Hazards safety management

Like everyone, boomers rely on their eyes as their primary means of experiencing the world — and making a living. Clear vision also plays a vital role in helping to keep individuals out of harm s way among workplace hazards. Safety managers need to know how to protect workers as they experience reduced visual capacity. 

Focus of ZIO, which is on reducing hazards, the risks that derive from hazards, safety management systems and process deficiencies, and on identifying opportunities for improvement. 

A risk assessment matrix is a useful tool to identify the level of risk and the levels of management approval required for any Risk Management Plan. There are various forms of this matrix, but they aU have a common objective to define the potential consequences or severity of the hazard versus the probability or likelihood of the hazard (Safety Management System Toolkit, 2007). 

Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals... 

Health and Safety Code, Chap. 6.95, Art. 2, Hazardous Materials Management, State of California, Sacramento, Calif., 1986 Sect. 25531, RJsk Management and Prevention Program, 1987. 

Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Tide 29, Subtitie B, Chapt. XVII, Part 1910, Subpart H, Paragraph 119, of the Code ofFederal Regulations (29 CER 1910.119), FederalRegisterhl >()) 6403, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Feb. 24, 1992). 

Government regulations reqmre hazard and risk analysis as part of process safety management (PSM) programs. These are part of the process safety programs of many chemical process facilities. 

Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) (Dowell, 1994, pp. 30-34.) The OSHA rule for Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Toxic Hazardous Chemicals, 29 CFR 1910.119, part (e), reqmres an initial PHA and an update every five years for processes that handle listed chemicals or contain over 10,000 lb (4356 kg) of flammable material. The PHA must be done by a team, must include employees such as operators and mechanics, and must have at least one person skilled in the methodology employed. Suggested methodologies from Process Safety Management are listed in Table 26-1. 

TABLE 26-1 Process Hazard Analysis Methods Listed in the OSHA Process Safety Management Rule... 

Drake, E. M. and C. W. Thurston. 1992. A Safety Evaluation Eramework for Process Hazards Management in Chemical Eacilities with PES-Based Controls. Process Safety Management Paper 73d. AlChL 1992 Summer National Meeting, August 1992, Minneapolis, MN. 

Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119... 

Process Safety Management (PSM) A program or activity involving the application of management principles and analytical techniques to ensure the safety of chemical process facilities. Sometimes called process hazard management. Each principle is often termed an element or component of process safety. 

Cheremismoff, P.N., and Graffia, M. (1995) Safety Management Practices for Hazardous Materials, Marcel Dekker, New York. 

Implementing an inherent safety review process is one mechanism companies can use to institutionalize inherent safety. The review process should integrate well with company systems for process safety management, new product development, and project execution. Safety, health, and environmental considerations in the new product or process development effort can be strengthened via the introduction of the inherent safety review. Companies may also build inherently safer design concepts into their existing process safety management system and process hazard reviews. 

Qccupational Safety and Health Administration (QSHA) (1992). 29 CFR Part 1910. Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Explosives and Blasting Agents Final Rule. Federal Register 57, 36 (February 24), 6356-417. 

Hazards Ahead Managing Cleanup Worker Health and Safety at the Nuclear Weapons Complex. U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment. Washington, DC U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993, pp. 3, 13. 

Included in OSH As JHA Booklet, 3071, is a good description of a process hazard analysis (PHA) [1]. This is being used in the Process Safety Management (PSM) program (29 CER 1910.119) to understand how hazards exist. There are some good methods listed in the manual that can be used to conduct a JHA. As you review each method you can determine which one may be useful for your operation. The typical method chosen is the checklist. 

A question often asked when dealing with hazardous materials is whether a eertain site is eompliant with the Proeess Safety Management Guidelines as well as HAZWOPER guidelines. In order to answer this question, we have modified a Department of Labor doeument and ineluded it below. Should the reader desire more information on this subjeet, refer to the OSHA web page for the following publieation U.S. Department of Labor Oeeupational Safety and Health Administration 1994. 

The various lines of defense that have been ineorporated into the design and operation of the proeess to prevent or mitigate the release of hazardous ehemieals need to be evaluated and strengthened to ensure their effeetiveness at eaeh level. Proeess safety management is the proaetive identifieation, evaluation and mitigation, or prevention of ehemieal... 

To eontrol these types of hazards, employers need to develop the neeessary expertise, experienee, judgement, and initiative within their workforee to properly implement and maintain an effeetive proeess safety management program as envisioned in the Oeeupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard. 

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