Employee involvement

Training of each employee involved in the operating proeess is complete. ... 

Combining the practice of preventive maintenance and total quality control and total employee involvement results in an innovative system for equipment maintenance that optimizes effectiveness, eliminates breakdowns, and promotes autonomous operator maintenance through day-to-day activities. This concept known as Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) was conceived by Seiichi Nakajima and is well-documented in his book Introduction of TPM and is highly recommended reading for all involved in the maintenance area. 

HAZWOPER, related DOE, and the Army Corps of Engineers rules and requirements stipulate that employees involved in any of the following activities who have a reasonable possibility of exposure to hazardous substances or health hazards at specified levels (see 1910.120 [f [2]) should be included in a medical surveillance program ... 

Refresher training at least every three years, to each employee involved in operating a process to assure understanding and adherence to current operating procedures. 

Documentation records that each employee involved in operating a procc.s.s has received and understood the training required by this paragraph. The employer prepares a record which coniams the identity of the employee, the date of training, and the means used to verify that the employee undeisuiod the training. 

Where PSM is being extended to cover additional functions at a plant with installed PSM systems, the extension can be done at minimum cost. In such cases several staff-months of effort should suffice. If you apply PSM to an activity or location without existing PSM programs, the effort is greater. For example, installation of PSM at a terminal operation would require adaptation of existing systems to the nature and scope of the terminal operation, training of personnel, and roll-out of programs. The effort per employee involved in this will be similar to the effort involved in each plant s PSM roll-out. 

Cultural differences may have a strong influence on the approach you apply to PSM system design and to installation of the systems. In some countries (e.g., Japan) it is expected that the design process will be a participatory one, and attempts to simply install a system that had been designed elsewhere would be doomed to failure. In other countries (e.g., India), the norm is highly directive management within plants, and attempts at employee involvement in system design would be unlikely to work. 

The treatment for most of these attitudes is the developement of an effective loss prevention team culture within the company, (i.e., led by senior management, with employee involvement), that demostrates the mutual benefits of an accident free environment. 

All employees involved in hazardous material operations require HAZWOPER training. It is also required for employees who are involved in some level of response to plant emergencies involving hazardous substances. There are five levels of responders who must be trained ... 

Procedures exist but the employees involved had no knowledge of them... 

The number of professional chemists directly employed is estimated to be 40%-60% of all employed chemists. The number of chemical industrial employees involved with synthetic... 

Verify that employees involved for equipment operation, maintenance, calibration, and cleaning have received adequate training. 

Staff benefits should be designed into the QMS. An outline of expected benefits should be presented to staff to gain their support of the system initiative. Accomplishments should be advertised and rewarded. Establishing well-defined processes empowers employee involvement, participation, and contribution to the organization. It reinforces a culture of quality throughout the organization, and provides a conduit for their contribution. 

Cook et al. (1980) observed three cancer deaths (1.6 expected) among 61 male employees involved in an accident at a trichlorophenol-producing plant in Michigan and followed up to the end of 1978. One death was reported to be from a fibrosarcoma. 

Decide what precautions are needed. These precautions may include building or retrofitting a facility, investing in engineering solutions, developing specific training, or providing medical surveillance for employees involved in the work, etc. 

Employees involved in maintaining the ongoing integrity of process equipment must be trained in an overview of the chemical process and its hazards. Employees must be also trained in the procedures applicable to the employees job tasks, such as the safe work practices discussed above. 

Employees involved in operating a process and maintenance and contract employees whose job tasks will be affected by a change in the process shall be informed of and trained in, the change prior to startup of the process or affected part of the process. 

Data posted and followed where needed. Additional standards have been promulgated, reviewed with employees involved and posted... 

Training. The proposal requires training for employees involved in covered processes. Initial training requires all employees currently involved in each process, and all employees newly assigned, be trained in an overview of the process and its operating procedures. 

TRAININC, DRILLS, AND EVALUATION Emergency response most be documented and records retained review Evacuation drill Initial and annual refresher training for employees involved in emergency response varies with roles-All employees trained in Emergency Action Plan Initially and with every chunge to plan. Training In MSDS Information ... 

Renal Effects. An elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level was observed in an employee involved with mixing DNOC, refilling sprayer tanks with DNOC, and occasionally spraying DNOC for S weeks (Pollard and Filbee 1951). The patient s clinical history suggested that exposure was probably a combination of inhalation and dermal. 

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