Safety and health professional

Promote participation by workers, managers, and health and safety professionals [1]... 

It is eustomary, but not required, for the SSHO to be a health and safety professional. Depending on the nature of the hazards and aetivi-ties, the SSHO may be a safety professional, industrial hygienist, health physieist, engineer, health and safety teehnieian, or even a worker with suflfieient and appropriate experienee and training to fulfill the established responsibilities of the SSHO (e.g., to reeognize and eontrol hazards) [3]. 

An outline of the medieal surveillanee program, as approved by the oeeupational health staff, should be ineorporated in, or appended to, the site-speeifie safety plan. Modifieations to the program should be based on the professional judgment of the oeeupational health physieian, in eonsultation with the health and safety professionals, and on the hazards of the speeifie worksite. 

The SSHO should on an annual basis in cooperation with the occupational medical physician and the health and safety professional conduct the following ... 

If health and safety professionals were able to plaee every worker in a proteetive bubble where the atmosphere was eontrolled and no injury or illness eould befall the worker, this would make the world a safer plaee. 

Send completed contractor/subcontractor prequalification forms for approval to designated location health and safety professional and QA/QC officers... 

Establish the criteria for training the contractor/subcontractor. Review the completed contractor/subcontractor prequalification forms and provide an evaluation of the contractor/subcontractor s ability to meet the host organization s health and safety policies and procedures. Contractors/subcontractors must demonstrate their ability to meet established criteria, to the satisfaction of the health and safety professional, in order to be considered for prequalification. 

All prequalifications for health and safety work must be approved by an assigned health and safety professional. A rating system will be assigned to all contractors regardless of work conditions. The rating system is as follows ... 

Subcontractor may be used in support zone or nonhazardous site activities. Eor limited activities at a hazardous waste site, the scope of work must be reviewed with the health and safety professional before work is started (examples landscape service, electricians, software development, training, etc.). The subcontractor must meet the following minimum requirements ... 

NOTE Contractors unable to meet host organization requirements for accident rates or experience modification rates may submit a written safety enhancement program designed to bring project performance in line with host organization requirements which will be implemented for all work done for the host organization. If approved by the host organization health and safety professional, the safety enhancement plan will become part of the contractor s job-specific safety plan and the contractor may be approved. 

Therefore, if the desired indoor air quality goals are clearly defined, they will benefit the designers, health and safety professionals, manufacturers of control technology equipment, end users, and other experts who are responsible for maintaining a safe and healthy indoor climate. In conclusion, introduction of the target level process for industrial air quality will benefit both the health sector and the production sector. 

McCallum, D.B., and S.L. Santos. 1996. Participation and persuasion A communications perspective on risk management. Pp 16.1-16.32 in Risk Assessment and Management Handbook For Environmental, Health, and Safety Professionals, R.V. Kolluru, S.M. Bartell, R.M. Pitblado, and R.S. Stricoff, eds. New York McGraw Hill. 

A4.2.2.2 When writing the SDS, information should be presented in a consistent and complete form, with the workplace audience firmly in mind. However, it should be considered that all or part of the SDS can be used to inform workers, employers, health and safety professionals, emergency personnel, relevant government agencies, as well as members of the community. 

A4.3.11.1 This section is used primarily by medical professionals, occupational health and safety professionals and toxicologists. A concise but complete and comprehensible description of the various toxicological (health) effects, and the available data used to identify those effects, should be provided. Under GHS classification, the relevant hazards, for which data should be provided, are ... 

Occupational exposure limits (OELs) provide health and safety professionals an important tool for protecting worker health. OELs provide health and safety guidance to chemical users, inform workers of potential adverse effects of chemical exposure, and provide a scientific basis for evaluating whether existing environmental exposure controls are adequate. 

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. 

Six Steps to a New Source of Critical Data. When implementing the TCA methodology, a company needs to first assemble a team that has the ability to assess the types of costs shown in Table 6.8. This might include a health and safety professional to help with the cost of a potential accident, a brand marketing specialist... 

The EPA controls the disposal of nonradioactive hazardous wastes. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) states that disposal of materials classifiable within any of the nine UN hazardous materials classes is enforced in such a way that health and safety professionals involved in the disposal of such materials are personally liable for each individual violation. 

The Act regulates workplace safety at the Federal level. Responsibilities under the Act are distributed between the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services. The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health was created to coca dinate activities between the 2 departments. The 12 members of this committee represent employees, employers, the public, and health and safety professionals. A 3-member Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, comprised of presidential appointees, is empowered to settle disputes arising from enforcement of the Act. 

A multi-disciplinary hazard analysis team comprised of line management, health and safety professionals, and workers can effectively tailor the controls applied to the work at the facility and site level. 

It takes health and safety professionals to do root root cause analysis. 

Agree if the wording were it takes trained professionals we do not believe that only health and safety professionals can have this skill—for example, there are engineers who would not consider themselves H S professionals but who by training and experience possess this knowledge and skill. 

Sound Vibration Instruments and Services for the Health and Safety Professional... 

Supporting a robust system to train health and safety professionals, and to sustain trainers. 

Originally, the principal audience for MSDSs comprised health and safety professionals (who are responsible for formulating safe workplace practices), medical personnel (who direct medical surveillance programs and treat exposed workers), and emergency responders (e.g., fire department personnel). With the promulgation of federal laws such as the Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) and the OSHA Laboratory Standard (29 CFR 1910.1450), the audience for MSDSs has been expanded to include laboratory workers in industrial and academic laboratories. However, not all MSDSs are written to meet the requirements of this new audience effectively. 

AIHA serves the needs of occupational and environmental health and safety professionals who practice industrial hygiene in industry, government, labor, academic institutions, and independent organizations. 

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