... 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 less dangerous one Engineering Controls The provision of mechanical aids, barriers, machine guarding, ventilation or insulation to isolate a hazard from employees. For example; electrical cut out switches, roll over frames on...
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...services. It tests a broad range of integrated circuits including mixed-signal, analog and memory. This is integrated device manufacturer (IDM) is a semiconductor company which designs, manufactures, and test development, engineering and manufacturing services and solutions to a worldwide customer base. It operates manufacturing facilities in Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and China in addition to its global sales network. This is a manufacturing company and there are multiple departments that support the organization strategies and objectives. Mainly, they are the Product, Equipment and Production Department. In a Wafer Sort Operation, the Equipment Engineering Department is a department that maintains all wafer sort equipment and its supporting hardware. They are responsible for the management of the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of the Wafer Sort Operation to produce the highest possible equipment up-time for meeting the production output goals and projection forecast. In this OSH assignment, the focus is the Wafer Sort Hardware Room. Its main responsibility is in the managing of all hardware going in/out of the production floor; ensuring that there are enough spares and hardware available. All hardware are maintained within their periodical maintenance schedule and are diligently done, it's always available and ready for the next production set-up when it’s required. All activities are recorded and updated in the system for internal or external audits. A typical...
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...Custodians Daily Operations and Procedures 1. Purpose The purpose of this procedure is to outline the requirements for EML, LLC Custodian’s daily operations and procedures. 2. Scope EML, LLC Custodian Crew Lead is to provide a basic guideline for operations and procedures to be conducted and recorded for each work inquiry either through daily routines, emergency spills, and/or emergency situations. This includes the training of each new employee before it’s even released to the job site. Employee must have a full and satisfactory training session with the Crew Lead. The Crew Lead will therefore explain our new hire of all our safety standards, PPE policy, and customer relation skills. The Crew Lead has to comply with our contract with all deliverables, to include Green Certified specs.The Crew Lead is also to retrain any employees that fail to meet our QC standards. Crew Lead reports to EML LLC’s Supervisor. 3. Pre-requisites EML, LLC Crew Lead will utilize EML, LLC documents to include time sheets, MSDS books, temporary WO and assigned purchase orders and all associated documents for GSA contract # GS-07P-11-JU-D-0024. Crew Lead has been issued out a copy of our contract and shall reference it at all times. 4. Responsibilities The procedure outlined applies to all EML, LLC employees/ custodians. Items needed to be covered on the training sessions are as follow; • Train custodian employee on using the proper process on this S.O.P. Start point:...
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...Contents Brief introduction 2 Context/Scope-set the scene 2 Identification 3 Risk categorization 3 Report on incident. 4 Risk identified 5 Fishbone diagram 6 Causes of the risks 7 Risk analyzing 9 Rating by impact criteria – 3 levels 9 Rating by likelihood criteria – 4 levels 9 Matrix 9 Impact-Likelihood table 10 Treatment 11 Risk register 12 Monitoring 14 Appendix 16 Brief introduction In this project I am going to discuss about the risk management plan of Yap restaurant. The RM will be particularly for the kitchen department. The risk management plan will consist of establish the goals and the context of the restaurant, identify risks, analyze the risks, treatment and monitoring. Context/Scope-set the scene The risk management will be performed at Yap Restaurant which is located in Grand Bay. This RM will be only for the kitchen department. Yap Restaurant is specialized in Japanese food. The restaurant offers a wide of menu such as sushi, maki, and tempura and so on. The goals of the restaurant are to: * Provide Excellent Customer Service. * Serve delicious food. * Satisfy the customers. The main activity of the kitchen department is for the preparation of food. The goals of the kitchen department are to: * Prepare good food for the customers. * Meeting deadline for the preparation of the food. * Create new menu. The goals for the organization and the kitchen department are as followed: * Provide...
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...illnesses is proper handwashing. The home care nurse should get into the habit of washing his/her hands * when arriving and leaving the patient’s home * before and after patient care * before using clean equipment * after handling dirty equipment * when touching food * when going off duty. It is prudent for the home care nurse to bring his/her own dispenser of liquid soap and paper towels to each patient’s home. Liquid soap is definitely a better choice to bar soap because of bacteria growth. Even though soap and water are the best deterrent against disease, other alternatives such as antiseptic towelettes, antibacterial gets, etc are acceptable according to the CDC. Handwashing in the home is so important and is by far the most vital teaching a nurse can convey to a patient and caregiver. The patient should get into the habit of washing hands with liquid soap several times throughout the day. The nurse should demonstrate that this should be done for at least 10-15 seconds using the method of rubbing the lathered hands together and then rinsing thoroughly under running water. The nurse should never assume that the patient is familiar with this technique. 2. The “Bag Technique” and use of personal protective equipment to reduce the spread of infection. The “bag technique” is a tool by which the nurse minimizes and prevents the spread of any infection from one patient to another. Basically, the bag should always be in view of the...
