Safety priority

Safety priorities Process management Computer-based systems... 

In addition to the management level factors which can be specifically linked to operational level factors (procedures, training, and design), the HFAM tool also provides an assessment of other management level factors which will impact upon error likelihood in a less direct way. Some of these factors, for example, "safety priorities" and "degree of participation," are... 

The safety priority at the well site must be given to personnel safety. The utmost care must be given to avoid casualties and injuries. The second priority is equipment safety. Breakdowns, fishing, and lost hole must be avoided or at least minimized. 

Hazards invariably endanger life as well as property, and any attempt to make cost comparisons will be difficult and controversial. It can be argued that no risk to life should be accepted. However, resources are always limited and some way of establishing safety priorities is needed. 

The siting of manned locations should be considered the highest safety priority in the layout of a hydrocarbon facility. The primary locations where high levels of personnel may be accumulated relatively close to the hazards of hydrocarbon operations are control rooms and offshore accommodations. 

US consumers considered pesticide residues to pose a serious health hazard (Bruhn et al., 1998). This level of concern contrasts greatly with the food safety priorities of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which considers pesticide residues as its fifth food safety priority and of less concern than... 

Tensions between safety priorities and other system priorities are addressed through a constructive, negotiated process. 

Ortiz-Posadas, M. R., Vemet-Saavedra, E. A., Electrical Safety Priority Index for Medical Equipment, Proceedings of the 28th IEEE EMBS Annual International Conference, 2006, pp. 6614-6616. 

A limited number of representative states can be used to define the diagnosis, the EOPs, the safety priorities and the operating strategies. 

Maintenance work orders will be analyzed for valid safety priority for correction. 

Confidence and conceit based on historical records and successful priorities of safety measures in the past may currently represent the greatest threat regarding major hazards in the industry. When the oil industry began acting high and mighty on safety issues the reactions from NPD, the reactions of the unions and the public were reduced trust and confidence in the industry s safety priorities. 

Process Safety Priority Process system emergency safety features, i.e., BSD, depressurization, blowdown, etc., should be considered the prime safeguard for loss prevention over fire protection measures (e.g., fireproofing, firewater systems, manual fire fighting). 

This occurrence had raised some fundamental questions, on the authority s side, not only with regard to elementary operational considoations but above all with a view to safety. Priority in the following discussions was given to the integrity of the heterogeneous weld seam in the upper area of the vessel and to the functioning of the shutdown systems. 

Safety culture is an attribute of the whole plant, and thus a strong safety culture in maintenance is a vital part of safe plant operation. The structured approach of maintenance needs clear roles and responsibilities to identify and study problems to make decisions on safety priority to prepare and schedule maintenance activities and to achieve a very high level of performance using approved documents, with supervision and control of quahty. Thus the safety culture will be exemplified in all aspects of maintenance. 

It s never too late to start, and each utility at any time has the opportunity to establish and convey its safety priorities and establish a positive safety culture. Communication and employee participation as outlined in the following secfions can improve the chances of success. 

Safety priority. Commit the organisation to ensuring that safety is given the highest priority when considering commercial, operational, environmental or social pressures. 

Does upper management visibly demonstrate what the safety priorities are for the organization ... 

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