Nonroutine work

Nonroutine work eondueted in proeess areas must be eontrolled by the employer in a eonsistent manner. The hazards identified involving the work to be aeeomplished must be eommunieated to those doing the work and to those operating personnel whose work eould aflfeet the safety of the proeess. A work authorization notiee or permit must follow a proeedure that deseribes the steps the maintenanee supervisor, eontraetor representative, or other person needs to follow to obtain the neeessary elearanee to start the job. The work authorization proeedures must referenee and eoordinate, as applieable, loekout/tagout proeedures, line breaking proeedures, eonfined spaee entry proeedures, and hot work authorizations. This proeedure also must provide elear steps to follow onee the job is eompleted to provide elosure for those who need to know the job is now eompleted and that equipment ean be returned to normal. 

The hazards of management-controlled nonroutine work in the process areas must be communicated to affected individuals. The work permit prescribes the procedures that must be followed to get the permit. Work authorization procedures specify lockout/tagout, line breaking., confined space entry, and hot work authorization through clear steps leading to job completion, closure, and return to normal. 

Information on special or unusual hazards in nonroutine work has been distributed to the laboratory workers. 

Number of near-miss incidents related to nonroutine work X ... 

Number of management audits (per week or per month) of nonroutine work requiring permits X... 

The work that the staff is doing is also in a dynamic state. It generally requires more work by operations, unit management, and technical support to handle these events. Additionally it is nonroutine work, some of which may be being done for the first time. 

Causal factors for low-frequency incidents resulting in severe harm or damage may be different from the causal factors for more frequently occurring incidents. Such low-frequency incidents often involve unusual or nonroutine work, nonproduction activities, sources of high energy, and certain construction situations. 

Descriptions follow of two incidents resulting in fatalities. One occurred while routine work was being performed in a manufacturing operation the other occurred in a distribution center while unusual, nonroutine work was being done. 

I have reviewed many incident reports involving nonroutine work that... 

The maintenance people who were a part of the survey usually do nonroutine work. As was previously stated, they have a disproportionate share of the serious injuries and fatalities. 

I propose that adopting the concept incorporating pre-job planning and safety reviews for nonroutine work within the culture of an organization would greatly reduce the risk of severe injury and fatality. Establishing the concept will be emphasized here, with the intent of not proposing extensive procedures and reports when that is not necessary for the particular nonroutine job to be undertaken. 

A large proportion of incidents resulting in severe injury occur in unusual and nonroutine work, in nonproduction activities, and where sources of high energy are present. Also, they occur in what I refer to as at-plant construction operations. (At-plant construction encompasses work such as this A motor is to be replaced. It weighs 800 pounds. It sits on a platform 15 feet above the floor. The work is to be done by in-house personnel.)... 

Skilled trades people are maintenance personnel, millwrights, tinsmiths, machinists, electricians, and steamfitters. Skilled trades people are not production workers. Mostly, they do nonroutine work, are exposed to sources of high energy, and are engaged sometimes in at-plant constmction. Hours worked during the period that Mirer references stand in the billions. His fatality numbers are statistically significant. 

When unusual and nonroutine work is being performed... 

The point is that skilled-trades workers in every industry are often involved in unusual and nonroutine work, at-plant modification or construction operations, shutdowns for repair and maintenance. 

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