Personal protective equipment environmental conditions

Risk assessment All personnel transfers are considered stand-alone events and require a formal risk assessment before the operation is started. Any risk assessment should consider such issues as the necessity and frequency of the transfers, environmental conditions (weather, wind speed, wave height, etc.), types of vessels used, availability of personal protective equipment, simultaneous operations, and qualifications of the personnel involved. If issues or conditions change during an operation, proper management of change procedures should be in place to track concerns of risk. 

The most effective safety celebration I ever observed featured a series of brief presentations by teams of hourly workers. These employees shared numerous safety ideas they had put in place to prevent workplace injuries. Some showed off new personal protective equipment, some discussed their procedures for encouraging near-hit analyses and corrective actions, and others displayed graphs of data obtained from audits of behaviors and environmental conditions. One team presented an ergonomic analysis and redesign of a work station. 

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