Safety inspection teams

It is good laboratory practice to organize a safety inspection team from the laboratory staff. This team is then responsible for conducting periodic and scheduled safety inspections of the laboratory. ... 

Safety inspections Plant inspection with team of rotating membership... 

Safety supervision team it is made up of the relevant members from safety supervision section and supervision and inspection office. And the section chief of safety supervision section acts as the captain. 

Examples of the type of counsel-giving activities by safety professionals in an existing setting for which redesign considerations should be paramount are any discussion of hazards, task reviews, giving advice to safety committees and inspection teams, and job hazard analyses. 

Internal safety system audits should take place every 6 months by a trained team of internal accredited auditors. The audit is not merely a safety inspection. A safety audit provides the means for a systematic analysis of each elanent of a loss prevention program to determine the extent and quality of the controls. It is a critical examination of all, or part, of a total safety operating system, and it is a management tool that measures the overall operating effectiveness of a company s safety and health program. 

Health and safety representatives are employees appointed to assist and participate in the ongoing safety system in an organization. The more people involved in the safety movement, the better. Appointing health and safety representatives gets this involvement and also increases the safety inspection capacity of the team. The more people inspecting for safe conditions, the safer the work environment will become. 

Once a formal safety system is in place, managers are clear on their safety role and responsibilities. They are participants in safety that is facilitated by them being a member of the safety leadership team committee or other safety committee on their level. Their job descriptions also contain their safety dnties, actions, and functions. Often performance ratings are linked to key performance areas that are proactive safety activities, such as scoring 90% or more on monthly honsekeeping inspections, achieving an internal safety audit score of 85%, etc. 

So had the safety culture changed Yes The entire culture moved from a reactive mode into a proactive safety mode with the implementation and maintenance of a world s best safety management system led by the management teams. They provided the resources and allowed for the development of those resources, and also participated in the development process by attending the training and getting involved in safety inspections, committees, and recognizing employees. 

General and Specific Inspections There are two main kinds of inspections general and detailed. In a general inspection, individuals or teams look for a wide range of deficiencies. Figure 37-2 illustrates a checklist useful in a general safety inspection. General inspections can cover many topics. They can be very precise and rely on detailed checklists. 

Case 3. A chemical company with 1,200 employees has found numerous ways to include its employees in the site s safety and health program. For example, the Safety and Health Committee, which includes equal labor and management representatives, has responsibility for a variety of activities, such as monthly plant inspections, incident investigations, and examination of any unsafe conditions in the plant. Employees are also involved in process and operations review, safety inspection, and quality teams. Two hourly employees work fulltime at monitoring the safety and health performance of on-site contractors. 

Upon arrival at the inspection site and before the commencement of the inspection, the inspection team shall be briefed by facility representatives, with the aid of maps and other documentation as appropriate, on the facility, the activities carried out there, safety measures and administrative and logistic arrangements necessary for the inspection. The time spent for the briefing shall be limited to the minimum necessary and in any event not exceed three hours. 

The activities of the inspection team shall be so arranged as to ensure the timely and effective discharge of its functions and the least possible inconvenience to the inspected State Party or Host State and disturbance to the facility or area inspected. The inspection team shall avoid unnecessarily hampering or delaying the operation of a facility and avoid affecting its safety. In particular, the inspection team shall not operate any facility. If inspectors consider that, to fulfil their mandate, particular operations should be carried out in a facility, they shall request the designated representative of the inspected facility to have them performed. The representative shall carry out the request to the extent possible. 

To facilitate development of an inspection plan, the inspected State Party shall provide a safety and logistical briefing to the inspection team prior to access. 

Before the commencement of the inspection the inspection team shall prepare an inspection plan to serve, inter alia, as a basis for logistic and safety arrangements. The inspection plan shall be updated as need arises. 

As members of an inspection team, the qualified experts are subject to the obligations of inspectors. The most conspicuous of these obligations are those in relation to the protection of confidentiality and the observance of safety regulations. However, the extent of the tasks which the qualified experts will be called upon to fulfil will define their involvement in the... 

Measures pursuant to subparagraph 1.1 above will be taken in accordance with methods agreed between the inspection team leader and the representative of the inspected State Party, on a case by case basis, consistent with State Party or local safety regulations, the OPCW Health and Safety Policy, related OPCW regulations and operating procedures, and/or the OPCW Confidentiality Policy. 

The inspection team leader is responsible for the health and safety of inspection personnel while engaged in an inspection. The team leader shall be assisted and advised by appropriately qualified health and safety personnel, as required, to ensure that all OPCW Health and Safety Poliey and Regulations are properly implemented in the light of prevailing eonditions in order to minimise health and safety risks. All inspection team persoimel must be fuUy eonversant with aU OPCW health and safety requirements. The inspection teams will be provided with safety and medical staff as appropriate. 

If at any time the inspection team cannot comply with OPCW Regulations the inspection activities will cease until such time as a waiver is granted in accordance with paragraph 7 below. In the case of difficulties, the provisions of paragraph 3.3.3 below shall apply. Inspection team personnel are also responsible for their own safety and shall comply with advice from OPCW health and safety representatives at all times. At hazardous sites, inspection team personnel must remain constantly aware of their personal environment and must be alert to the activities of others in the immediate area. All members of an inspection team are required to comply with the OPCW Health and Safety Policy and Regulations and also with the inspected State Party national and site-specific health and safety policies and regulations, and, where appropriate, also with those of a relevant Host State. 

An inspected State Party shad be responsible for ensuring that the health and safety risks are ndrurnised and shall facilitate the conduct of the inspection in a safe maimer. When, despite a high level of safety measures, a risk remains, the inspected State Party shall inform the inspection team leader of the level of risk. 

An inspected State Party shall have the right to ensure comphance by aU inspection team personnel with its national health and safety pohcy and regulations and with local, or site-specific requirements and regulations giving consideration to the need to protect national or site confidentiality and in this regard ... 

To ensure the health and safety of inspection team members and of the inspected site without impairing confidentiality during all inspections, particularly challenge inspections, and subject to the provisions of the Convention, the following procedures shall apply whenever the inspected State Party deems appropriate ... 

Requests under Article X of the Convention for medical treatment of suspected chemical casualties will normally be met by medical personnel from assisting State Parties. Health and safety personnel from inspection teams will not normally render such treatment, unless instmcted otherwise by the Director-General of the OPCW. 

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