process safety knowledge are quality control programs and process safety, professional and trade association programs, the Center for Chemical Ih-ocess Safety (US.) program. 

System Safety professionals shall associate only with reputable persons and organizations. 

System Safety professionals shall assure the development of standards, codes, procedures or other similar documentation to enable the public and clients to understand the degree of safety, risk and life expectancy associated with the use and operation of the products and systems for which they are responsible. 

System Safety professionals shall avoid known conflicts of interest with their employers, clients or customers, and promptly inform such persons of any business association, interest, or circumstances which could influence their judgment or the quality of their services. 

System Safety professionals shall assure that representations of academic, experience and professional qualifications are factual for themselves and their associates. They do not misrepresent or exaggerate their degree of responsibility in, or the subject matter of, prior assignments. 

SECTION 6—System Safety Professionals Shall Associate only with Reputable Persons or Organizations. 

System Safety professionals shall not knowingly associate with or permit the use of their name or firm name in business ventures or practices by any person or firm they know, or have reason to believe, is engaged in personal, business, or professional practice of a fraudulent, illegal or dishonest nature. 

A nonprofit organization organized in 1962 that is dedicated to supporting the safety professional in the application of Systems Engineering and Systems Management to the process of hazard, safety, and risk analysis to identify, assess, and control associated hazards while designing or modifying systems, products, or services. 

This method is used to find and rectify potential hazards that are intrinsic to or inherent in a workplace. Normally, people such as the safety professional, supervisor, and worker participate in job safety analysis. The following five steps are associated with JSA [28] ... 

In the practice of occupational safety and health in industry today, the primary concern of any responsible organization is the identification and elimination of hazards that threaten the life or health of employees, as well as those that could cause damage to facilities, property, equipment, products, and/or the environment. When such risk of hazard cannot be totally eliminated, as is often the case, it becomes a fundamental function of the safety professional to provide recommendations to control those hazards in an effort to reduce the associated risk to the lowest acceptable levels. 

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