Safety committees responsibilities/procedures

Procedures/responslbllltles Dr Rudolf Staudigl is named as having overall responsibility for environmental protection at managing board level. He chairs the environment, chemicals, safety committee, which includes both central function and site staff and decides policy. 

The operators and line management are primarily responsible for the safe operation of the HCF. Procedures written by the line organization ensure that activities are reviewed by TA-V management and the appropriate safety committee. Procedures implement the Conduct of Operations principles as prescribed in DOE Order 5480.19 (DOE 1990). These procedures address all aspects of safe operation, configuration control, review and approvals, assignment and transfer of responsibilities, and performance assessment by management. Additional information on Conduct of Operations is found in Chapter 11. 

Often we see organizational structures that have various safety committees that approve plans and procedures for fissile material operations prior to startup. This approval system in our estimation does not preclude the operator or supervisor ultimately being responsible for his safety. In other words, where is the buck going to stop in case of an accident it stops with line supervision and his employees. In all probability, those safety committees will be treated as consulting Or advisory groups in such situations. 

Once the committee members have been chosen, the committee should participate in decisions on the details of its duties, and procedures. An early key decision which should be made is the question of reporting responsibility. The health and safety committee members should be active participants in the development, implementation and monitoring of all phases of the health and safety plan. 

ORGANISING 1. Each job will have specified safety responsibilities which are reviewed every 3 years 2. All work procedures will be reviewed every three years 3. Safety committees at appropriate organisational levels will meet bi-monthly etc. Job responsibilities to be reviewed/checked by the safety department Work procedures to be reviewed by the workplace representative Records of meeting minutes to be kept under review... 

Statements on which regulatory guidelines, such as 21 CFR 58 for FDA GLP compliance, will be followed and on Animal Care Committee protocol review Information on the drug substance, which commonly includes the test article name or number, identification criteria, physical description, who is responsible for test article characterization, the concentration(s) to be used, recommended storage conditions, inventory maintenance, formulation procedures, reserve samples, retention samples, analyses for content and homogeneity (if necessary), disposition, and safety precautions Information on the animal species to be studied, animal husbandry procedures, such as housing, food, water, contaminants, environment conditions, acclimation, and justification of selection... 

Procedures/responsibilities the organisation for product quality, safety and environment is shown on a high-level organogram. Three committees for each of Quality, Responsible Care and Global Environmental Protection report directly to the President, while the Business Sectors, the Responsible Care office and the Corporate Planning and Co-ordination office report to senior management. 

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is an association of state, local, provincial, and federal officials responsible for the administration and enforcement of motor carrier safety laws and regulations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Roadside inspection procedures and inspector training courses are developed and maintained by the CVSA, including the North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria (Out-of-Service Criteria). Each year committees of the CVSA consider and recommend modifications to the Out-of-Service Criteria, which are then accepted or rejected by a vote of the CVSA member jurisdictions. 

All of an organization s written safety policies, standards, and procedures applicable to its operations. This typically includes corporate safety policy, management and employee responsibilities, safety rules, incident management, training, records, audits and inspections, disciplinary policy, incentive or motivation, and safety communication and committees. 

A safety and health program must clearly identify who is responsible for what. Assignment of responsibility is normally a part of policy and procedures. Assigning responsibility must include the role for line elements of the organization, staff elements and special committees or other special units. 

While they placed responsibility clearly on the occupier for the. safety of all work carried oiit on his premises they specified the occupier s duty to consult, specialists,. A clearance procedure by Criticality Clearance Committees was the first management technique for controlling criticality risk. As the scale of activities increased,, an Authority Criticality fospector evolved. The next step after this was to turn the responsibility for criticality clearance, to the establishment requiring the clearance as the establishments developed tiielr own criticality safety c ability. 

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