SAF 126: Midterm Notes

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When is incident Investigation conducted?

Wherever and whenever an incident occurs

Warning label must provide

- Name, address, phone - Product ID - Signal words - Hazard statements - Precautionary statement - Pictograms

Safety contact

-Commonly initiated after JSO or as part of JSA process. -Involving one on one safety related discussions between supervisor and employee

Benefits of training

-Fewer incidents -Reduced cost -Reinforcement of organization goals -Improved Job performance

Benefits of a JSA

-Giving individual training unsafe efficient procedures -Making employee safety contacts -Instructions new person on the job -Preparing for planned safety observations -Reviewing procedures after incidents occur -Study jobs for possible improvement methods

Safety contact

-Initiated after jso or as part of Jsa process. -Involving one on one safety related discussions between supervisor and employee

Goals of training

-Meet regulatory and company requirements -Provide knowledge and skills necessary to work safely and efficiently -Bring about corrective action following incidents and safety problems

Effective meeting

-No more than 3 ideas -meet in a comfortable place -plan the agenda and visual aids -keep short and simple

Job safety observations

-Process of observing an employee as he or she completes work. -Determining if job training has been effective

Reports

-Show previous inspection -Do not repeat or copy results

Interpersonal team training

-communication, team development, conflict management, leadership skill, decision making, problem solving

Nine Elements of Safety Management System Administrative and management

1. Management leadership and commutment 2. Organizational communications and documentation 3. Assessment, audits, evaluations, continuous inprovement

Continuous Process Improvement

1. Provide management commitment and leadership 2. Assess-establish a balance 3. Plan-set goals 4. Implement strategies and tactics 5. Review and adjust

Methods of delivering training

1.) Lecture 2.) Case Study 3.) Testing 4.) Video-based Training 5.) Reading

Steps in Job Safety Analysis

1.) selecting the task 2.) breakdown task into steps 3.) identify hazards and potential incident causes 4.) develop solutions

Congress established in osha due to stats:

14,000 deaths per year 2.5 million disabled per year 300,000 diseases per year 38 deaths per day

2016 Fatalities in Virginia

153 deaths

Date Workers' Compensation Laws established?

1910

When was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?

1911

When was the NSC established?

1913

Date federal govt established osha

1970

How long does a safety meeting must last?

30 minutes

Nine elements of safety management system Operational and technical

4. Hazard recognition, evaluation, and control 5. Facility, design and engineering 6. Operational safety programs

Nine elements of Safety management system Cultural and behavioral

7. Employee involvement 8. Motivation, behavior, attitude 9. Training and orientation

Safety management system (prevention principle)

Accountability Human factor Business integration Frequency and severity

Job Safety Analysis

Allows employees to identify hazards

Job safety analysis

Allows employees to identify hazards

Demonstration

Allows trainer to perform actual task and then have the employee repeat the performance

Safety management system

An organized and structured means of ensuring that an organization is capable of achieving and maintaining high levels of safety performance

Hazard

Any existing or potential workplace condition that can result in death, injury, damage, property loss

Incident

Any unplanned event that result in injury or damage to property, equipment, or environment

Checklists

Clarify responsibility Control activities Report of activity

What checklists, rankings and fact boxes do?

Clarify responsibility Control activities Report of activity

Sds requirements by osha

Completely legible Updated when new info is available Printed in at least English

Testing

Determine if employees understand the necessary information and can apply the knowledge when required

Incident Investigation

Determine root cause and recommend corrective actions to eliminate or control hazards

Incident Investigation

Determine root causes and recommend corrective actions to eliminate or control hazards

Drill

Developing worker skill in fundamental task for performing under pressure

PPE

Device worn by employees to protect them from the environment. Can we use with engineer in admin controls.

Handling the media

Employees should not hide or obscure information Employee should not talk to the media

Engineering controls

Engineer to hazard out my initial design specifications or by applying substitution isolation enclosure or ventilation

Heirachy of controls

Engineering>admin>ppe

Causal factors (root causes)

Equipment Environment Personnel Management

Causal factors

Equipment, environment, personnel, management

Inspection

Examinations of operating conditions and behaviors that exist within a defined work area

Risk assessment criteria

Exposure, severity and probability

Sds section 5

Fire Fighting Measures

Sds section 4

First aid measures

Perception Survey

Giving all employees a voice in the direction of safety and health program

Benefits of a JSA

Giving individualized training in safe efficient procedures Making employee safety contacts Instructing new persons on the job Preparing for planned safety observations Reviewing procedures after incidents occur Study jobs for possible improvement methods

Sds section 7

Handling and storage

Safety data sheet

Identify hazardous chemicals and protection Employee must have sds for every chemical workplace

Suggestion systems

Incorporate a process for identifying hazards and risk anonymously with suggestions for solutions

Routes of entry

Inhalation, ingestion, absorption, injection

What must begin with new employee?

Job orientation

Hazcom requirements

List of hazards or chemicals known to workplace Sds for each chemical Warning label Employee training

Risk

Measure of probability/severity of adverse effects

Lecture

Normally used to communicate facts, give motivational speeches, summarize events

Incident rate

Number of occupational injuries or lost workdays per 100 full time employee

Video based training

Offers the learner the opportunity to see examples of tasks and processes being performed correctly

Common training techniques

On the job, group, individual

Technical Training

Own skills, new skills, quality and safety

Types of hazards

Physical, chemical, biological, ergonomical

Inspection steps

Preparation>Results/reports>follow up

Prevention

Proactive process to keep something from occuring

Control

Process intended to eliminate future hazards by taking preventative action or controlling or eliminating future hazards.

Job safety observations

Process of observing an employee as he or she completes his or her work. Determines if job training has been effective

Theory of multiple causation

Random combination of various factors that result in injury or illness

Administrative control

Reduce employee exposure through methods such as education and training, work reduction, job rotation, maintenance repairs, housekeeping, personal hygiene, and work practices

Chronic

Repeated/prolonged exposure that bring developing symptoms

Administrative skill training

Scheduling, budgeting, interviewing

Jsa basic step

Select task>Break task down>identify potential hazard and accidents>develop safe job procedures

Acute

Short term exposure. May create immediate health hazard

Reports

Shows previous inspections Do not repeat or copy results

Control of workplace hazard

Specific hazard Magnitude of exposure Effectiveness Available technology

Control of workplace hazards

Specific hazard Magnitude of exposure Effectiveness Available technology

General Duty Clause

Statement in Occupational Safety and Health Act that requires employers subject to OSHA to provide employees with a safe and healthy work environment.

Incident investigation procedure

Taking immediate action Secure the site Document evidence Identify witness Conduct interviews Write incident investigation report Document completion of corrective action

Safety

The control and elimination of recognized hazards to attain an acceptable level of risk

Lecture

Used to communicate facts, give motivational speeches, summarize event for employees

case study

Written descriptions of actual or fictitious business decisions that learners will use as a basis for demonstrating pre determined skills/problems

Reading

Written safety material, monthly news letters, magazines

Acceptable level of risk

Zero risk doesn't exist. Reduce to an acceptable level of risk. Risk are acceptable if judged tolerable.

Audit

a methodical examination of facility existing procedures and practice

Simulation

an imitation of an event; a reproduction of an event that is similar to the actual event

Risk assessment

the process of measuring risk


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