...Risk prediction in the chemical industries can be presented in a way it allows easy judgemental of the acceptability of risks. This helps to reduce hazards in chemical process plant operations. Risk can be defined as the likelihood of an accident or unwanted event occurring at a particular period of time. Hazard can be a situation that can cause damage or injury. As it is known it is not possible to have ZERO risk in any operation. So it is highly important risk are identified, controlled if possible and therefore reduced. Risk Assessment is defined as the process of examining the chances of a hazard in a workplace. For example the hazards in a flare gas recovery system can be analysed for possible hazards to workers and the public. The stages of risk assessment include: * Identification of the hazard which can be based on past events. There are also tools like HAZOP, FMEA, SWIFT etc to determine any potential hazard. * Next is the frequency analysis which gives an estimate of how likely an accident can occur. In the case of a flare gas recovery system, it may be how likely is it to have the release of gas into the flare header due to equipment failure. Fault tree analysis and even tree analysis are mostly used for this estimation. They are both use to determine the probability and frequency of an incident (hazard). The results from these are used to analysis the acceptability of a particular chemical plant activity. * After frequency analysis is the consequences...
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...shows the likelihood of employees being exposed to adverse health conditions, it is optional but encouraged that the employer notifies employees of these risks. Question 2. Automated equipment operating systems are useful in dangerous operating environments like environments where chemicals are present. Question 3. Question :If a company uses I.C.T., there is no need for a warehouse management system (W.M.S.). Question 4. Workplace regulations deal with hazards resulting from: Question 5. MGT 496 WEEK 3 QUIZ To purchase this visit following link: http://www.activitymode.com/product/mgt-496-week-3-quiz/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM MGT 496 WEEK 3 QUIZ MGT 496 Week 3 Quiz 1.Question : If a risk assessment shows the likelihood of employees being exposed to adverse health conditions, it is optional but encouraged that the employer notifies employees of these risks. Question 2. Automated equipment operating systems are useful in dangerous operating environments like environments where chemicals are present. Question 3. Question :If a company uses I.C.T., there is no need for a warehouse management system (W.M.S.). Question 4. Workplace regulations deal with hazards resulting from: Question 5. MGT 496 WEEK 3 QUIZ To purchase this visit following link: http://www.activitymode.com/product/mgt-496-week-3-quiz/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM MGT 496 WEEK 3 QUIZ MGT 496 Week 3 Quiz 1.Question : If a risk assessment shows the likelihood...
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...training sites. • Conduct police calls to collect and dispose of solid-waste materials (trash). • Dispose of liquid waste from kitchens, showers and baths properly. • Avoid entering terrain drainage areas with vehicles unless the area is dry and the ground will support such activities. C-. Noise Pollution; Units must • Avoid tactical maneuvers in erosion susceptible areas and refill fighting positions. • Verify range restrictions with range control. • Brief soldiers on environmental and safety considerations before field training. D-. Water Pollution: • Ensure that soldiers use designated areas to wash vehicles and that they don’t perform maintenance or refuel vehicles in wetlands or coastal –water areas. • Never pour chemicals, solvents of HW into storms drains.Archeological Sites: • Never...
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...SAFE HANDLING REQUIREMENTS IN THE LABORATORY Hazard Identification The Environmental Health and Risk Management has a standard to abide by that states liquids that are flammable, agents that are toxic, chemicals of a highly reactive nature, and radioactive substances must be used in a way in which there is no true hazard to worker or public health. It is said that chemical hazards are likely one of the most commonly seen in the laboratory setting. These include, electrical, radioactive, biological, mechanical and physical. Some of these hazards require prior approval as and that section can be found in this manual. It is imperative that you as an employee strive to prevent and avoid hazard when working in the laboratory. Labeling When...
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...reporting hazards and accidents that typically occur on the premises of a retail business The most common types of risks, hazards and accidents to staff and customers are: * Lifting and pushing - eg. Handling heavy or awkward sized objects * Slips/trips and falls - eg. Slipping on a wet surface or falling from a ladder * Machinery - eg. Using ladders, trolleys etc... * Occupational violence - eg. Abusive customers or dealing with robbers * Chemicals - eg. Using cleaning products * Electrical incidents * Poor housekeeping- eg. Products being left lying around Overall, slips/trips and falls or damage caused by manual handling/lifting remain the main culprits of injury in the retail workplace. It is important to try minimise risks, hazards and accidents in the workplace. This is easy. You can make sure you have good signage in your shop. Not just in the back of the shop warning of chemicals or how to dispose things but also in the front of house. As if you had had a spill of a substance on the floor there is a hazard that customers might not see it so you need to put up a sign to warn them ad work on minimising or getting rid of that hazard before an accident happens. It is equally important to report a hazard for the sake of employees and customers safety to reduce the risk of harm towards them. It is a legal requirement following the health and safety at work act 1974. Who you report the hazard to depends on the severity of the hazard, but...
