Safety skills hazard awareness

The safety aspects of pdot-plant constmction and operation will continue to grow driven by both regulation and an increased awareness of the potential hazards. This will also require specialized skills and training at ad. levels. 

The objectives of training programs for chemical workers are to provide awareness of the potential hazards they may encounter and to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to perform the work with minimal risk. Additional requirements are to make workers aware of the purpose and limitations of safety equipment and to ensure that they can safely avoid or escape during an emergency situation. 

Safety professionals should be aware that more recently issued safety standards and guidelines require hazard analysis and risk assessment. Adoption of safety through design concepts is slow-moving, but certain. In time, many more safety professionals will need to become skilled in making hazards analyses and risk assessments. That spells career opportunity. 

Those skilled support personnel, such as employees who work for public works departments or equipment operators who operate bulldozers, sand trucks, backhoes, etc., who may be called to the incident scene to provide emergency support assistance, should have at least a safety and health briefing before entering the area of potential or actual exposure. These skilled support personnel, who have not been a part of the emergency response plan and do not meet the training requirements, should be made aware of the hazards they face and should be provided all necessary protective clothing and equipment required for their tasks. 

Advise leaders, supervisors, and the safety committee about hazards and safety issues Use good communication and human relations skills to help achieve safety objectives Seek ways to help in the development, implementation, and maintenance of safety plans Promote safety awareness throughout the nursing unit and the organization Get involved with organizational hazard surveys and environmental tour efforts Provide input and suggestions that address the development and evaluation of safety training... 

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