Incident Safety Officer

Incident Safety Officer The incident safety officer is a position mandated by Occupational Safety and Health laws. He/she is attached to the incident commander, and should be the person with the most knowledge about the various safety aspects at a hazardous materials scene. As provided under OSHA law, the incident safety officer has the power and authority to alter, suspend, or terminate the operation when, in his/her opinion, the conditions are unsafe. 

The relative rarity of dust and powder ignitions makes them a unique sort of industrial safety threat. Because their occurrence is not routine, operating personnel eventually relax their guard, and too often this sort of behavior leads to dangerous incidents. The evidence that dust explosions are almost unknown within fluidized beds is an especially challenging problem for the safety officer, who must encourage vigilance even when no one remembers the last electrostatic incident. 

Strength Habitability surveys conducted at CP (command post) upon arrival of Haz-Mat team. EPA conducted surveys at CP upon their arrival. SRS (Savannah River Site) and Richmond County Haz-Mat resources arrived on scene within a timely manner and were designated by FDIC (Fire Department Incident Commander) to be responsible for Haz-Mat operations. Haz-Mat personnel assisted in CP location determination. EPA utilized Coast Guard Gulf Coast Strike Team to provide monitoring and on scene response. By comparing consist (a list of all the cars in the train which describes their position in the train, type, contents, destination, etc.) to entry team visual inspection, chemicals involved were accurately identified. Written response plan and safety procedures implemented for Haz-Mat operations. Briefings provided to Haz-Mat responders by Safety Officer on entry considerations maps were covered for responders unfamiliar with the area. 

Improvement Item Habitability surveys were not conducted initially at Command Post or Forward Operations. Safety Officer was not initially assigned for the incident, however one was appointed when Command Post (CP) relocated to Kmart parking lot. 

Assign Safety Officer and Sector Officers Incident Commander... 

The captain of the company assigned to RIT shall function as RIT Sector Operations. He or she will coordinate directly with the OIC and Safety Officer on all RIT operations. The captain will direct all operations related to a rapid intervention response, including deployment of teams, allocation of resources for RIT, monitoring of incident times, requests for additional RIT resources or companies, and coordination with firefighting operations. 

The practical experiences in process control rooms mentioned earlier clearly point at biases in describing and classifying incidents the pilot studies mentioned in Chapter 2, the survey to be presented in Chapter 7, and also the Exxon case in Chapter 8 all show a tendency on the part of safety officers to concentrate on clearly visible S-B elements of task performance (e.g. pressing the wrong button) rather than on less obvious R-B errors (e.g. planning), let alone on the mainly cognitive, internal activities involved in K-B behaviour. 

MIRADCOM Safety Office. The safety office contains profes-sional safety engineers with considerable experience in dealing with hazardous operations. They maintain up to date knowledge and information on safety equipment and procedures. Files are kept on all accidents and incidents. They review and approve all standard operating procedures and serve as a source of advice and information on all safety matters. 

A streamlined organizational chart that is consistent with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), which includes nine key positions incident commander public information officer safety officer liaison officer section chiefs for operations, fi-nance/administration, planning, and logistics and a medical/technical specialist. 

Mr. Ellison is president of Cerberus Associates, Inc. and as a private consultant, has responded to both transportation and fixed facility hazardous material incidents throughout the state of Michigan. He has acted as incident commander, safety officer, and response specialist at scenes involving chemical fires, water reactive materials, and shock sensitive materials. He has provided chemical and biological counterterrorism training to members of hazardous materials (HazMat) teams, police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, and Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) teams. 

Accidents. Any incidents involving radioactive sources should be reported to the unit s radiation safety officer (RSO). They should inform the license manager the incidents. 

NFPA 472, Chapter 10 4.2.6 Safety officer (also known as Hazardous Materials Branch Safety Officer in NFPA) must demonstrate competencies including, but not limited to the ability to Determine the magnitude of the safety problems involved in the incident. Identify the safety considerations for the response plan. Monitor the safety of persoimel involved in the response. Evaluate the progress of the plan implementation as to deviations from safety considerations. Upon incident termination, provide reports, debriefings, and critique of safety. 

An individual that is charged with monitoring and assessing safety hazards or unsafe conditions, and developing and advising measures to prevent an incident from occurring. They may also be called Safety Officers. See also Loss Prevention Engineer (LPE). 

Command staff— An incident command component that consists of the following functions public information officer, safety officer, liaison officer, and other positions as required, which report directly to the incident commander. 

For a small incident, the individual in charge of the ICS may perform many tasks of the ICS. There may not be any, or little, delegation of tasks to subordinates. For example, in response to a small incident, the individual in charge of the ICS, in addition to normal command activities, may become the safety officer and may designate only one employee (with proper equipment) as a back-up to provide assistance if needed. OSHA does recommend, however, that at least two employees be designated as back-up personnel since the assistance needed may include rescue. 

The first responding senior officer would implement and take command of the ICS. That person would size-up the incident and determine if additional jjersonnel and apparatus were necessary would determine what actions to take to control the leak and, determine the proper level of personal protective equipment. If additional assistance is not needed, the individual in charge of the ICS would implement actions to stop and control the leak using the fewest number of personnel that can effectively accomplish the tasks. The individual in charge of the ICS then would designate himself as the safety officer and two other employees as a back-up in case rescue may become necessary. In this scenario, decontamination procedures would not be necessary. 

Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) in the area where the incident occurred.)... 

Accidents that result in personnel injuries or equipment damage must be reported to the safety office (x2222) immediately. This form must be submitted to safety within 24 h of the reported incident. Attach additional sheets if more space is required. 

Please complete this report and submit it to the Safety Officer within 24 hours of the incident. Report used fire extinguishers to the Building Manager immediately. 

Overruling considerations include an incident changes in technology or in the focility. Legal foctors can enforce change. Also the e qierienced gut reaction of the Safety Officer and others can be an inqx>rtant foctor. 

PEAT is a structured, cognitively based analytic tool designed to help airline safety officers investigate and analyse serious incidents involving flight-crew procedural deviations. 

One of the two individuals located outside the IDLH atmosphere may be assigned to an additional role, such as incident commander in charge of the emergency or safety officer, so long as this individual is able to perform assistance or rescue activities without jeopardizing the safety or health of any firefighter working at the incident. 

Requirements for notification and appropriate marking of any site containing large quantities of dangerous substances. Principally aimed at the safety of fire officers attending incidents. 

This report is by Battelle Columbus Division to the Line Pipe Research Supervisory Committee of the American Gas Association. It presents an analysis of statistical data obtained from reports of lea)c or rupture (service) incidents and test failures in natural gas transmission and gathering lines over the 14.5 year period from 1970 through June, 1984. All gas transmission companies were required to notify the Office of Pipeline Safety Operations in the event of a "reportable" incident, as defined by the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of the study is to organize the reportable incident data into a meaningful format from which the safety record of the industry can be assessed. 

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