...Flighty safety AVIATION CAREER Flight Safety management Studies UCLA, USA Institute of Aviation Medicine, USA Chairman Board of Inquiry by Theo de Jager Essay Flight Safety 1980 - 1984 Survival and flight safety At the end of my pilot training in Canada, a Dutch classmate crashed because of a mistake that these days would be generally qualified as 'human factor'. Even then, already then, I felt a strong awareness of the importance of flight safety. I remember the slogan put into us during flying training: 'Today is your reward for yesterday's flight safety', a slogan that has stayed with me. There is always a choice between unavoidable and avoidable risks, between adequate self confidence and over confidence. Keeping moments in which margins have to be challenged because of operational requirements, as short as possible. Technical developments have made the aircraft the most reliable means, compared with any other form of transport. The majority of air accidents are now due to the unpredictable human factor. The possibility to study Flight Safety Management, Aircraft Accident Investigation and Aviation Physiology, gave me the opportunity to specialise into this aspect of aviation, after many years of experience as operational fighter pilot, followed by cargo- and...
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...approach was made unacceptable because there was a lot of cost involved in actually developing and launching such programs and the advancement of technology such as a wind tunnel for instance which could actually test the aerodynamic capability of a wing without the need for a trial and error type of approach. The first types of programs that were used to seek something better than the fly-fix-fly approach were known as the MIL-STD-882 which stood for the System Safety Program for Systems and Associated Subsystems and Equipment and the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program which was one of the first major formal systems safety efforts. Q4) How did the MORT approach to system safety develop? Who developed it and who uses it? The Management Oversight and Risk Tree (MORT) approach to system safety developed after the establishment of several safety programs which had many differences and no form of standardization across the board which affected the effectiveness of monitoring, evaluation and control of safety efforts. The MORT was then developed to adopt the best features from...
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...identification and risk management process. Your answer should include consideration of how the effectiveness of risk management controls can be measured in an airline. Situation that poses a level of threat to life, health or environment is a hazard. Once a hazard becomes active it can be very dangerous and harmful to everyone in its near and emergency situations cannot be avoided which is then an incident which develops risk. Hazards do play a major role in Air Traffic which needs to be decreased via using safety management systems to manage risk because risk on its own in an airline cannot be removed. Therefore to measure risk in an airline is supportive via using different risk assessment processes. The most important point is to identifying the hazards on its own which can be mechanical, environmental, chemical, physical or biological. Most common hazards are already identified and are being processed. There are also different categories of hazard which can be catastrophic, critical, serious or minor. On the other hand there are hazards which cannot be really identified like natural disasters therefore risk is always there in the airline industry. Human error problems are also major issues which cannot be resolved quickly because it is just not a error of one human been, it is actually a organisational failure which needs to be improved via providing effective training to staff of an airline. Finding the problem is just the first step of identifying hazard....
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...Risk & Safety Management MISSION MAXIMUM SAFETY AT MINIMAL RISK TO ACHIEVE BEST PRACTICE IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY BY INSTILLING A SAFETY CULTURE DEDICATED TO THE PREVENTION OF INJURY OR HARM TO EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AND THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKING ENVIRONMENT. BORING PTY LTD HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY Boring Pty Ltd is committed to a strong safety program that protects its staff, its property and the public from accidents. There is no task that cannot be done safely and Boring is committed to ensuring that this philosophy is implemented across all of our operations. Employees at every level are responsible and accountable for Boring’s overall safety initiatives. Complete and active participation by everyone, every day, in every job is necessary for the safety excellence the company expects. Management supports coordination of safety among all workers at the job sites. Management supports participation in the program by all employees and provides proper equipment, training and procedures. Employees are responsible for following all procedures, working safely, and wherever possible, improving safety measures. Boring Pty Ltd is also committed to protecting our employees by complying with OH&S Legislation, demonstrating Due Diligence and in the application of Industry-based OH&S procedures. For all people who may be affected by our work, safety will always take precedence over job expediency. Our other key objectives with this policy...