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...Unit 3 – Health, Safety and Security in Health and Social Care P1 – Explain potential hazards and the harm that may arise from each in a health or social care setting. Introduction: For P1, I am an employer, working for the local authority. My role is to check health, safety and security in different care settings. I will be looking for loose wires or toys lying around the floor as these are risks to injuries in the care setting. Key Terms: * Hazards: Anything that may cause any harm, such as loose wires trailing along the floor. Somebody may trip over them. * Risk: Risk is the chance that someone may be harmed, high or low risk, such as falling down the staircase. * Health hazards: These include incidents leading to an illness, such as visiting a patient in a hospital, and catching the norovirus. * Safety hazards: Incidents that lead to a personal injury or damage to equipment or buildings, such as using heavy or dangerous machinery with no license. * Security hazards: This includes intruders, theft of property or information and individuals either being abducted or leaving without consent. Such as having safety locks on doors at nurseries for young children to ensure that they cannot escape. * Reference. PPT. Level 3 Hazards in a health or social care setting, with examples. Hazards in a physical environment The physical environment includes everything that surrounds us, such as; objects, people, pets etc… These can have an...
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...Emergency management is about identifying risks, assessing weaknesses, and devising strategies for reducing such risks (Lindell & Prater, 2003). While there is a common theme among hazards, emergencies and disasters each has minor differences and may require various approaches by the emergency manager. The most common misconception is emergency management agencies want to eliminate all risks by establishing procedures but there is no direct way to remove the daily or infrequent events that can occur. A hazard is a source of danger or extreme event that has the potential to affect people, property, and the natural environment in a given location (Lindell & Prater, 2003). Hazards can be either natural or manmade and are detrimental to certain...
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...new framework to cultivate good safety habits in individuals in order to create a strong safety culture in the workplace. It requires stakeholders to implement reasonable measure to ensure the safety and health of employees and everyone affected by the environment. Purpose of OHS Act Body Beautiful KAPLAN CITY CAMPUS 8 WILKIE ROAD, LEVEL 5, WILKIE EDGE Singapore 228095 Importance for Safety Management General • Transfer of information between trainers • Injury due to impaired equipments • Issues realating to employees’ delivery • Electrical equipment hazards • Hazards relating to contracted services Exercise Area • Health risk relating to members’ over exertion • Injury due to improper use of equipment • Risk of infection from unhygienic conditions • Exercise machinery obstructing the walkway • Trip hazards due to obstacles on...
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...the information on the legislation of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) uses to regulate chemicals in New South Wales, national and international programs it is involved with and where additional information can be found on chemical use and disposal. Legislation apply to ABC Chemicals The EPA regulates the use and disposal of chemicals in NSW using the following legislative instruments: * the Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985 (EHC Act), which regulates chemicals of particular concern throughout their entire life-cycle, thereby minimising potential environmental impacts from hazardous chemicals and chemical waste in NSW * chemical control orders made under the EHC Act when chemicals or chemical wastes pose serious threats to the environment and there are particular challenges in their management - five chemical control orders are in place in NSW * the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 to regulate sites that are contaminated with chemical wastes that pose a significant risk of harm to human health and/or the environment * the Pesticides Act 1999 for regulating the use of pesticides after the point of sale and to promote the protection of human health, the environment, property and trade by minimising risks from pesticide use * the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (POEO Act), which regulates, among other things, chemical pollution and wastes and establishes management and licensing requirements along with offence provisions...
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...Processes - physical, chemical, and biological ways in which events affect Earth’s surface * Internal processes come from forces within Earth * Plate tectonics * Result of internal energy of Earth * External processes come from forces on Earth’s surface * Atmospheric effects * Energy from the sun Definitions * Hazard – probability that a specific damaging event will happen within a particular period of time * Risk – a function of the hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and coping capacity * Disaster – hazardous event that occurs over a limited time in a defined area * Catastrophe – massive disaster that requires significant amount of money or time to recover Disaster Trends * Recently, there has been an apparent increase in natural disasters * Eg. Japan tsunami, Haiti earthquake, Hurricane Katrina * The United Nations designated the 1990s as the International Decade for Natural Hazards Reduction * [graph] The cost of natural hazards is increasing worldwide, partly b/c world population doubled from 3bill to 6bill in only 40yrs [graph] The cost of natural hazards is increasing worldwide, partly b/c world population doubled from 3bill to 6bill in only 40yrs Mitigation – reduce the effects of something; natural disaster preparation Death and Damage Caused by Natural Hazards * Those hazards that have a great impact on human life may not cause the most property damage * Hazards vary greatly in their...
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...to the hazard. It consists of two levels Consider elimination before all other options. LEVEL 1 1st Priority Elimination of Hazard LEVEL 2 Minimisation Options which substantially reduce the risk. 2nd Priority Substitution 3rd Priority Engineering 4th Priority Administration Last Priority P.P.E. From “Officewise”, Comcare Many employers start from the bottom of the list when considering options. Some think that it is cheaper and/or simpler to change worker behaviour or give them some protection against the hazard that to fix the cause of the problem. In the long run this approach costs more in time and money and is less effective. Elimination Options which get rid of the hazard altogether. The best way to eliminate the risk is to completely remove the hazard. For example, the need for excessive photocopying and collation can be eliminated if material is circulated by electronic mail; repair damaged equipment promptly; ensure new equipment meets the ergonomic needs of users; move a noisy machine from a quiet area. Substitution Replacing a hazardous substance or work practice with a less hazardous one. For example, a telephone hand set can be replaced with a head set where there is constant use of the telephone. substituting a smaller package or container to reduce the risk of manual handling injuries such as back strain substituting a hazardous chemical with a...
