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Safety for Engineers

Safety for Engineers. Lucien Nel, M.Sc., CIH, CSP Director Safety Health Quality & Risk March Consulting Associates Inc. Section1. Introduction. (U.S Department of Labor, 2008). Today’s workplace is fraught with safety hazards. Why are we here today?. You are the teachers,

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Safety for Engineers

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  1. Safety for Engineers Lucien Nel, M.Sc., CIH, CSP Director Safety Health Quality & Risk March Consulting Associates Inc.

  2. Section1 Introduction (U.S Department of Labor, 2008)

  3. Today’s workplace is fraught with safety hazards

  4. Why are we here today? You are the teachers, leaders and workers of the future

  5. Society Will Constantly Challenge You • You will have to decide how to do the work safely • Very rarely will you meet all three criteria • Meet any two of these criteria FAST SAFELY SAFELY SAFELY CHEAP RIGHT

  6. Knowledge and insight gained will help you meet this challenge • The musings of an engineer: • I know a lot of stuff • I think we know everything • I don’t recognize what I don’t know • Therefore what I know is my reality So? Lets expand that reality

  7. To Be Successful Take the safety knowledge you gain from this seminar, build on it, and apply it in your studies, and especially when you are in the workplace

  8. The importance of safety and health for engineers • Technological Change • The risks • Society’s Response • A closer look

  9. Technological change • Transportation • Communication and electronic technologies • Medicine • Pros and cons

  10. The risks • New hazards • Increased accidents • New unproven concepts, design & materials • Health impacts (U.S Department of Labor, 2008)

  11. Society’s response • Embraces the benefits • Regulation and litigation • Structured health and safety organizations • Insurance

  12. A closer look • Society accepts the benefits but not all the risks • Society placed demands on engineers to reduce risks • Engineers require training in workplace safety, due diligence and product liability to protect them • This presentation focuses on safety in the workplace

  13. Fundamental concepts and terms • Terms • Current and the human body • Hazard identification • General Principles of hazard control

  14. Terms • Safety triangle (incident : accident ratio theory)

  15. Terms • Danger, hazard and risk • Hazard control • Risk reduction Incident Anatomy of a Hazard

  16. Current and the human body (Brauer, 1994)

  17. Current and the human body

  18. Current and the human body • Hospital patients require special mention because they may have electronic equipment attached inside and outside their bodies. • Small currents may leak from the instruments to other instruments with a potential to cause injury and death • Why is this such an “At risk group”? • How can the risk be reduced?

  19. Fire and Explosion • Electricity is one of the leading causes of fire • Arcing in the presence of flammable or combustible aerosol • Grain elevators • Fiery mines • Chemical factories • Petrochemical plants • Gas stations service stations

  20. Hazard identification • Review work to be done • Tour the site • Write down hazards and analyze them • Develop a plan to control hazard

  21. Hazard identification

  22. General Principles of hazard control • Eliminate the hazard by removing it or removing people • Reduce the hazard by substitution • Safety device / warning device • Warning labels & procedures

  23. BREAK 15 Mins

  24. Electrical safety in the workplace • Some workplace safety rules • Permits • Tools • Housekeeping

  25. Some workplace safety rules - Lab

  26. Some more lab electrical safety rules • Electrician • Water • Disconnect • ABC fire extinguisher • Ground ground ground ground ground! • Warning signs • Tingle • Frayed, dry, cracked extension cords • Overheating • Smoke, sparks, spilled liquid, erratic operation

  27. Some workplace safety rules • Lock-out

  28. Some workplace safety rules –fall protection (Western Safety Products, 2008)

  29. Some workplace safety rules • A confined space is any space that: • Is enclosed or partially enclosed • It is not designed or intended for continuous human occupancy, except for the purpose of performing work • Has restricted entry and exit • Due to its design, construction or atmosphere it may become hazardous • Has poor natural ventilation (Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association, 2008)

