Guidelines safety

Crane operators can improve safety in their departments by adhering to basic guidelines. The following rules apply only to floor-operated cranes. 

Management must review the checklist daily to ensure it has been completed and to correct deficiencies as noted on the form. 

Under no circumstances are any employees allowed to ride on the load or crane hook. 

When testing the limit switch, stand to the side and away from other workers and machines. Push the up button on the pendant control and allow the block to travel. Stop the block several inches from the limit switch. Slowly inch up the block until it touches the limit switch. At that point the crane block should not travel upward. The block can now be lowered. This process should be repeated at the start of each work shift. 

Never lift more than the allowed capacity of the crane. Load limits should be marked on the bridge of the crane. It is also a good idea to identify the capacity on the sides of the crane block. If a two-block crane is being used, each block must be identified for its capacity. 

storage, transportation, and disposal of different chemical substances essentially reqnire basic knowledge to achieve safety. These may be listed as  

Toxic effects of chemicals can range from mild and reversible (e.g., headache from inhaling petroleum naphtha vapors that disappears with fresh air) to serious and irreversible (e.g., liver or kidney damage from excessive exposures to chlorinated solvents). Toxic effects from chemical exposure depend on the severity of the exposures. Greater exposure and repeated exposure generally lead to more severe effects. 

Almost everyone works with or around chemicals and their products every day. Many of these materials have properties that make them hazardous they can create physical (e.g., fire, explosion) or health hazards (e.g., toxicity, chemical bums). However, there are many ways to work with chemicals which can both reduce the probability of an accident and reduce the consequences to minimum levels, should an accident occur. Risk minimization depends on safe practices, appropriate engineering controls for chemical containment, the proper use of personnel protective equipment, the use of the least quantity of material necessary, and substitution of a less-hazardous chemical for the more hazardous one. Before beginning an operation, ask, What would happen if... The answer to this question requires an understanding of the chemical hazards, equipment, and procedures involved. The hazardous properties of the material and intended use will dictate the precautions to be taken. 

Another important distinction is the difference between hazard and risk. The two terms are sometimes used as synonyms. In fact, hazard is a much more complex concept because it includes conditions of use. The hazard presented by a chemical has two components 1) its inherent capacity to do harm by virtue of its toxicity, flammability, explosiveness, or corrosiveness and 2) the ease with which the chemical can come into contact with a person or other object of concern. Together, two components determine risk (i.e., the likelihood or probability that a chemical will cause harm). Thus, an extremely toxic chemical, such as strychnine, cannot cause poisoning if it is in a sealed container and does not contact the handler. In contrast, a chemical that is not highly toxic can be lethal if a large amount is ingested. 

Always follow these guidelines when working with chemicals in laboratory  

The five prudent practices of chemical safety may be summed up under the following safety guidelines  

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Suggested Health and Safety Guidelines for Public Spas and Hot Tubs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services PubHcation No. 99-960, Centers for Disease Control, Atianta, Ga., 1985. 

CTFA Microbiology, Quality Assurance, and Occupational Safety Guidelines, CTFA, Washington, D.C. Cosm. Toil. 105(111), 79 (1990). 

NEMA/ICS-1.1/1988 Safety guidelines for the application, installation and maintenance of solid state control ... 

Center for Chemical Process Safety, Guidelines for Chemical Transportation Risk Analysis, New York American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1995. 

International Safety Guidelines for Pesticides Formulation in Developing Countries. Vienna. 

Most requests for proposals and bid speeifieations will inelude statements that all work will eomply with all applieable safety guidelines. You may eome aeross the argument that, Sinee we have already agreed to abide by the law (OSHA standard), why not just submit the latest eopy of 29 CFR or another applieable guidanee and inelude it as an attaehment to our work plan, and save the time and effort of developing a safety plan ... 

Another publication produced by the Center for Chemical Process Safety, Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents (CCPS, 1992d), is directed at achieving similar objectives but from a differing perspective and with differing emphasis. Both sources of information can be used in a complementary manner to improve the quality of data collection and incident analysis in the CPI. 

Follow plant safety guidelines and maintenance procedures when installing a chain drive. 

After performing a nutrition assessment and estimating nutritional requirements, determine the optimal route to provide specialized nutrition support (e.g., oral, enteral, or parenteral). If PN is deemed necessary, venous access (i.e., peripheral or central see below) for PN infusion must be obtained. Finally, formulate a PN prescription, and administer PN according to proper safety guidelines. 

The amount of ventilation required, like the amount of lighting, depends upon the circumstances. Some general rules are given in Table 8-8.44,45 Note that there are several guidelines and that in some instances more than one may apply. When this occurs the requirements for each should be calculated and the maximum rate used. None of these guidelines applies to hazardous areas, where the air may have to be moved more rapidly. Some estimates are given in Table 8-9. Safety guidelines and OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) rules should be consulted under these conditions. 

CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety), Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling Systems. New York AIChE, 1998. 

H. L. Jackson, W. B. McCormack, C. S. Rondestvedt, K. C. Smeltz, and I. E. Viele, Control of Peroxidizable Compounds, in Safety in the Chemical Industry, v. 3, Norman V. Steere, ed. (Easton, PA Division of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society, 1974), pp. 114-117. 2R. J. Kelly, Review of Safety Guidelines for Peroxidizable Organic Chemicals, Chemical Health and Safety (September-October 1996), pp. 28-36. 

A chemical engineer may have a choice of inherent safety variables, such as quantity stored or process temperatures and pressures, or process safety measures such as emergency isolation valves or containment systems, all of which may greatly reduce the vulnerabilities or the consequences of intentional loss. These are in addition to traditional security measures, which may include physical security, background checks, administrative controls, access controls, or other protective measures. For a more complete discussion of the options, refer to the AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safety Guidelines for Analyzing and Managing the Security Vulnerabilities of Fixed Chemical Sites and other references.f... 

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Center for Chemical Process Safety Guidelines for Analyzing and Managing the Security Vulnerabilities of Fixed Chemical Sites, 2002. 

Examples of these re-occurring Tow consequences deviations are minor damage of non-critical safety equipment, operator complaints, maintenance problems, quality problems, etc. Examples of high consequences deviations (that are covered by the current pro-active Sis) are small leakages of hazardous substance, damages to or the malfunctioning of safety critical equipment, violation of safety guidelines and procedures, etc. 

The organic chemistry laboratory is potentially one of the most dangerous of undergraduate laboratories. That is why you must have a set of safety guidelines. It is a very good idea to pay close attention to these rules, for one very good reason ... 

These are a few of the safety guidelines for an organic chemistry laboratory. You may have others particular to your own situation. 

Alder, S. and Zbinden, G. (1988). National and International Drug Safety Guidelines. MTC Verlag, Zollikon, Switzerland. 

Source International Conference on Harmonization. Safety Guidelines, http //www.ich.org/ cache/compo/502-272-l.html [accessed September 17,2007]. 

Guidelines for Fechnical Management of Process Safety Guidelines for Safe Warehousing of Chemicals... 

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