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...everyone on earth o Acid content of the air is destroying art sculptures o Modern geographical borders and barriers are being destroyed because of acid content of the air, i.e. Canadian lakes and Scandinavia Rationalization and Relativism - When everything turns into a hazard, nothing seems dangerous anymore. - “Ignorance is bliss.” - Risk society switches from hysteria to indifference. Boomerang Effect - Eventually risks and hazards catch up with those who create and profit from creating the risks and hazards. (Karma) Ecological devaluation and expropriation - Boomerang effect also affects media, money, property and legitimation. - The destruction and endangering of nature and the environment have devaluation in property rights. - “Everything which threatens life on this earth also threatens the property and commercial interests of those who life from and off the commoditization of life and its requisites.” Risk position as fate - “Piggy-back problems”: problems that are ‘stowaways’ on other problems like toxins and pollutants related to pesticides. International Inequalities - “the proletariat of the global risk society settles beneath the smokestacks, next to refineries and chemical factories” - Hazardous industries...
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...protection equipment (how to wear, which equipment prevent which part of body). 3. Identifying hazards: - employer should inspect the workplace so that they could find out the hazards and take the appropriate action. 4. Worker should be informed to maintain 10 meters of distance from dangerous moving machines for example forklift. 5. Proper protection equipment should be of good quality so that workers can feel more safer while wearing equipment. Question 2 a) Types of Hazards as company is engaged in construction work. Physical Hazards * hazards such as lifting and pulling are sought of physical hazard which are common in construction sight. * Wet floors or slippery chemical on floor could lead to slip and fall. * Using handy tools like power tools etc. b) Angela must have studied about the workplace safety and there she may have learned or taught the correct or immediate action to take against any incident occurred at workplace. c) Angela can consult the external or internal source. External sources include websites containing information regarding safety example safeworkaustralia.com. She may consult with internal sources like safety officer or senior in charge at work place. d) Employer or the person who has been appointed to inspect the work place had the responsibility to conduct an identification of hazards before the job began. Question 3 a) I am currently working as a Assistant Manager in Red Rooster...
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...First Name Surname Instructor Course Date Strategic Action Plan for a Hazardous Materials Incident The strategic action plan outlines the actions needed to accomplish the goal of containing a hazard of a dangerous gas leakage to a given environment. The action plan acts as a tool for social planning in an industrial setup during the cases of emergency. It outlines the necessary steps required, responsibilities of various agencies, risk assessment, the Local Emergency Response Plan, and appropriate training after and before the incident. The dangerous gas covered is Chlorine. Procedure 1. In the case of any emergency of a gas leakage, the persons or groups, which will be actively involved in the process of containing the incident, are the emergency response team of the municipal council and the company. Except, for incidences when the two groups are unreachable, any other person can contribute in managing the incident within reasonable limits. The company’s emergency response team will access the risk involved and guide people on how to leave the affected area. The first aid team will attend to the injured victims out of the parameters of danger through the assistance of the municipal first aiders. 2. The institutions emergency response team will access the level of risk. Among the aspects to be checked will be the amount of gas that has leaked to the environment. It will be gauged through the calculation of the duration of leakage and size of the leakage hole...
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...General Safety Guidelines 9 2.2 Eating, Drinking, and Smoking 10 2.3 Housekeeping and Maintenance 10 2.5 Spills and Accident Reporting 11 Spills 11 2.6 Accident Reporting 12 2.7 Audits 12 3.0 Standard Laboratory Control Measures 13 3.1 Hygiene Practices 14 3.2 Ventilation 15 3.3 Safety Equipment 15 3.4 Hand wash Stations 16 3.5 Eyewash Stations 16 3.6 Fire Extinguishers 17 3.7 Flammable Storage Cabinets 17 4.0 Emergency And Medical Procedures 18 4.1 Basic Emergency Response 18 4.2 Controllable Release 19 4.3 Injury and illness 19 Preface The nature of the tasks being undertaken at the Ballistics Unit of the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine presents a number of hazards. The risks associated with these hazards can be greatly reduced if appropriate precautions and practices are adhered to. To manage these risks, the Ballistics Unit has developed this general safety manual. The intent of this manual is to provide the guideline for the development and implementation of a comprehensive safety programme which will assist staff in maintaining a safe working environment. Responsibility for the development, implementation and enforcement of the general safety manual and comprehensive safety programme are the responsibility of the officer in charge of the Ballistic Unit. This individual is also responsible for providing the relevant resources in order to ensure the effective implementation of the safety programme. Helpful Telephone...
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