Safe Work Practices

Included ia the OSHA regulations are standards for safe work practices such as lock-out/tag-out and confined space entry, personal protective equipment, storage of hazardous materials, welding process, forklift operation, and requirements for fire protection. Basically, all activities within a chemical facihty are covered by OSHA standards. 

As discussed in Chapter 2, The Toller Selection Process, evaluating the site s safe work practice procedures should have been a part of the review during the toller selection process. Still, new materials may indicate a need to revise or develop special procedures to address unique chemical and physical hazards. New hazards such as vacuum, ciyogenics, ultra-high pressure, or new rotating equipment could be introduced. Medical monitoring requirements or special handling and spill response procedures for the toll s raw materials and products may indicate a need to write or revise safe work practices. 

Other information may also benefit the PHA. Standard operating procedures for processing equipment, safe work practices, maintenance or job safety analyses, emergency response plans could be appropriate review items for some PHAs depending upon the toll. 

Tolling presents a special consideration that can make the training step easier. Typically a toller s technical staff, operators and mechanics are knowledgeable in the basic operations and tasks related to the toller s specialty. For example, experienced operators may know operations of the reactors, columns, exchangers, and packaging equipment quite well. The mechanical personnel may be very familiar with the required safe work practices, equipment cleaning procedures and maintenance tasks for standard vessels and piping. 

Safe Work Practices including Hot Work Permits... 

Standard operating procedures, maintenance procedures, emergency response plan procedures, administrative procedures, safe work practices... 

Process Overview The process overview includes topics related to the equipment configuration, chemical and physical changes achieved in the specific toll, and special safe work practices related to the operations, maintenance and materials. Emphasis should be given to any new equipment and chemical hazards the startup team will encounter. 

Hazard controls include engineering and administrative controls and PPE. Hazard characterization is a tool that is used to develop hazard controls and safe work practices and procedures and to make sure that the appropriate PPE is selected for each job. 

Safe work practices for hazards control lockout/tagout, confined space entry, procedures for opening process boundaries and entrance control for maintenance... 

A disproportional amount of accidents occur during construction and major maintenance activities. Safe work practices are written with this in mind and, as a minimum, should cover the following ... 

Process Safety Information Process Hazard Analysis Management of Change Operating Procedures Safe Work Practices Training... 

What safe work practices been deveioped and impiemented for empioyees and contractors to controi hazards during operations ... 

Electrical accidents appear to be caused by any one or any combination of tlirec possible factors unsafe equipment, unsafe installation, or both workplaces made unsafe by the emiromiicnt and misafe work practices. Possible ways to protect people from the hazards caused by electricity include insulation, guarding, grounding, nieclnuiical devices, and safe work practices. These are detailed below. 

Safe working practices clearly deployed and adhered to ... 

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. 

Task Elements Hazards Safe Working Practices... 

The use of contractors to carry out work that may in the past have been done by direct labor or during a normal sub-contract does not relieve the company from the responsibility of ensuring that all those working on their premises do carry out their work in a safe manner. The following contractor s conditions and safe working practices should form a part of the company s health and safety policy manual. 

These conditions and safe working practices form part of the contract and are to be read in conjunction with... 

Preventive measures include everything from safe work practices to training programs, good housekeeping, regular audits, administrative and engineering controls, and chemical-protection equipment. 

To check our working conditions, and ensure our safe working practices are being followed, we will... 

Establishing safe work practices that reduce the potential for external mechanical impact to process equipment as a result of lifting, digging, or heavy equipment movement... 

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