Prevention program incident investigation

Prevention program safety information hazard review operating procedures training maintenance incident investigation compliance audit. 

On the other hand, there are a number of elements of fire prevention that overlap with elements of other programs. For example. Incident Investigation, Management of Change (MOC), Process Safety Information (PSI), and Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) input required for fire prevention can be derived from these same elements of the Process Safety Management (PSM) program. 

Most facilities already have an established Incident Investigation Program as part of the Process Safety Management program. These existing Incident Investigation Programs should incorporate fire prevention requirements. 

Incident Investigation, Analysis, and Costs is the title of a chapter in the 12th edition of the National Safety Council s Accident Prevention Manual Administration Programs. 

Case 3. Employee participation at a farm machinery manufactnrer of 675 employees includes active membership on several committees and subcommittees. Members change on a voluntary, rotational basis. Committees conduct routine plant-wide inspections and incident investigations. Employees also are involved in conducting training on a variety of safety and health topics. Maintenance employees are revising the preventive maintenance program. 

Recommended preventive actions should make it very difficult, if not impossible, for the incident to recur. The investigative report should list all the ways to foolproof the condition or activity. Considerations of cost or engineering should not enter in at this stage. The primary purpose of incident investigations is to prevent future occurrences. Beyond this immediate purpose, the information obtained through the investigation should be used to update and revise the inventory of hazards, and/or the program for hazard prevention and control. For example, the Job Safety Analysis should be revised and employees retrained to the extent that it fully refiects the recommendations made by an incident report. Implications from the root causes of the accident need to be analyzed for their impact on all other operations and procedures [6]. 

To learn from incidents and help prevent similar incidents, your SEMS program must establish procedures for investigation of all incidents with serious safety or environmental consequences and require investigation of incidents that are determined by facility management or BSEE to have possessed the potential for serious safety or environmental consequences. 

If an organization is truly interested in preventing injuries, eliminating damage to property or product, and reducing costs, a focus must be placed on the prevention of day- to-day incidents. Incidents are precursors to injuries. Many hundreds of incidents will occur before an injury takes place. Today s close call could be tomorrow s fatality. Unfortunately, many safety programs do not include an element that places a focus on incident investigation. 

Implement a program to define and record information on reactive incidents that OSHA investigates or requires to be investigated under OSHA regulations. Structure the collected information so that it can be used to measure progress in the prevention of reactive incidents that give rise to catastrophic releases. 

At the conclusion of each test run, the interior surfaces of the reactor will be visually inspected and samples of residue, if present, will be collected and characterized. A detailed preventive maintenance program will be developed to minimize the possibility of incidents during the cleanup of accumulated precipitates. Materials of construction will be investigated for alkaline and acid resistance. The rate of buildup of potentially energetic by-product salts will be assessed. The type and frequency of maintenance will be determined. 

Establish a safety management system to investigate each injury or illness, analyze the facts of the incident to determine the root cause, and apply that knowledge by taking actions and developing programs to prevent injuries and illnesses. Periodically review all of the incidents... 

Accident investigation is an effective part of a program that provides for investigation of accidents and near-miss incidents, so that their causes, and the means for their prevention, are identified. All loss-producing accidents and near-misses are investigated for root causes by teams or individuals that include trained safety personnel and employees. 

By investigating the various methods and equipment used in system safety applications, the book covers myriad accident/incident prevention techniques, and supplies the illustrations and tools that allow readers to begin to develop and build a safety and health program in their workplace. The author draws on his more than 30 years of experience to supply a template for the development of an effective safety and health program. 

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