  30. Some workplace safety rules – Personal Protective Equipment (Owen Media Partners, 2008)

  31. Permits • Work permits / orders • Ground penetration permits • Hot work permits • Confined space entry permits • Safety permits • Tie-in permits • Special / Unique permits

  32. Equipment and tools – Don’t do this, use the right tool for the right job

  33. Housekeeping • Prevent slips trips and falls • Maintain fire safety • Appropriate storage of tools and equipment • Contain potentially hazardous materials and equipment

  34. Communication • Verbal – daily, weekly, monthly (routine) • Written – reports, meeting minutes, routine activity documentation, permitting • Published safety statistics / performance • Written corrective action / disciplinary action

  35. With this knowledge, will you be able to:Do things safety and still meet public expectations of: expediency; appropriateness; and, fiscal responsibility. The Turning point

  36. Section 3 Conclusion

  37. Poor work planning threatens the safety of workers including engineers THE CRISIS

  38. To be successful, take the safety knowledge you gained from this seminar, build on it, and apply it throughout your studies and especially when you are in the workplace The SOLUTION

  39. No task is so important that we cannot take the time to do it safety Safety Mantra

  40. Additional Reading List • Brauer, Roger L., Safety and Health for Engineers, John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, 1990. • Grimaldi, John V., and Simonds, Rollin H., Safety Management, 5th Edition, Irwin, Homewood, IL,1989.   • Hammer, Willie, Occupational Safety Management and Engineering, 4th Edition, Prentice-Hall,Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989. • Hammer, Willie, Product Safety Management and Engineering, 2nd Edition, American Society of Safety Engineers, Des Plaines, IL, 1993. • Molak, Vlasta (editor), Fundamentals of Risk Analysis and Risk Management, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL, 1997. • Roland, H. E., and Moriarty, B., System Safety Engineering and Management, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, 1990. • Sanders, M. S., and McCormick, E. J., Human Factors in Engineering and Design, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1993 • Slote, Lawrence, Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health, John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, 1987.

  41. References • Brauer, Roger L., Safety and Health for Engineers, John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY, 1990. • CBS News, U.N.: World Population Increasingly Urban, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/26/world/main3880698.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_3880698, March 2, 2008, 11:51am • Complete Compliance Consulting, Your business needs in Safety, Human Resources, Loss Prevention and USDOT compliance,http://completecomplianceconsulting.com/safety, accessed March 4, 2008 • Everly, Mike, Accident Investigating and reporting, Cambrian Safety Consultancy, http://home.freeuk.net/mike.everley/download/ac.pdf accessed March 1, 2008 • Owen media Partners Inc. A world of Safety: Personal Protective Equipment, http://www.safetyworld.com/topics/ppe.htm, accessed March 4, 2008 • Saskatchewan Construction Association, Confined spaces, http://fpscsa.sasktelwebhosting.com/resources/st_confinedspaces.html, accessed March 4, 2008 • Saskatchewan Labour, The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations,1996 being Chapter O-1.1 Reg 1 as amended by Saskatchewan Regulations 6/97, 35/2003, 112/2005, 67/2007 and 91/2007, Saskatchewan, 2007 • UK Health and Safety Executive, A short guide to the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992,

  42. References cont. • http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg174.pdf, accessed March 3, 2008  • U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety& Health Administration, Construction Safety, http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/construction/electrical_incidents/mainpage.html, Accessed March 3, 2008, • Young, Jay A., Laboratory Safety Information: Keynote address, 48th NEACT Summer Conference at the University of Main, Orono, Maine,August 18-22, 1986 http://people.bu.edu/basu/CL/EK306/labsafety.html, accessed March 3, 2008 • Western Safety Products, Tie-Off Information & OSHA Informationand Fall protection deceleration distances, • http://www.westernsafety.com/gemtor/gemtorpg5.html, accessed March 3, 2008

  43. QUESTIONS?

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