Product Safety Budgeting

Product safety is not an item that should be the responsibility of the OSH department. It should be the responsibility of the product development, quality control, or consumer safety personnel within the company since the applicable standards are found in a different regulatory arena than either the environment or OSH. This not to suggest that EOSH professionals should not lend their expertise to other departments, when they can contribute. Product safety should not be part of the EOSH budget as product safety does not deal with worker safety and health. 

Using compliance is by far one of the best ways to justify expenditures. Some of the regulations that require programs for compliance are 

Personal protective equipment Respiratory protection program HAZMAT program 

Employee emergency and fire prevention plans Bloodborne pathogen program Medical and first aid Ventilation systems 

Some of the safety and health regulations require medical examinations to be in compliance such as 

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The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-314) increased the budget of the CPSC, imposed new testing and documentation requirements, and set new acceptable levels of several substances including lead. It imposes new requirements on manufacturers of apparel, shoes, personal care products, accessories and jewelry, home furnishings, bedding, toys, electronics and video games, books, school supplies, educational materials, and science kits. The act also increased fines and specifies jail time for some serious violations (Table 4.20). 

In order to prevent incidents, a process plant must not only be well-designed, but also properly operated and maintained. To ensure that all safety aspects receive adequate priority, the commitment to safety from all levels of management is essential. In practice, conflicts of interest may arise between safety and other goals such as production demands and budgets. In these cases, the management attitude will be decisive. In reality, such a conflict of interests is only an apparent one because safety, efficiency, and product quality all depend on a reliable production facility with a low frequency of technical troubles and safety problems. 

The second option considered was use of interception wells. One- or two-pump wells could be constructed at calculated spacings to create a hydraulic trough parallel to the canal to intercept the product. This design was considered more acceptable to the safety officer and the facility engineer, but was rejected by the maintenance foreperson because of the relative complexity of the operation system. The number of submersible pumps and sophisticated electronic controls would have required employment (or training) of technical specialists beyond the cost budgeted under normal operations. 

Cost-reduction projects are aimed at reducing the cost of production of an existing plant. The most common cost-reduction investments are for preventive maintenance, in which equipment is replaced, repaired, or cleaned after a planned interval and before the equipment deteriorates to the point where it could impact process performance or safety. Most preventive maintenance projects are small and are handled through the plant maintenance budget, but some can be very large, expensive projects requiring a major plant shutdown, for example, replacing the fired tubes in a main... 

If Phase III studies are already completed by the time pharmacoeconomic components are considered, the likelihood of having any outcomes data beyond traditional safety and efficacy at product launch is small. A strategic advantage for the product will have been lost one of the most frequently requested pieces of information by formulary committees and reimbursement agencies is, What is the impact on my budget , and from patients is What will be the impact on me Will I feel better ... 

In the specific implementation of a safety audit project, safety audit project leader should be fully aware of the following circumstances, an initid assessment of the importance of this safety audit and audit risk (1) ask the audited entity related personnel and related management (2) access to the audited entity s operations manual, the internal control manual and other information (3) access to the audited entity annual production and safety plans, financial budget and other documents (4) check the safety activities or safety issues certificates and records (5) examine the audited unit production, business activities and the implementation of internal control (6) select the number of safety events to be tested. 

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