Operating procedures, safe

Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs) or standard operating procedures should include safety as a part of the standard operating practices, which are delineated within it. Workers may not 

You might ask why an SOP is needed if the worker has already been trained to do the job or task. As you may remember from the previous section, a JHA usually focuses on those particular jobs that pose the greatest risk of injury or death. These are high-risk types of work activities and definitely merit the development and use of an SOP. You can use the JHA to develop an SOP. There are times when an SOP, or step-by-step checklist, is useful. Some of these times are when a 

The overridingly important feature of a good SOP is that it communicates what is to be done in a clear, concise, and stepwise manner. The most important person to whom it must communicate is typically the new employee who may have little or no experience with the procedure in question. Therefore, it is imperative that the writer of an SOP figuratively place him- or herself in the position of a new, inexperienced employee to appreciate what must be communicated and how to communicate it. 

The content of an SOP should be comprehensive in terms of how to get the procedure accomplished, but should not encompass matters not directly relevant because digression does not directly address the issue of how to get the procedure accomplished and exactly who is to do it. In Table 14.1, an example of an SOP is provided. Some actual SOPs may be more complex than this example. 

Perhaps the best advice concerning the content of an SOP is this. Ask yourself the questions— Who What Where When How If the SOP answers all of these questions, it is complete. If not, revise it until it does in as clear and logical an order as possible. 

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All employees, working with highly hazardous chemicals must understand the safety and health hazards (29CFR1910.1200 - the Hazard Communication Standard) by knowing the properties of the chemicals with which they work, safe operating procedures, work practices, and emergency action. 

The requirement for a safe operating procedure is restated here because HF and fluorine are indeed very hazardous.13... 

For all operations, activities or tasks, written procedures usually termed Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs) should be made, vetted by a Committee of Experts (COE) and approved by the Central Authority. Subsequently, no deviation/s should be made without the approval of the Central Authority. All operations or activities should be supervised by the next level of leadership, that is, supervisor or senior scientist. Thus, careful planning and strict supervision must be followed to eliminate accidents or fires. 

Safe Operating Procedures for Alternative Fuel Buses, 1993 Transportation Research Board National Research Council 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. 

A Safe Operating Procedure developed to create a uniform method to ensure that appropriate steps are taken prior to bypassing or removing an alarm, instrument, or shutdown system from service is offered. This procedure can provide an effective way of communicating the status of an impaired instrument. The procedure has been in use for over five years. It assumes that all instrumentation has been classified into three priorities. 

Safe operating procedures were not required for opening lines in hazardous service. 

There s No Excuse Using Safe Operating Procedures... 

In its entirety, this book constitutes a strong recommendation to workers in laboratories to exo-cise prudence in designing and carrying out their studies so as to maintain a safe workplace and safe operational procedures. In addition, the committee has identified a number of specific areas that need improvement, not only by laboratory workers themselves, but also by regulators at all levels and by chemical suppliers, in order to enhance the climate for laboratory safety. Summarized below are the committee s findings and specific recommendations for action. 

C.4 General Safe Operating Procedures for Fume Hoods... 

A written examination that includes the safe operating procedures for the particular type of equipment the applicant will be operating and technical understanding of the subject matter criteria required in 1926.1427(j). 

Operating a chain saw can be hazardous. However, potential injuries can be minimized by using proper personal protective equipment and common-sense, safe operating procedures. 

Enforcement Employers must ensure that workers follow correct and safe operating procedures. Employers and workers must be sure that all guards and guard devices are in place and working properly. Feedback from workers can provide ideas for making equipment and related operations safer. 

Adherence to Safety Policy Procedures Knowledge of safety policies Safety information posted Knowledge of applicable safe operating procedures ... 

The industrial trucks section covers the classifications of trucks and designated areas where a truck can be used. It also describes the required inspections and maintenance actions for those vehicles. Safe operation procedures are also covered in this section. 

Most injuries can be directly attributed to lack of safe operating procedures, lack of safety-rule enforcement, and insufficient or inadequate training. 

Accident prevention techniques, such as job hazard analysis, safe operating procedures, and job safety observations, have their application to specific jobs within the workplace. In general, they aim to address and identify existing or potential work-related hazards. These types of accident prevention techniques are emphasized in this book. Most books addressing accident prevention techniques usually emphasize specific job hazards and their prevention, such as fire safety and machine guarding. This particular book places only minor emphasis on specific job hazards. 

Do job observations result in new work practices, workplace design, training, retraining, and task analysis including Job Safety Analysis (JSA) or Safe Operating Procedure (SOP) ... 

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