Management practices documentation

Significant experiences (both positive and negative) documented or communicated so that potentially affected operations could make changes to management practices or the conduct of operations, eliminating the hazard or helping with control of the hazard... 

Safety and environmental policies need to be established and approved by executive management. Practices for implementing the policy need to be established, documented, implemented, and evaluated for continued suitability and effectiveness. These practices have to be planned, organized, and controlled so that they achieve their purpose. 

Management Practice 7, Design Documentation, which emphasizes the need to develop and retain process description, chemistry, and reaction data. ... 

Validation plans are not required by any of the predicated regulations but are considered a key project management practice. Validation plans are an essential document for the overall management of projects, and are crucial for the success of the projects. 

During late 1994, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published a public document (PD-1) relative to the use of triazine herbicides by American farmers. In doing so, they placed atrazine and simazine in Special Review. USEPA s PD-1 triggered a benefits study of unprecedented proportions on the following issues benefits of atrazine and simazine use economic and biological impact of the loss of these products feasibility and efficacy of alternatives environmental benefits associated with atrazine and simazine use best management practices and comparative performance of alternatives. 

RADWASS has been organized in a hierarchical structure of four levels of safety documents. The top-level publication is a document of safety fundamentals which provides the basic safety objectives and fundamental principles to be followed in national waste management programmes. The lower levels include safety standards, safety guides, and safety practice documents. The series has been structured in a logical and clear manner to reflect the systems approach to waste management. 

Implement management practices through a series of systems, codes, policies and guidance documents to assist companies to achieve better performance. 

Even before these regulations existed, groups sudi as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), the Institution of Chmiical Engineers (IChE), the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA), and the American Petroleum Institute (API) all promoted written procedures as a sound management practice. This practice, if firmly held, can lead to improved plant safety and product quality. Table 1-1 lists some organizations and documents that recommend or require procedmes. 

Another industry initiative, the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) Responsible Care Process Safety Code of Management Practices, refers to operating procedures by noting the need for "current, complete documentation of process design, operating parameters, and procedures" (emphasis added). 

We invite everyone to share their experiences by submitting exemplary chemical management practices or lessons learned via our Web Site Feedback page at http //www.eh.doe.gov/web/chem safety/. In addition, beneficial comments on this Handbook (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data that may improve this document should be sent to Director, DOE Office of Worker Health and Safety (EH-5), U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 20585, by letter or by sending the self-addressed Document Improvement Proposal Form (DOE F 1300.3), available at http //www.explorer.doe.gov 1776/pdfs/forms/1300-3.pdf... 

It is not hard to find this legislative lexicon of safety - the legalese -on construction sites, often within safety documentation and induction materials. The safe systems of work and working environment found in Clauses 2(a) and 2(d) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, respectively can be easily found throughout our safety documentation. They are often either associated with general management practices or focused on specific work tasks such as falls/ fall prevention or excavations, where guidance often makes explicit reference to a safe system of work. ... 

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