Safety advisers

SI 1999/257 The Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations... 

EC Directive on appointing safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods... 

It is hoped that this book will prove valuable to safety advisers, environmental health offieers, emergeney serviees personnel, safety representatives and those engaged in the transport or disposal of wastes - in faet, to anyone involved with ehemieals in the field , i.e. away from ready aeeess... 

In 1968, after many years experience in plant operations, I was appointed safety adviser to the heavy organic chemicals division (later the petrochemicals division) of Imperial Chemical Industries. My appointment followed a number of serious fires in the 1960s, and therefore I was mainly concerned with process hazards rather than those of a mechanical nature. 

Transport incidents mention is made of the use of approved safety advisers working to improve safety in the transport of dangerous goods, but a no score has been awarded since no figures are presented. 

Strategic Safety Adviser Health and Social Care Information Centre... 

In addition, writing safety advise, epigram, security ballads, organizing employees to undertake safety, safe and funny activity, entertainment performance and so on, are also a good way of education and training. 

The fact of appointing a safety adviser does not absolve employers from their statutory responsibilities - the role of the safety adviser is to give employers advice that will assist them in making decisions on how to meet their statutory obligations. However, it is common for employers to delegate the performance of their obligations to a manager or other appointee. 

The employer is required to consult with safety representatives on the appointment of safety advisers. 

In the course of their daily work, managers and safety advisers need to obtain information about a whole range of subjects. It is not realistic to expect them to have all the information they need at their fingertips but they should know where to go to get that information. This section looks at some of the sources of information available to managers and safety advisers. 

Safety advisers are generally happy to discuss safety problems on the phone subject to there being no commercial implications. Employer/employee organizations and the national safety organizations tend to give advice only to their members. Safety consultants are likely to charge for any advice. 

The text is restricted mainly to matters that are likely to be met in the day-to-day work of a busy manager with safety responsibilities, an emergent safety adviser, safety representative or those participating in safety awareness courses. While it may be of practical help in the design and manufacture of equipment, designers and manufacturers should refer to the various legislation and standards that relate to their particular product. This latter point is especially important within the context of the European Union. 

Specialised legislation affecting occupational safety advisers... 

The safety adviser can therefore reason via the legal argument for accident prevention on the basis that the employer should avoid attracting a prosecution. 

The safety adviser is therefore able to argue - via humanitarian reasoning - that it is immoral to have a process or machine which may injure employees, and he can stress the possible outcome of such dangers in terms of pain and suffering. 

Workplace inspections are undertaken with the aim of identifying risks and promoting remedial action. Many different individuals and groups within an organisation will - at some time - be involved in a workplace inspection directors, line managers, safety adviser, supervisors and safety representatives. The key aspect is that results of all such inspections should be co-ordinated by one person within the factory, whose responsibility should include (a) monitoring action taken once the risk has been notified, and (b) informing those persons who reported the risk as to what action has been taken. 

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