SAF 126: Midterm Notes
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