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...UNIT 31: FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT Get assignment help for this unit at assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com LO1 Understand the agents that cause food-borne illness and the contamination of food Bacteriology: main bacteria of concern – salmonella, clostridia, listeria, E. coli, campylobacter, staphylococcus; toxins; growth conditions; characteristics; incubation and onset times of illness Physical contamination: explanation of physical contaminants; prevention of physical contamination; methods of control Chemical contamination: types of chemical contaminants; prevention of chemical contamination; methods of control Food poisoning: causes; symptoms; duration Food-borne infections: difference between food-borne infection and food poisoning; agents of food-borne disease; sources of contamination; prevention measures High-risk foods: foods that are most likely to cause food poisoning https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5649485182751853952#editor/target=post;postID=4763169365889993301 LO2Understand the processes that can prevent food spoilage and preserve food quality Food spoilage agents: bacteria; yeasts; moulds; enzymatic activity Food preservation methods: high and low temperatures; chemical; physical Special processes to prolong shelf life: irradiation; ultra-violet; vacuum-packing; controlled atmospheres LO3 Understand the importance of effective prevention systems in the control of food contamination Temperature control: delivery; storage; preparation; defrosting; cooking;...
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...APLNG Project HSEMP Plan AUSTRALIA PACIFIC LNG HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (HSEMP) Electronic documents, once printed, are uncontrolled and may become outdated. Refer to the electronic document management system (EDMS) for the current revision. Bechtel Confidential © Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc. 2011. All rights reserved. This document contains information that is confidential and proprietary to Bechtel or its affiliates, clients or suppliers, and may not be used, reproduced or disclosed without Bechtel’s prior written permission. 0 5/21/11 A Issue for Use Issued for Review REV DATE RSB CM BS REASON FOR REVISION BY CK’D APPR BECHTEL Client Acceptance JOB NO. 25509 OG&C, INC. Document Number Revision 25509-100-GPP-GHX-00001 0 AUSTRALIA PACIFIC LNG PROJECT Client Doc No.: Page 1 of 82 Bechtel Confidential. © 2011 Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc. All rights reserved. APLNG Project HSEMP Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 . INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 5 2. HSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ................................................................................ 6 3. PURPOSE ................................................................................................................ 6 4. SCOPE .......................................................
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...Executive Summary Unsafe work or operation of equipment that may cause an undue risk or hazard to an employee before, during and after an employee’s shift should be refused at all times (Worksafe BC, n.d.). This is the approach that an organization should adopt to ensure the safety of employees as well as the protection from liability. At PBJK Burgers there is an absence of a work refusal policy and procedure, essentially making the company not in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation of BC,(“OHSR”). As a result of this from a human resource professional perspective the following key issues were identified that PBJK Burgers needs to ensure: • Supervisors are equipped with the knowledge and skills to deal with unsafe work refusals. • Employees are trained on identifying unsafe hazards. • PBJK Burgers must have a work environment culture that cultivates support regarding refusals. With this in mind the reference manual aims to ensure the above is achieved and answered. Through research with Worksafe BC and a risk assessment it was identified that the following were common hazards at PBJK Burgers: slips, trips, falls, burns musculoskeletal Injuries, improper lifting/use of equipment and cleaning agents. This creates a medium to low risk, but without a policy or procedure leaves the company susceptible to loss. The loss could include negative impacts such as, brand damage, penalties, low employee morale, low productivity, higher injury rates and thus...
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...Corporate Governance –What it means for OSH Identify some common Safety Management Systems (SMS) Essential Elements required for managing occupational safety and health in organisations What is Health & Safety Management? Practices that contribute to the effective control and sustained reduction in incidents, which have the potential to result in acute and chronic deleterious effects to employees and other exposed persons. Is it all about reducing incidents? What is Governance? ‘ The system by which organisations are directed and controlled by their board of directors’ (Jacqui Boardman, Acona Ltd.) Role of the Board Setting overall direction for the business or organisation Establish boundaries within which the organisation operates Monitoring the organisations performance Key Elements of Governance Lead & establish overall strategic direction Set standards & values for business Set clear objectives & responsibilities for management Hold management to account for their performance in running the business Uphold obligation to the shareholder & other interested parties Overseeing internal controls Key Drivers in OHS Governance Moral Responsibility - duty of care, societal concerns, personal drive Legal Responsibility - legal compliance, prosecution, penalties, licensing requirements Financial Responsibility “ It has to be said that a concern for safety which is sincerely held and repeatedly expressed but nevertheless...
