safety management Articles
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The Skikda LNG accident: losses, lessons learned and safety climate assessment
The Skikda LNG accident was the worst petrochemical plant fire in Algeria, in which 27 employees died, 56 injured and cost $900 million. The accident was caused by several reasons: poor maintenance and poor general condition of unit 40, the site distribution of different units which caused domino effect and there is no perfect prevention, communication system on safety. The paper summarised the ...
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When OSHA Visits--Part 2
Continuing Our Guide for New Plant Safety Managers On Monday, we took a closer look at the first few steps of an on-site OSHA visit, including the opening conference and records review. (Refresh your memory on that post here.) As a new plant safety manager, being prepared in a situation like this is key, and we want to make sure you have the tools and information you need. Now let’s ...
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Peracetic Acid Exposure in a Poultry Plant – My Firsthand Experience
My colleague and I visited a mid-sized poultry plant to test the Peracetic Acid (PAA) vapor levels in the air, as requested by the plant’s safety manager due to complaints from workers and interest in using our PAA monitor to help ensure workers are safe. PAA is an extremely effective and necessary biocide used to make sure the food we eat is safe by killing the microorganisms on the meat. ...
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Process safety and risk management audits for a ceramics manufacturing facility – Case Study
Challenge Antea Group was contracted by a large, advanced materials organization to provide a Process Safety Management and Risk Management Program compliance audit of a specialty ceramics manufacturing facility in New Hampshire. Processing at the facility is related to the crystalline growth of materials used in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Processing at the facility involved ...
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Parkes Shire Council $12M Lake Endeavour Dam Security and Safety Upgrade
Procurement Management, Risk Management, Lean Project Management, Environmental Management November 2013 to February 2016. Procurement Support. Full-time (7 days per week) on-site project / principal contractor surveillance. Responsible for development and governance of Site Safety, Construction Management, and Quality Management plans. Development of Early Warning System ...
By Uminex
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OSHA “Willful” and “Repeat” Citations Fines Increase Dramatically
OSHA issues 2018 penalties for citations. As of January 1, 2018, a serious citation fine is $12,934.00. A willful or repeat citation is $129,366.00. A failure to abate is now $12,934.00/day. Here’s what they’re looking for: Companies with injury/illness and days away rates above their industry coverages. Industries with high fatality rates. Companies previously fined ...
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When OSHA Comes Knocking - Part 3 of Our Guide for New Plant Safety Managers
You, the new plant safety manager, just left your first one-on-one plant manager meeting (as we talked about in our second blog in this series) and you are on cloud nine! You have just received the commitment you requested from the plant manager and you are so relieved that the meeting was successful. Then your supervisor comes into your office, sits down in front of your desk, and begins a ...
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Updating process safety culture: Lessons from BP Texas refinery incident
“That which is everybody’s business is nobody’s business” - Izaak Walton Chemical process plant safety and accident investigation has attained major strides in the past thirty years. Inquiry reports on catastrophic process plant accidents like Flixborough, Piper Alpha, Bhopal, Chernobyl revealed key areas where strengthening is needed to prevent major accidents in the industry . It is a ...
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Verification of nuclear power plants safety systems
Although safety is and has always been the primary objective for the nuclear community, it happens that the established practices for verification of nuclear plants' safety systems fail to provide reliable knowledge. The traditional investigation techniques have proven to be insufficient in their attempts to solve the problems and to prevent new failures. In this paper, difficulties in performing ...
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What To Do When OSHA Arrives - Part 1
Continuing Our Guide for New Plant Safety Managers You have been the new plant safety manager for a little over two months. During this timeframe you have had the opportunity to review the limited number of safety procedures left in your office by your predecessor and you are beginning to move forward with your safety responsibilities by following the requirements in the procedures. As part of ...
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Risk zoning in relation to risk of external events (application to IRIS design)
The design basis for any plant and site is closely related to the effects of any postulated external events and the limitation of the plant capability to cope with accidents, that is to perform safety functions. As a prime example of an advanced reactor and Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) with enhanced safety, the International Reactor Innovative and Secure (IRIS) has been considered in this work. In ...
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Construction Site Safety Inspections – What To Include at the Start of the Project?
There are TWO TIERS of safety inspections regardless of the type of construction project – road, building waterway, hazardous waste clean-up. First Tier – Initial Site Inspection at the Start of the Project. This inspection is more of a Program Audit than a site safety inspection and is best performed at the very start of the site work – even before work if possible!! The ...
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Transparent and secure processes: Well-organized data management in the chemical industry - Case Study
According to the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI), Germany is finding it increasingly difficult to stay globally competitive as a chemical location. The industry is facing the enormous challenge of securing its long-term competitiveness. After implementing Quentic, the online software for Health & Safety, Environmental management (HSE) and Sustainability, ISP Marl GmbH is now in ...
By Quentic GmbH
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Construction Site Safety Inspections – Start?, Daily? Weekly?, Monthly?
Safety Inspections There are two tiers of safety inspections regardless of the type of construction project. First Tier – Initial Site Inspection at the Start of the Project This inspection is more of a Program Audit than a site safety inspection. The audit focuses on Overall Safety Management, Security, Anticipated Hazards, Postings and Training, and, if necessary, a Site-Specific ...
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Safety Success in the Workplace, Only from the Top-Down
To work in a safe environment free from accidents or injury, a philosophy and attitude of safety must start at the top and continue throughout the entire organization. While ultimate responsibility for workplace safety lies with the CEO, all employees must be committed to and participate in the company’s health and safety plan to ensure its success. Work place safety relies on adherence to ...
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Best Practices for Chemical Management
Introduction The costs of managing chemicals are far more than just the product price, but the life-cycle management of chemicals can be optimized to cut these peripheral costs. By adopting best practices, the chemical management process is more integrated into the business process, becoming a strategic advantage to the organization, raising efficiency on a number of fronts, decreasing legal ...
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IndustrySafe safety software case study
Introduction IndustrySafe Safety Software is a web-based safety data management solution developed by TRA so organizations can track incidents, corrective actions, OSHA reporting, training, claims, inspections, hazards, behavioral based safety, and more. IndustrySafe clients include leaders in manufacturing, construction, government, and transportation. General IndustrySafe Overview ...
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New CDM Regs: Be careful for what you wish for, advises expert
New CDM Regulations came into force this month (April 6) to tackle among other matters the unacceptably high number of people suffering from workplace dust and emission ailments (more than 13,000 says the HSE)* but they also signal an end to CDM co-ordinators. So, what now for building site safety? asks Gareth Billinghurst, director and senior auditor at online safety legislation experts Cedrec. ...
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Safety Assurance - Multiple Safety Designs of Plastic Pyrolysis Plant
Plastic Waste Pyrolysis Plant emerges as a technological vanguard, adorned with multiple safety designs that fortify its operational integrity. This sophisticated apparatus, shrouded in the language of precision and innovation, navigates the challenges of converting plastic waste into valuable resources while prioritizing safety at every juncture.Holistic Safety Integration: The Sentinel ...
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THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLIED IN ROBOTICS, AN OPEN DEBATE
Nowadays, the most common artificial intelligence applications today are on display in self-driving vehicles; in speech recognition systems capable of identifying human language, then processing and interacting with it; in computer vision applications that process, analyse and understand images to formalise and process them; and in machine learning systems able to learn a task and improve their ...
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