Safety systems, standard operating procedure

Prevention Program —Management System —Process Hazards Analysis —Process Safety Information —Standard Operating Procedures —Training... 

A standard operating procedure manual should definitely be prepared for systems as potentially dangerous as open beam analytical systems, and all persons must be made familiar with the procedures applicable to safe use ofthe equipment. The person in charge of the facility is responsible for ensuring that all personnel are informed of safe procedures and that it is required that all personnel must comply with the written safety policies. This should be done not... 

Routinely, the government will require the SSPP to contain, at the very least, the items specified in MIL-STD-882. The SSPP will typically include explanations of the contractor s intended system safety program effort. The SSPP will usually provide detailed information about the system safety personnel and their qualifications, which must meet the minimum requirements of the RFP specifications. Information pertaining to intended standard operating procedures (SOPs) and other types of operating instractions are also described. The SSPP should provide... 

Because there are many complexities in safety, many companies have additional mles covering particular safety problems. This may be a company safety handbook or similar document. The handbook may give details about such topics as fire protection and fire response procedures. It may list, cite or define standards that designers, maintenance staff, or supervisors must foUow. There may be separate manuals for design and maintenance personnel and particular operations or departments. The handbook may collect all safety manuals and operating procedures into one document system. 

A Safe Operating Procedure (SOP) or Standard Operating Procedure should include safety and health as a part of the standard operating practices delineated within it. The SOP is a set of written instructions that documents a routine or repetitive activity followed by an organization. The development and use of SOPs are an integral part of a successful quality system as it provides workers with information to perform a job properly and safely while facilitating consistency in the quality and integrity of a product or end result. 

A comprehensive site safety and control plan should include the following summary analysis of hazards on the site and a risk analysis of those hazards site map or sketch site work zones (clean zone, transition or decontamination zone, work or hot zone) use of the buddy system site communications command post or command center standard operating procedures and safe work practices medical assistance and triage area hazard monitoring plan (air contaminate monitoring, etc.) decontamination procedures and area and other relevant areas. This plan should be a part of the employer s emergency response plan or an extension of it to the specific site. 

Typically, the organizational safety official is responsible for implementing and managing the hot work permitting procedure. The primary elements required to be incorporated into a viable hot work permit system include a standard operating procedure consisting of (1) a written procedure, (2) a permit, (3) worker training, and (4) fire watch provisions. 

An organization s culture is translated into a system of expected performance. Management commitment or noncommitment to safety is an expression of the culture. All aspects of safety, favorable or unfavorable, derive from that commitment or noncommitment. When an organization s culture is less than adequate, it commonly occurs that the reality of the system of expected performance deviates from good operation procedures—deviates from an entity s own internally established standard operating procedures. 

Precautionary information provided in the overall safety policy further explains common labeling themes. Ultimately, increased safe behavior, enforced by policy, eliminates the need for burdensome labeling information. Some of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) integrated with the label system are listed below. 

PSM requires each facility to develop written standard operating procedures (SOPs) for each covered process. SOPs should describe the steps of each phase of the operation, the operating limits of the process, how to avoid exceeding limits, safety systems and how they operate, and hazard control for confined space entry and line-breaking activities. 

Introduction Review and audit processes are used in the chemical process industry to evaluate, examine, and verify the design of process equipment, operating procedures, and management systems. These processes assure compliance with company standards and guidelines as well as government regulations. Reviews and audits can encompass the areas of process and personnel safety, environmental and industrial hygiene protection, quality assurance, maintenance procedures, and so on. 

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