Work activities, safe conduct

Site-specific health and safety requirements and site personnel, including contractors, are typically held responsible for managing and conducting all activities safely. Every worker should understand that he or she is responsible for sharing in the commitment to a safe workplace. In addition, employees should perform their work in accordance with any applicable laws, regulations, contract provisions, and established site-specific requirements. 

All recruitment and selection activities should begin with a job analysis. Job analysis allows the task requirements of a job to be precisely determined. Furthermore, job analysis allows the safety risks associated with a job to be determined, and also the identification of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to work, both safely, and at a satisfactory performance level. It is well established that the occupation or job a person is performing substantially influences accident vulnerability (Ford and Wiggins 2012). In other words, it is vital for safety, for the specific hazards and risks associated with a job to be identified, and conducting a job analysis is an approach which can be used to collect this information. Without the essential information which job analysis provides, it is impossible to provide job applicants with a realistic safety preview for the job (see Chap. 3, Sect. 3.7.2.1), and difiicult to know what competencies a new employee needs to bring to the job, and therefore what should be measured in a selection program. 

In science and design technology this may include reference to codes of conduct when using different pieces of equipment, movements around the work space, when working in groups, etc or in physical education, the need to warm up before any vigorous activity, safe exercise or in ICT the need to check posture and avoid sitting at VDUs for extensive periods of time. 

The HCF Department Manager has the responsibility for proper conduct of all HCF operations and must prepare the fadlity for work activities, facility operations, and maintenance activities. This includes ensuring that all proper procedures and equipment are in place prior to commencement of work activities and that personnel are properly qualified. With respect to hazardous material protection, the HCF Supenrisor and HCF personnel, along with ES H Center personnel, ensure that operations with hazardous materials are conducted safely. The line of management responsibility for operab on of the HCF is described in Chapter 17 of the SAR. 

SOPs are intended to provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each procedure covered. They help ensure consistent work activity using... 

To summarize, vacuum evacuation of a work chamber is generally done to manage the vapor and liquid contents of the chamber so that activities related to cleaning can be efficiently and safely conducted. 

Safe work practices for all personnel, including contractors, should provide for the safe conduct of operating, maintenance, and modification activities, including simultaneous operations. Specifically, safe work practices should cover ... 

The renovation activities were conducted by local professional renovation firms, using personnel who received lead-safe work practices training using the curriculum developed by EPA and HUD,... 

Safe Operating Procedures are intended to provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each procedure covered. They help to assure consistent work activity using the appropriate manufacturer s guidelines and instructions, and they give other pertinent safety information from other resources. They also allow individuals with specific safety knowledge and expertise to address at least the following elements ... 

It is important to remember that all these tests should be preceded by an appropriate risk assessment in order to implement all the reasonable health and. safely measures. For instance the use of such toxic chemicals as dichloromethane is the subject of COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) regulation. Other activities where latent energy is involved, as in the application of hydrostatic pressure, and scattering of specimen debris from a fracture test, also pose a degree of hazard. Obviously the full circumstances are best known to the actual people engaged in any specific work, and therefore they are best placed to conduct a risk assessment and establish appropriate health and safety measures practices. 

The HCF supervisor is responsible for the conduct of all HCF operations on a daily basis. In line with this assignment, the HCF supervisor is responsible for preparing the facility for isotope processing and maintenance activities. This includes ensuring that ail procedures and equipment are in place prior to work and that personnel involved are properly qualified. The supervisor has complete authority over all operations and maintains a surveillance program to ensure all operations are conducted in an approved and safe manner. 

The cornerstone of a sound program for prudent laboratory practices is a process designed to comprehensively review the operations and potential hazards associated with each experiment over its life cycle. This review should take place before any work is conducted. The diverse nature of research and development activities makes it advisable to have such a process in place as part of the scientific method of experimentation. In laboratories where this preliminary survey is routinely practiced, it has proved to be useful in both the maintenance of safe laboratory operations and the minimization of chemical exposure and waste generation. Because of the diversity of types of researchers and laboratory work, such processes— both formal and informal—can help individuals associated with new, modified, or unfamiliar experiments or procedures to plan and work safely, responsibly, and productively. By first evaluating the work area, materials, equipment, and procedures in depth, hidden hazards may be identified and addressed. The pre-experiment review process can also help to ensure that every experiment and laboratory operation complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and other policies. Moreover, by addressing all relevant health, safety, and environmental issues when an experiment is first conceived, further research, scale-up, or development based on it can be made safer and more effective. 

Develop and implement comprehensive motor carrier safety and loss control program. Conduct and monitor accident reporting and investigation. Inspect facilities, equipment, and property for existing or potentially hazardous conditions. Recommend corrective/preventive measures to reduce risk. Analyze and update safety policies, procedures, and plans to promote a safe working environment and increase safety awareness. Identifies, monitors, evaluates, and tracks all safety activities through audits and statistical analysis. 

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