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...INTRODUCTION The Occupational Safety and Health Act and OSHA require employers to furnish employees a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm. The Commonwealth of Kentucky has adopted a State Plan OSHA program [the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health (KOSH) Program (KRS 338)] and is responsible for the enforcement of occupational safety and health standards in Kentucky. The KOSH Program incorporates by reference the safety and health standards promulgated in 29 CFR 1910 (General Industry) and 29 CFR 1926 (Construction). To comply with KRS 18A.110(7)(i), the Secretary of the Personnel Cabinet promulgated 101 KAR 2:150, “State Safety Program,” for the development, operation, and enforcement of programs to improve work safety. The Personnel Cabinet’s Commonwealth of Kentucky Safety and Health Manual expresses and summarizes the state’s Safety and Health Program. MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES KYTC management shall: * Ensure that safety and health policies, procedures, goals, and objectives are effectively communicated to all affected employees. * Assure their actions abide by KYTC’s Safety and Health Program. * Fairly and firmly enforce established policies and procedures by granting appropriate authority and responsibility, as deemed necessary to effectively manage the Safety and Health Program. * ...
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...break out of the Ebola virus in the US, American citizens have lost faith in the CDC. This biological event showed the CDC was ill prepared. The CDC, Founded by Dr. Joseph Mountin in 1964, was developed to combat the increasing spread of malaria. In 1964, it was a much smaller business with less than 400 employees. Over the years, Americans grew to trust the CDC’s processes and procedures. According to "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" (2013), “Today, CDC is the nation′s premier health promotion, prevention, and preparedness agency and a global leader in public health.” America started to lose faith in the CDC when the Ebola arrived in the US. Hospitals were not properly trained to handle an outbreak of this nature, stocked with protective gear, or taking proper precautions when encountering a potential Ebola patient. In 2014, the Ebola virus was out of control and spreading in West Africa. This heightened spread should have prompted the CDC to increase awareness and protocols in the US, yet nothing was done to protect or manage the situation. “When the outbreak in West Africa began, the CDC said that any hospital in the US with single rooms can safely care for patients with Ebola” (Shafer, Dembry, & Volkman, 2014, para.5). It was not until after the virus touched down in the US, did the CDC realize hospitals may not have the necessities to control the virus. A man named Thomas Duncan is the first case of the Ebola virus in the US. During the outbreak, Duncan traveled...
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...M3: Review the need for measures to be taken to ensure personal safety and that of others when fffff attending an emergency incident scenario, with reference to relevant H&S legislation The first emergency service on scene must follow HASAWA, meaning that they must assess and deal with situation without putting themselves, the public or other colleagues at risk of injury or danger. First attending officer must assess the situation to look for hazards, or what could be potential hazards, which could possibly put themselves or any further attending emergency services at risk of danger, therefore further emergency services know what to expect upon arrival. All the emergency services attending the incident must acknowledge the Health and Safety Act, as they don't want cause harm to themselves or anyone near the incident, therefore no more injuries (if any in the first place) or scenes becoming contaminated, which would create more work for the other required specialist units. Health and Safety whilst driving, states that all servicemen/women required to drive to an emergency must undertake an Advanced Driving Course, which ensures that the driver has a better understanding and more skill at driving under pressure at high speeds, in an emergency situation. Another health and safety act that is used when at work is the COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Act 2002). COSHH is a law that requires employers to control any substances that are or can be hazardous...
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...set of harmonizing components that work together for an exclusive outcome. E.g. the clothing ensemble includes a collection of structured outfits and instruments which are employed in protective clothing applications, enabling a person to accomplish chemical activities with safety. It is grounded on four EPA levels of protection. Level A: This includes a clothing ensemble of internally and externally chemical resistive gloves and boots plus bipartisan radio communication. It’s worn when high protection for respiratory, skin and eye, against chemical substances, is required. The limitation is that ensemble should defy pervasion by chemicals nearby. Level B: It’s chose, when greater respiratory but lesser eye and skin safety is needed. Ensemble includes all equipments of level A plus a positive pressure SCBA face-cover. Limitation is also same as level A. Level C: This is opted when air contaminations are acknowledged, density is calculated and eye/skin contact is doubtful. The ensemble has face-cover, air-refining ventilator and all Level A equipments. Limitations of level A are also applicable here with an addition of 19.5% oxygen in atmosphere and chemical air-bone density lower than IDLH level. Level D: This level of ensemble contains face-cover, gloves/boots and safety goggles. Further PPE depends upon circumstances. It’s a general uniform which shouldn’t be worn in hot region. Talking about heat stress, there are three major levels. 1. Heat cramps Heat cramps cause...
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...s tasked to inspect all the companies safety equipment and personal protective equipment. My inspection was broke down into three categories, availability, serviceability and whether it was within calibration standards. During the availability portion I was to find out how easy it was to get if needed, and if there was enough available according to how many personnel used it. Having enough PPE was the biggest issue that I found. Safety glasses, hard hats and leather gloves were items that I found not every person had. We did have adequate amounts of disposable earplugs. I had my supply order the shortages and ordered earmuffs that attach to the hard hats, so everybody had them. We have several generators at our company; hearing protection is a high priority. Serviceability was next on my agenda. There is a lot of equipment in my company that is getting old and out dated. This equipment is very expensive, so I needed to justify major purchases. I did not find much that was not functional. I was able to get little tools purchased, and put an order in for more updated equipment. We are very reactive, not proactive. When things break they are purchased, if they’re not broke we won’t fix them. Lastly I had to check to see if the equipment has been properly tested within the allotted time frame. This area had been neglected, and I found numerous deficiencies. I found test equipment that was out of date with calibrations and PPE that was out of its window for inspection. We...
