Safe work areas

Does it provide a safe working area If in doubt, seek advice, as there are many injuries each year caused by falls or by material dropping from heights. The wearing of safety helmets is a secondary protection and should not be allowed to encourage carelessness. 

Promote pride in quality work Hazard control objectives must stress the importance of accomplishing jobs or tasks safely and correctly. Most individuals take pride in doing quaUty work. Provide oiganizational members with good equipment, a safe work area, and effective training. 

This section is about the topic of the best ways to maintain a safe working area in research laboratories. We will use the term housekeeping in a general way to describe the behaviors of laboratory workers with regard to keeping labs clean and orderly enough so as not to pose hazards for the occupants. 

Standards like NFPA 70E - Electrical Standard for Safety in the Workplace have put more focus on providing a practical, safe working area for employees by helping to reduce the hazards associated with electrical energy, including arc-flash risks. 

Entry and exit hazards. Entry and exit time is of major significance as a physical limitation and is directly related to the potential hazard of the confined space. The extent of precautions taken and the standby equipment needed to maintain a safe work area will be determined by the means of access and rescue. The following should be considered ... 

Creating safe work areas is an important part of working with lead. There are many things you can do to increase safety and reduce potential problems. Start by selecting appropriate personal protective equipment. Then make sure that your workers use it. This should include appropriate eyewear, clothing, and respiratory protection for the job. 

Please keep the foUowing reasons in mind when employees question the need to audit Auditing prepares safe work areas for people. Failure to properly audit places people at risk. In a nutshell, audits are the right thing to do. 

It is our corporate policy to provide a safe work-place. We try to listen to our employees to understand what safety and environmental concerns they have, we believe we can improve in this area and this will be addressed in the redesigned system. 

Many accidents occur because the operator or maintenance person does not understand the hazards involved or has not been instructed on the precautions to be taken. The policy document should identify the main hazards within the company with advice on which rules must be obeyed while carrying out a hazardous task. General rules should also be included to cover items such as untidy work areas, replacement of guards, the use of protective cloth-ing/equipment where appropriate, safe working practices in handling goods and materials, etc. It is essential that on the introduction of new products, processes, operations or plant and equipment that any hazards associated with these are brought to the attention of all concerned. 

Carry out the work task only when a permit to work has been issued which states that the work area is safe for working and details the safety checks that have been made and precautions to be taken. 

Smoking must not be permitted in areas where flammables or toxic substances are used. The laboratory operator should provide for a safe smoking area, generally one where food may also be consumed. In work areas where smoking is permitted, inexpensive ashtrays should be used. They are more practical than Petri dishes. 

Construct roadways to provide ease of access and a sound roadbed for heavy equipment and vehicles Arrange traffic flow patterns to ensure safe and efficient operations Eliminate physical hazards from the work area as much as possible, including ... 

Operations such as gas or electric welding and cutting with cutting torches cannot be safely performed on hydrogen gas pipelines, mains, or auxiliary equipment, unless all possibility of leakage of hydrogen into the work area is eliminated. The following procedures are recommended ... 

Nonessential personnel report to safe assembly areas. Stop all hot work and confined space entry Nonessential Personnel... 

Fig 1 Maximum Container Size in Working Area for Safe Handling of Zirconium... 

The operating foreman was responsible for issuing all safe work permits. The area supervisor or the shift supervisor was responsible to check the lineup. 

The work area should be kept tidy to enable safe sample preparation. It is a good idea to use trays in the fume cupboard. These are easy to clean and decontaminate after the work is finished and also, they contain any spillage of chemicals. 

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