Equipment hazards

The risk evaluation process defines the equipment, hazards, and events leading to an accident. It detennines the probability tliat an accident will occur. The severity and acceptability of the risk are also evaluated. 

Area or Equipment Hazard Protection Requirement Protection Options Design Specification ... 

Identifyinft process and equipment hazards which could cause serious injuries, explosions, fires, or toxic material releases. These hazards may have been previously unrecognized or they may have been recognized and tolerated but avoided by skilled or experienced employees. 

The process material or equipment hazards, such as toxicity, fl anmability, electrical, and mechanical hazards ... 

Basic workplace safety on 13 OSHA-required training issues. Chemical spills, fire protection, confined spaces, emergency plans, personal protective equipment, hazardous waste, lockout and tagout, safe lifting, housekeeping, labels, chemical handling, hearing protection, and respirators. 

Rational plant design is concerned with safety factors and with the need for minimizing such building and equipment hazards as corrosion, fire, explosion, and personal hazards from fume and poison. Process leaks and spillage hazards, hazards due to poor lighting, and reduction of... 

General safety hazards, such as but not limited to, electrical hazards, powered equipment hazards, motor vehicle hazards, walking- and working-surface hazards, excavation hazards, and hazards associated with working in hot and cold temperature extremes. 

Consequence Potential realistic effects of the deviation. They include major process upsets, damage to equipment, hazardous material release, fires and explosions... 

In other instances, however, this is not possible. For example, the support barrier Machine Integrity may be analysed into more detailed and more concrete measures that affect its quality. Such specific measures are (i) CE marking ii) Equipment hazard identification and risk evaluation and iii) Machinery in good condition. 

The ability of any laboratory to operate in a manner that minimizes risks to personnel and the environment is dependent on laboratory workers who understand and carry out prudent practices for handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals. Training of laboratory personnel in safety and waste management is essential and must be followed up with an appropriate inspection system to ensure that safe practices are fohowed. Safety training must include discussion of chemical hazards, equipment hazards, laboratory safety and environmental systems, and the potential impact of laboratory work on these systems. 

Carefully examine any documentation required by the institution. Such documentation, which should be made readily available, may include experiment plans, training plans and records, chemical and equipment hazard information, operating plans, and an upto-date emergency evacuation plan. An emergency plan should always be prepared for the contingencies of ventilation failure (resulting from power failure, for example) and other emergencies, such as fire or explosion in a chemical fume hood. 

Engineering guidelines produced by Factory Mutual (FM) to help reduce the risk of property loss due to fire, weather, and/or electrical or mechanical equipment failure. They are based on input from loss experience, research results, consensus standards committees, equipment manufacturers, and other interested participants. The subjects covered include construction, sprinklers, water supply, extinguishing equipment, electrical equipment, boilers and industrial heating equipment, hazards, storage, miscellaneous, human factors, systems instrumentation and control, pressure vessels, mechanical, welding, and boiler and machinery. They may also be referred to as FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets. See also Factory Mutual (FM). 

Appendix O Personal Protective Equipment Hazard Assessment Form (Sample)... 

Ensure that you receive training in the use and operation of this equipment 0 Ensure equipment is appropriate for this operation 0 Find information about equipment hazards from manufacturer s guide 0 Ensure aU safety guards are in place and operational 0 If this equipment is powered by electricity, ensure it is UL certified... 

Identify equipment parts that present potential person—equipment hazardous interactions—moving parts, pinch points, doors, lids, heated/cooled parts o Identify any potential sources of X-ray or gamma radiation... 

Identify safety equipment that will contain vapors, gases, aerosols, or particulates generated by the experiment ° Identify methods to prevent person-equipment hazardous interactions... 

Work involving potential arc flashes requires special planning and protection. Work may involve standardized procedures including use of two-person teams. Restrict equipment access to authorized individuals at the room level and the individual equipment level. There should be warning labels on equipment with a potential for an arc flash. There should be lock out and tag out procedures to assure deenergized equipment. Authorized personnel should be trained on the equipment, hazards, controls, tools, personal protective equipment, work planning, and procedures. 

There are many kinds of hazards for materials handling activities and equipment. Some are unique to particular activities, equipment, or kinds of materials. For example, manual materials handling poses dangers that are different from the use of cranes or hoists. Electrical powered equipment has electrical hazards, while other energy sources pose other hazards, such as flammability. Mobile equipment hazards differ from hazards for fixed equipment. For... 

Leaver, G. (1991). Measuring and monitoring containment in bioprocessing equipment. Hazards XI - New Directions in Process Safety, 16-18 April 1991, UMIST, Manchester. IChemE Symposium Series No 124, pp. 349-361, Hemisphere Publishing Corp. 

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