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...Running Head: RISK ASSESSMENT PLAN Risk Assessment Plan Therese Kress MGT. 401 Hazardous Materials Management Instructor Stephen Griffith October 6th, 2014 RISK ASSESSMENT PLAN Risk Assessment Plan Holding the position of ‘Risk Manager” can be a daunting task. Their role is to advise their company of any potential risks that might exist within the organization, its employees, customers, and even its reputation. A risk managers job tasks depend on the industry in which they work in, and the level at which they are working at. Their major job duties are to identify and assess hazards, put safety plans in place, and determine how to avoid, reduce, or eliminate the risks altogether. That is why in the 1970’s the “Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) established three permanent federal agencies to help with accessing such issues. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to set and enforce standards, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct research on workplace hazards, and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) to referee any workplace challenges” (Matthews, P.2011). These three departments were established to set guidelines by which companies both large and small, could follow to minimize the potential risks within the workplace. At my place of employment, Generator Services, we do have a Risk Assessment Plan that observes a safe...
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...Table saw accidents are more common than the average person would think. According to Table Saw Accident Stories and Statistics, 95% of the accidents are hand, arm, wrist and finger injuries and 5% are eye, face, trunk, and leg with persons between the ages of 15-64. Three important issues stand out when it come to the operation of table saws in the work place and in the home; safety, training and equipment conditions. Mr. John Schmidt was injured on June 7; he seriously injured his hand while pushing a large piece of wood through a table saw in the production shop at work. Who is at fault here, the company or Mr. John Schmidt? Problems to be examined are the functioning of the safety guards presently on the table saw being used in the production shop, how employees are trained to operate this equipment and are the equipment conditions well. I will examine what was said by all the employees and management in the production shop. In this dispute it is examined if the company or the employee is at fault. Safety is number one when operating table saws in the work place and in the home. If you are not paying close attention to the process of cutting wood, the safety guards may not protect you in certain situations with handling table saws. According to woodworking machinery expert, Les Winter, the circular blades on the table saw move at a speed of 100 miles per hour. This can cause serious hazards to happen when operator is being careless and not focused on the operation of the...
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... • Out of place objects and damaged furniture in offices and other rooms may cause: stumbles, catching a part of the body, and have effects such as: wounds, bumps, bruises and deep gashes these hazards could also do more serious injures or even death. To prevent these hazards: damaged protruding elements must be labeled with a hazard sing or marking to make sure that people are cautious when moving nearby the hazardous object. • Needles, scalpels, scissors. Needle pricks be caused by non typical behavior of the patient, these are hazards which can cause: contact with sharp tools what could be hazards: needle stick or injury. To prevent these hazards: Staffs have to have greater attention and use personal protection (PPE). • Overflowing bins, when bins are not regularly emptied and disposed this hazard can cause: embed around rubbish overflowing: flies, rodents, insects that spread germs and serious disease what may be a cause of many diseases such as: salmonella: typhoid, tetanus and dysentery. If bins are not emptied for a few days...
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...promote safe and healthy working environments through consultation between workers, worker representatives, and management. As with any legislation it only successful if people want it to be. Health and Safety is the responsibility of everyone. It is important to set a good example by awareness of relevant legislation and policies, and to uphold the law in both letter and spirit. 2. Define the duties of employees under health and safety legislation. Employees must take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety and the health and safety of others who could be affected by their action or omissions at work. Their responsibility for health and safety extends to the things over which they have control. Employees must: • Use equipment provided to protect their health and safety • Obey reasonable instructions that the employer gives on health and safety • Ensure that they are not affected by alcohol or any other drugs that could cause them to endanger themselves or others • Work in ways that will not endanger their own health or that of other colleagues • Ensure that their work practices do not endanger the general public or the environment – at the primary work site or any site on which they are expected to work • Report, following the correct procedures, any workplace accidents, incidents or illness • Report any identified hazards, using appropriate procedures • Make sure that they are aware of current, up-to-date health and safety information and legislative...
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...normal daily operations. ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION David Donald, the company shop manager, assist that the table saw machine was in safe condition. The foreman, Harry Hiller also confirms the saw machine was in satisfactorily condition. He also notes he saw the employee “joking, laughing and goofing around.” Another co-work supports John’s claim due to the safety guard’s poor design and the lack of functioning well. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINTS, CONCLUSIONS OR SOLUTIONS There are multiple factors to consider in this safety mishap. Two viewpoints which should be noted in this investigation are as follows: 1) Were proper precautions followed by the employee prior to the use of the equipment and 2) Was the employee wearing Proper Personal Protective equipment (PPE) when the equipment was in use. Personnel must observe the safety precautions and adhere to the standard operating procedures for individual machine or ship system operations. (Department of Navy, 2001). Following guidance and operating procedure is...
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