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...Curtin University of Technology Department of Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Management 690 Assignment 2 Management of Health and Safety at Work in the Chemical Industry Prepared for: Professor Geoff Taylor By: Mohammed Alshiha Student ID: 13884145 Date: Jan 1st 2010 1.0 Introduction 1 Declaration (i) I have read and understood Curtin University’s policy on plagiarism and I confirm that the work submitted on the 1st of January by me is my own work, and that the work of any other person contained therein is clearly acknowledged. (ii) The work has been written since the 8th of December 2009. (iii) The references in the work do directly relate to the material appearing immediately before them in the text. (iv) All word-for-word quotes from another author are in quotation marks. Mohammed Alshiha ID#13884145 1.0 Introduction 2 Contents 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3 2.0 Safety Management System ........................................................................................................ 5 3.0 Risk Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 7 3.1 Search for hazards ................................................................................................................... 7 3.1.1 Systematic...
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...Health and Safety Management Systems - An Analysis of System Types and Effectiveness EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION 2. HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 3. TYPES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART ONE: LITERATURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 LITERATURE ON TYPES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART TWO: CASE EVIDENCE 3.3 SYSTEM TYPES - CASE STUDY FINDINGS 3.4 SUMMARY 4. ASSESSING HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS PART ONE: LITERATURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 LITERATURE ON EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART TWO: CASE EVIDENCE 4.3 THE TWENTY CASES: CONTENT AND LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 4.4 THE TWENTY CASES: OUTCOME DATA 4.5 SUMMARY 5. FACTORS SHAPING PERFORMANCE AND THE ROLE OF SYSTEM TYPE 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 BASICS AND EXTRAS 5.3 SYSTEM-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS 5.4 THE ROLES OF THE KEY WORKPLACE PLAYERS 5.5 THE LINKAGES BETWEEN HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM TYPE 5.6 SUMMARY 6. CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES APPENDIX ONE: CASE STUDY PROTOCOL APPENDIX TWO: ASSESSMENT CRITERIA APPENDIX THREE: CASE SUMMARIES AND SYSTEM TYPES Executive Summary This report examines planned approaches to health and safety management in the workplace. It is the result of a two-year study of enterprise-level health and safety management systems, funded by Worksafe Australia, and conducted from late 1994 to late 1996. The need...
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...The aims and benefits of Occupational Health and Safety Management As known to all, there are always such-and-such potential hazards in people's work activities or work environment, which may cause property damage, be harmful to environment, affect human’s health and even cause injury or accident. People call the possibility of one or some danger causing incidents and its possible consequence as risk. The object of contemporary occupational health and safety management is the occupational safety and health risks. These hazards may be chemical, physical, biological, related to human work efficiency and others, the factors of which include personal factor, equipment factor, environmental factor and organizational and management factor. Occupational health and safety is a series of measures and the corresponding activities adloyee’s income, prevent employee from injury and create less stress from employee, thus employee may obtain more physical and psychological satisfaction. Occupational health and safety management includes accident investigation and recording, work system designing, examination of workplace, training, complete incentives, supervision and employee aids plan. What is a hazard? The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001 defines a hazard as ‘anything (including work practices or procedures) that has the potential to harm the health or safety of a person’. Hazards can be grouped into five broad areas: o physical eg. noise, radiation, light...
