Hazards safe operating procedure

All employees, working with highly hazardous chemicals must understand the safety and health hazards (29CFR1910.1200 - the Hazard Communication Standard) by knowing the properties of the chemicals with which they work, safe operating procedures, work practices, and emergency action. 

The requirement for a safe operating procedure is restated here because HF and fluorine are indeed very hazardous.13... 

Safe operating procedures were not required for opening lines in hazardous service. 

Operating a chain saw can be hazardous. However, potential injuries can be minimized by using proper personal protective equipment and common-sense, safe operating procedures. 

Accident prevention techniques, such as job hazard analysis, safe operating procedures, and job safety observations, have their application to specific jobs within the workplace. In general, they aim to address and identify existing or potential work-related hazards. These types of accident prevention techniques are emphasized in this book. Most books addressing accident prevention techniques usually emphasize specific job hazards and their prevention, such as fire safety and machine guarding. This particular book places only minor emphasis on specific job hazards. 

Protective equipment (e.g., eye protection, temporary barriers, clothing and/or gloves, respirators, etc.) is recommended, for example, only if the hazard analysis indicated a need, or if the Safe Operating Procedure (SOP) requires periods of beam access such as during setup or infrequent maintenance activities. Temporary protective measures for service can be handled in a manner similar to the service of any embedded Class IV laser. 

Have you been given adequate training on hazards, risks, and safe operating procedures ... 

B) Employee members of TSD facility emergency response organizations shall be trained to a level of competence in the recognition of health and safety hazards to protect themselves and other employees. This would include training in the methods used to minimize the risk from safety and health hazards in the safe use of control equipment in the selection and use of appropriate personal protective equipment in the safe operating procedures to be used at the incident scene in the techniques of coordination with other employees to minimize risks in the appropriate response to over exposure from health hazards or injury to themselves and other employees and in the recognition of subsequent symptoms which may result from over exposures. 

Safety audlts/lnspectlons of the jobsite will be conducted, usually on a monthly basis, when conditions change, or when a new process or procedure is implemented. The inspections are to Identify and correct potential safety and health hazards. A standard site evaluation worksheet (see examples In Figure 7.5 and Appendix D) will be used to conduct these jobsite safety inspections. Safe operating procedures will be used to determine the effectiveness of safety and health precautions. These audlts/lnspectlons are to be used to improve jobsite safety and health. 

This is a process used to check how effective your safe operating procedures are and if there is a need to make changes to control the hazards of the job. Before the start of any task or operation, the designated competent or company authorized person should evaluate the task or operation to identify potential hazards and to determine the necessary controls. This assessment should focus on actual worksite conditions or procedures, which differ from, were not anticipated, or were not related to other hazard analyses. In addition, the competent person shall ensure that each employee involved in the task or operation is aware of the hazards related to the task or operation and of the measures or procedures to use for protection. Note that the job safety assessment is not intended to be a formal, documented analysis, but instead is more of a quick check of actual site conditions and a review of planned procedures and precautions. 

Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs) or Standard Operating Procedures should include safety as a part of the standard operating practices which are delineated within it. Workers may not automatically understand a taskjust because they have experience or training. Thus, many jobs, tasks, and operations are best supported by an SOP. The SOP walks the worker through the steps of how to do a task or procedure in a safe manner and calls attention to the potential hazards at each step. 

Develop procedures and training. Incorporate special procedures and special training to guide personnel in safe operations. Procedures may include the use of PPE. For hazards assigned catastrophic or critical mishap severity, avoid using this step as the only risk reduction method. 

List recommended safe operating procedures on the form, and also list required or recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) for each step of the job. Be specific say exactly what needs to be done to correct the hazard. If the hazard is a serious one, it should be corrected immediately. The JSA should then be changed to reflect the new condition. ... 

Technology process safety information, process hazard analysis, operating procedures, safe work practices, and management of change... 

The technique can be applied toward any safe operating procedure, or design hazard control. 

AH volatile organic solvents are toxic to some degree. Excessive vapor inhalation of the volatile chloriaated solveats, and the central nervous system depression that results, is the greatest hazard for iadustrial use of these solvents. Proper protective equipment and operating procedures permit safe use of solvents such as methylene chloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene ia both cold and hot metal-cleaning operations. The toxicity of a solvent cannot be predicted from its chlorine content or chemical stmcture. For example, 1,1,1-trichloroethane is one of the least toxic metal-cleaning solvents and has a recommended threshold limit value (TLV) of 350 ppm. However, the 1,1,2-trichloroethane isomer is one of the more toxic chloriaated hydrocarboas, with a TLV of only 10 ppm. 

The standard operating procedures demand great attention as they reflect personnel safety issues, safe operating limits and quality considerations. They should be written simply and clearly. The level of detail is determined by the training and experience of the operations staff but should also take into account the hazards inherent in the process. 

D. Task-specific hazard analyses must lead to the development of written standard operating procedures (SOPs) that specify the controls necessary to safely perform each task. Detailed hazard analyses conducted for each site task and operation provide the basis for developing SOPs to protect employees from safety and health hazards. Written SOPs provide a mechanism for informing employees of procedures that ensure their safety and for enabling management to enforce hazard control procedures. 

More inclusive is Table 3.3.1 -3 which is appropriate at depth into the analysis. The major headings in this table address major hazardous subject areas,. iccideni mitigation, protection and repair. I or example, under the first major heading, "Storage of Raw Materials, Products, Intermediates," listed are confinement measures, release nicclumi.sms (valves), procedures for safe operation and limitations that must be observed for safety. 

Process Safety Information Process Hazard Analysis Management of Change Operating Procedures Safe Work Practices Training... 

Procedural controls, process controls, 98-99 Process controls, 96-100 active controls, 98 inherently safer approach, 97 mitigation techniques, 99 passive controls, 97-98 procedural controls, 98-99 safe operating limits, 99-100 Process definition, documentation, 102-104 Process design, documentation, 105 Process hazard analysis (PHA) risk assessment, 92-93 screening methods, 63 Process risk management decisions, documentation, 105-106... 

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