SAFE ACCESS TO MACHINES (SAM) &

LOCK-TAG-TRY & MACHINE SAFETY.

 Published on July 4, 2019

Valentine Palangwa Mutale

Safety & Environmental Coordinator at Zambian Breweries Plc. AB-inBev

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Minimum requirements for SAM and Machine Safety:

1. Safe Access to Machinery (SAM): Minor servicing exemption

• Minor adjustments and minor servicing taking place under normal production and are routine,
repetitive, and integral to use of the equipment and work is performed using alternative measures
providing enough protection such as an interlocked door/panel or an E-stop)

i. Must have a risk assessment demonstrating:

1. Occurs under normal production on easily surveyable machine/equipment

2. Activities are routine, repetitive, and integral

3. Activities performed using alternative measures safely protect employee from being exposed
to unexpected energization or release of stored energy

ii. SOP describing this safe alternative measure and normal operation of machine

• Employee clearing jam/minor servicing of equipment must have direct control of the e-stop of
interlock within sight or arm’s length (or must be locked out):

6 STEPS OF SAM
i. Stop the machine cycle

ii. Verify if the machine stopped moving

iii. Apply safety device (e-stop/interlocks)

iv. Verify isolation (TRY)

v. Perform minor serving

vi. Restore machine to use

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Requirements  for Workplace Transport Safety:

1. Risk Assessment which will results in a detailed traffic plan

• Must be reviewed at least yearly or when significant changes occur

• Plan to include:

i. Site layout and internal traffic routes

ii. Max speed limits

iii. One-way systems where practical

iv. Designated parking spots

v. Barricades to protect dangerous equipment such as tanks/piping

vi. Mirrors to provide greater visibility

vii. Signalization

viii. Vehicle/pedestrian segregation

ix. Loading/unloading operations

2. Segregation between pedestrians and vehicles

• Safe walkways must be provided. 

• Access to warehouse is limited to authorized personnel only. A procedure must be in

place that describes the process that non-authorized employees need to follow in order
to have access to the logistic areas. 

• NO FORKLIFT are allowed in packaging lines, except for existing lines and small
(single fork) FLT

3. Safe Fork Lift Truck, pallet jack, etc. safety

• Checklist for each equipment to make sure in good working condition and properly
maintained before operating

• Preventive Maintenance schedule to assure maintained

• Dedicated parking lots

• FLT ALWAYS DRIVE IN REVERSE UNDER LOAD since blocks visibility 

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
MANAGEMENT
 Published on June 28, 2019

Valentine Palangwa Mutale

Safety & Environmental Coordinator at Zambian Breweries Plc. AB-inBev

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Purpose
The Regulatory Compliance Management procedure describes what has to be done, by
whom within the company organization, the necessary completion time for the
task/operating condition (or time of its recurrence) and, as appropriate, a synopsis of
why the task(s) must be completed in order to ensure accurate and timely conformance
with Safety  Regulatory Requirements.

Requirements

At a minimum, meet the following requirements for Regulatory Compliance

Management:

1.      Identify Applicable Safety and Occupational Health Regulatory Requirements

Ensure all applicable regulations have been identified and respective permits/other
regulatory requirements are available via hardcopy or internet

2.      Safety Permits, Licenses, Authorizations, and Registrations

·        Keep permits, licenses, etc. on-site, Permits and Licenses Module

3.      Ensuring Compliance

·        Ensure resources

·        Built a Safety register

·        Include legal requirements into SOP / OPL, maintenance schedules etc.

4.      Training requirements

Responsibilities

The Top Management is ultimately responsible for the Safety and Occupational Health

at the factory/plant/site and must provide the resources necessary to ensure for the
effective completion of the elements described in the Purpose and the Procedure of
this Requirement. The responsibility for assuring the completion of the Regulatory
Compliance Management tasks described in this procedure must be managed by
the Safety Manager, or delegated amongst the site management team to assure the
completion of these responsibilities. The Safety Manager is responsible for
coordinating these activities, and reporting deficiencies to Top Management. 

Asbestos: Asbestos fibers are very small. If you

inhale them, they go deep into your lungs and

cause disease up to 40 years later.

Hazards: Exposure to asbestos has been shown to

cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, and cancer of

the stomach and colon. Smoking increases the

health risk.

How Does Asbestos Exposure Occur?

Ø Asbestos products can release fibers into the air

when they are friable, abraded, cut or disturbed.

Asbestos products are called friable when you

can crush them with finger and hand pressure

alone. Exposure is most likely when renovating

or demolishing older structures.

Common Sources:

Asbestos may be in roofing felt, roof patch material,

vinyl tile, linoleum backing, “transite,” asbestos

cement pipe and sheet, pipe insulation, fireproofing,

and spray-on decorative acoustical ceiling material.

Most new products don’t contain asbestos (but foreign

materials may contain it).

Safe Practices:
Ø Assign a competent person to administer the

company’s exposure control plan.

Ø Send suspected materials for testing.

Ø Conduct daily or periodic air monitoring depending

on the class of work performed.

Ø Train crews who will work with asbestos.

Ø Have workers get regular medical exams.

Controls:

Ø Restrict access to the asbestos area.

Ø Post warning signs.

Ø Use HEPA filtered respirators (not just dust

masks) and full body coverings.

Ø Wet down the asbestos to reduce dust.

Ø Use power tools with special exhaust filters.

Ø Material containing asbestos (e.g., waste, scrap

and contaminated clothing that is removed from

buildings) must be disposed of in leak-tight 6-mil

thick plastic bags, plastic-lined cardboard containers

or plastic-lined metal containers