Safety procedures basics

The following list of basic safety procedures are not designed to frighten you but to ensure that you have a long and safe career in photography. Remember that your eyes, lungs, and skin are porous membranes and can absorb chemical vapors, liquids, and powders. Most of the procedures are common sense. 

Many companies have adopted an observation-based behavioral safety process to improve compliance with safety procedures. Alas, simply implementing the basic elements of a behavioral safety process does not always work [p. 48]. 

The initial training should be an introduction to basic hazards and plant procedures. Topics such as the flammable, toxic and corrosive properties of chemicals, use of personal protective equipment, fire alarm systems and works safety procedures should be discussed. 

There are a number of other basic safety procedures involving corrosives. Keep the container sizes and quantities on hand as small as possible, consistent with the rate of use. Store each class by themselves. Keep containers, not in use, in storage, and store the containers either in separate cabinets or on low shelves rather than high ones. Remember that reactions involving these substances wiU usually generate substantial heat, so that closed containers in the area of a spill involving these highly reactive materials could become hot and rupture due to excessive pressures. 

Leaders learn to communicate effectively so that they can get their message across to those who need to hear it. Their words should be inspiring and positive to emphasize what is possible. A safety leader should continually strive to learn more about safety and how to relate the importance of safety to other people. Leaders seek to educate in safety rather than relying only on safety training. Safety education imparts basic knowledge so that people themselves understand safety principles and will be able themselves to select appropriate safety procedures and approaches. 

Accident reporting procedures Basic hazard identification and reporting Chanical safety... 

Perhaps the single most successful protection against electrical accidents is the continuous exercising of good judgment or common sense. All employees should be thoroughly familiar with the safety procedures for their particular jobs. When work is performed on electrical equipment, for example, some basic procedures are ... 

Never let the crew work so fast during loading or unloading that the basic safety procedures cannot be followed ... 

Individuals whose assignments are incidental to the use of radiation and who may spend only brief periods in areas where exposure is possible should be provided with relevant basic information. Such information should cover issues such as relevant and applicable local rules the response to radiation alarms and basic protection and safety procedures, including the effects of time, distance and shielding on reducing exposure. The risks associated with such individuals levels of exposure, the potential hazards to which they may be subjected and the directives that apply in relation to prohibited actions should also be covered. 

Many companies have adopted an observation-based behavioral safety process to improve compliance with safety procedures, but simply implementing the basic elements of a behavioral safety process does not always work. Companies can encounter problems in getting employees to conduct needed observations, in getting employees to effectively provide feedback to other employees, and in employees filling out observation checklists informally without conducting actual observations. These problems may indicate an overemphasis on the reporting process and inadequate attention to the values required to implement safety improvements successfully. 

There are two basics methods for installing plastic pipe in trenches. Pipe with a large diameter is usually joined above ground and then lowered into a narrow trench. Smaller pipe, usually pipe with a diameter up to 8 inches, is often joined in a trench. This requires a much wider trench and it means that installers must be in the trench. When this is the case, appropriate safety procedures must be employed to protect the workers from trench failure and cave-ins. Before we get into deep details, let s discuss the basics of an underground installation. 

Written procedures should not be too long or written as though only experts will be reading and using them. Here are some basic guidelines for writing effective safety procedures. 

Presence of basic, safety critical equipment and procedures. These usually include sensors, transmitters, controller, control valves, pressure reducers, etc. The equipment should have current specification sheets, procedures and maintenance requirements. Employee s knowledge and awareness of safety procedures, duties, rules and emergency response assignments. These documents should be readily available for reference. 

The contract or other agreements can establish responsibility for the necessary training. This can range from basic safety training at the toller s site to the toll specific process overview and job specific procedure training. 

This chapter describes the basic principles and procedures for the evaluation of overpressure potential in plant equipment, and for the selection, design and specification of appropriate pressure relieving facilities. The design of closed safety valves and flare headers is included in this chapter, but blowdown drums and flares are covered separately. To properly discuss this subject, the reader should become familiar with the following terminology. 

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