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...about culture when it comes to safety? The answer: corporate culture influences all the important things that go on in a company. It determines how employees, suppliers, and customers are treated and work together; how well production or services are performed; how distribution is handled and how employee safety is addressed. What causes employee accidents? The most frequent answer is "carelessness of the employees." This is not surprising as committee of industrial safety, stated in the 1990's "The unsafe acts of persons are responsible for the majority of accidents". Even today knowing the important role culture plays on reducing accidents most managers still firmly believe "unsafe actions" or "at risk behaviors" are responsible for most employee accidents. The idea seems to be embedded in their DNA. In other words it is part of their culture. There are four essential elements for effective team management: The culture of the organization must lead, support and protect teams. People, managers and workers, must have or acquire the interpersonal and rational skills required to work effectively on a team. People must be given the opportunity to practice team skills before working on an actual team managed project and continually thereafter. It will take time and patience to develop and hone these skills. As teams progress they must be given the appropriate level of authority to implement ideas and recommendations without management oversight. Teamwork has to become...
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...The Effects of Post 911 Sporting Venues Linden Franco Calumet College of St. Joseph Public Safety Management Program Chicago, Illinois February 25, 2014 Table of Contents Chapter Page I. Abstract ..…………………………………………………………... 3 II. Introduction .…………………………………………………………… 4 III. First Section (lack of preparation) …………………………………… 5 IV. Second Section (susceptibility) …...….…………………………… 6 V. Conclusion …………………………………………………………… 6 VI. Bibliography …………………………………………………………… 7 Abstract The general American public had no idea what was in store for them on the early morning of September, 11, 2001, nor how it would subsequently effect their live. Early that morning America watched in horror as the unthinkable happen. The twin towers pillars of American freedom, and capitalism that had stood tall over the skyline of New York City N.Y. were attacked. The skyline was not the only thing that would be changed that day. The possibility of terrorist acts at large sporting venues has caused owners and managers to take a different look at their facilities. They had to consider the possibility of terrorist activity, vulnerabilities, and protection of the venues and lack of security measures. Managers and owners had to develop operational plans and incident preparedness for emergency incidents. Sporting venues are packed on a daily bases with thousands of persons who could easily become the victims of a terrorist plot. A simple thing as going to a ball game would never be as before...
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...Upjohn Institute Press Book Chapters Upjohn Research home page 2005 Human Resource Management and Safety: Technical Efficiency and Economic Incentives Richard J. Butler Brigham Young University Yong-Seung Park Kyung Hee University Citation Butler, Richard J., and Yong-Seung Park. 2005. "Human Resource Management and Safety: Technical Efficiency and Economic Incentives." In Safety Practices, Firm Culture, and Workplace Injuries. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, pp. 1-12. http://research.upjohn.org/up_bookchapters/33 This title is brought to you by the Upjohn Institute. For more information, please contact ir@upjohn.org. 1 Human Resource Management and Safety Technical Efficiency and Economic Incentives More U.S. workers die each year on the job than were killed in the U.S. military cumulatively from 1998 through November 2004, even after including self-inflicted and accidental military deaths (DIOR 2005). In 2001, there were 8,786 job-related fatal injuries (5,900 not counting the fatalities caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11), or about 3.7 fatal injuries per 100,000 workers. Workers made 2.1 million trips to the emergency room for injuries sustained from accidents at work (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004). Workers’ compensation insurance, which covers all medical expenses and part of lost wages associated with injuries, cost employers $63.9 billion in 2001 (Williams, Reno, and Burton 2003). The...
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...industrial pollution and production hazards are constantly threatening the health and safety of organization and its employees. Therefore, it is very important to fully recognize occupational health and safety management for organization increasing its productivity and enhancing its competitiveness. The essence of organization’s competition is the competition of "talent" and human is the core and most important one in various production factors. Retaining "talent" is the most key question in Human resource management, which is responsible for the balance of goals and needs between organizations and employees and take charge of nearly all decisions that are related to people. In this essay it will be detailed the discussion on the impact of some current occupational health and safety issues, such as job stress, on human resource management. 2. The functions and goal of Human Resource Management Human resources management refers to a series of human resources policies and relevant management activities implemented in the guidance of economics and human-centered thought to meet with organization’s needs for current and future development and ensure the achievement of organization’s goals and the maximization of employees’ development through the effective utilization of relevant human resources inside and outside of the organization by recruitment, selection, training, payment and other forms of management (Langbert, 2002). It is the whole process of predicting organization’s needs...
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