National Safety Council systems

HWeS Hazardous Waste Computer System National Safety Council P.O. Box 11933 Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 621-7619 (312) 527-4800... 

Johnson, W. G. (1980). MORT Safety Assurance Systems. New York National Safety Council and Marcel Dekker. 

HWeS Hazardous Waste Computer System National Safety Council P.O. Box 11933 Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 621-7619 (312) 527 1800 Tracks waste from collection to treatment. Database of 2,600 common chemicals which provides the EPA number for each chemical, DOT ciassincation for hazardous waste transport, and permit information. Templates for all required forms, labels, and notices. 

Before discussing risk assessment techniques, it is worthwhile to review what produces hazards. A recent definition of an accident by W. G. Johnson, former General Manager of the National Safety Council professional staff and author of MORT Safety Assurance Systems, provides an excellent basis for determining what produces hazards. According to Mr. Johnson, the elements involved in an accident are ... 

NFPAfire diamonds, HMIS system, RCRA, DOT, and OSHA. National Safety Council Purchase 595... 

Each employee in a low-temperature plant must be safetyconscious. He must know the procedures to be followed should he detect an unsafe condition emergency procedures must be a part of safety education. Unfortunately, in working closely with a particular system, an individual may overlook a hazardous situation that arises slowly. Accordingly, supervisors must observe operations closely. The National Safety Council suggests the use of a safety observation plan for this purpose.The plan is designed to permit observation of unsafe practices while work is in progress, discussion of these practices, and the enactment of corrective measures before an accident occurs. However, such a plan will work only if all personnel are convinced that it is needed. 

In a form appropriate to the organization in which a safety professional provides counsel, a system of the sort outhned in this National Safety Council pubhcation should result in focusing on actual causal factors and on the development of effective corrective actions. For those who make incident investigations infrequently, a modification of the Guide for Identifying Causal Factors and Corrective Actions would serve as a valuable memory jogger. Such a Guide is included in this chapter. 

Meyer, R. 1977. Explosives. Gebr. Diesbach. Germany Several. 1997. Accident Prevention Manual - for Business Industry, National Safety Council, EUA Illinois US Government. 1999. Pamphlet 385-64 Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards. USA Washington US Government. 2000. MIL-STD-882D Standard Practice for system safety. USA... 

In the late 1960s, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), aware of system safety efforts in the DOD and NASA communities, made the decision to hire William G. Johnson, retired manager of the National Safety Council, to develop a system safety program for the AEC. 

Thus the MORT approach to system safety tends to be more closely aligned with occupational safety programs. Department of Energy and contractor safety personnel, including those with MORT training and system safety responsibilities, tend to be more closely aligned with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the National Safety Council (NSC) than with the System Safety Society. 

The MORT chart and user s manual are also reproduced in MORT Safety Assurance Systems, by William G. Johnson (published by Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1980, in cooperation with the National Safety Council available from the NSC, 444 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60611). Working with the 22-inch by 34-inch chart is much easier than working from the dissections of the chart found in MORT Safety Assurance Systems. 

National Safety Council, Chicago, Carl Piepho, Manager, Safety Braining Institute. Carl provided me with the opportunity to teach MORT-based courses worldwide to the USAF ground safety community and to teach professional development seminars (most on system safety) annually at the National Safety Congress. 

In the 1950s, studies made of accident experience in which all identified causal factors were entered into the analytical system produced greatly different results. (See the eighth edition of the National Safety Council s Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations Administration and Programs.) However, Heinrich continued to advocate his method and wrote this about it ... 

A system that seeks to identity causal factors before their potentials are realized would serve well in attempting to avoid low-probabiUty/serious-consequence events. The National Safety Council s Accident Prevention Manual Administration Programs, 12th Edition, is good reference on the critical incident technique. Additional resources are listed in the references at the end of this chapter. 

Substantial variations exist in the elements to be scored in the three-dimensional and the single four-dimensional numerical risk scoring systems to be reviewed here. To begin the discussion, excerpts are taken from the National Safety Council s (NSC s) Accident Prevention Manual Administration Programs, Twelfth Edition, and appear here with permission. 

A further example of this thinking can be found in the advertising of the National Safety Council of Australia, in effect a firm of risk management consultants. An advertisement for its 5-star safety management system reads as follows (.Financial Review, l6 March 1994) ... 

Johnson, William. MORT Safety Assurance Systems. Itasca, IL National Safety Council, 1980 (also published by Marcel Dekker, New York). 

According to the National Safety Council (USA), and other safety researchers and pioneers, a large percentage of all accidents are preceded by one or more near miss incidents. In other words, close calls should be wake-up calls for employers and employees to realize that something is wrong in the system and needs to be corrected. 

The most typical safety measurement tool is to track the number of accidents. The types of data needed to do this are costs of system downtime (and lost productivity and product or market share), equipment damaged during an accident, accident cleanup, equipment replacement, and, of course, personnel injuries and death (including medical costs, workman s compensation, and potential lawsuits). These data can be easily trended and tracked on a monthly or quarterly basis. You can then compare your statistics to national averages. The U.S. National Safety Council (many countries publish comparable information at the federal governmental level) publishes accident costs across all industries. These costs include estimates of lost wages, medical expenses, insurance administration costs, and uninsured costs. 

The council, a not-for-profit organization, promotes safety throughout the United States. The National Safety Council (NSC) recently announced its new SMS. The system can provide companies with a structure to implement a comprehensive and balanced safety management function. Workplace safety and transportation safety remain critical areas of focus. The NSC saves lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the roads through the use of leadership, research, education, and advocacy. The council vision statement simply says. Making Our World Safer. 

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