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OSH IN
CHEMICAL
INDUSTRIES
Chapter 1
Introduction
Proper
Selection
Proper
Attitude
Reporting
unsafe
condition
Safe work
Domino Theory
practices
PREVENTION
Use of PPE
PHILOSOPHY OF ACCIDENT
H.W Heinrich
First aid
PHILOSOPHY OF ACCIDENT
PREVENTION
Loss Causation Theory
Definitions
Responsible Care
Case Studies
At the end of this topic, it is expected that students will be
able to:
Explain the terms used in OSH e.g. hazards, accident, risk etc.
Describe the four most cited disasters and identify its impact to the
standard in the practice of safety
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REMINDER !!!....
Fundamental principles
Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public in the
performance of their professional duties
Engineers shall perform services only in areas of their competence
Engineer shall issues public statement only in an objective and truthful manner
Engineers shall act in professional matters for each employer or client as faithful agents
or trustees, and shall avoid conflict of interest
Engineer shall build their professional reputations on the merits of their services
Engineers shall act in such a manner as to uphold and enhance the honor, integrity, and
dignity of the engineering profession
Engineers shall continue their professional development throughout their careers and
shall provide opportunities for the professional development of those engineers under
their supervision.
Introduction-general
THEN…
Accident prevention
Emphasis on worker’s safety – hard
hats, safety shoes, rules and
regulations.
NOW…
= Loss prevention
Includes hazard identification, technical
evaluation & design of new engineering
features to prevent loss
Introduction-general
Safety & health program
System
YOU Attitude
Successful Safety
Program
Time Fundamentals
Experience
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Safety & health program
Good safety & health program identifies and eliminates existing hazards.
Excellent one has management system to prevent existence of hazards
Safety
Safety knowledge
management
support
Safety
experience
commitment
Technical
competence
Ingredient of successful
safety & health program
inherent safety
INHEREN
T SAFETY
Simplification and error Moderate (attenuation and
tolerance limitation of effects)
- Provide process or condition that - use of hazardous material under
has fewer opportunities for error the least hazardous condition
“The essence of the inherently safer approach to plant design is the avoidance of hazards rather than their control by added-on
protective equipment” [T. A. Kletz, Plant Design for Safety: A User-Friendly Approach, 1991]
Definitions
Initiation
[the event that starts the accident]
Propagation
[the event that maintain or expand the accident]
Termination
[the event that stop the accident or diminish it in size]
Chemical plant accidents follow typical pattern. Fires are the most common, followed
by explosion and toxic release
With respect to fatalities, the order reverses, with toxic release having the greatest
potential of fatalities
Fatality Rate
• Independent of the number of hours.
• Based on the number of fatalities per year and total number of
people in applicable population
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Responsible Care
Responsible Care
It is an initiative of the chemical industry and adopted by chemical
companies to improve continuous HSE performance of their
operations and products in manner responsible to the concern of the
public
Responsible Care
Why RC?
To respond to public concerns about
manufacture, transport, use and disposal of
chemicals
Community awareness and involvement are key
features to initiative
Aim of RC;
Improve chemical industry performance in HSE
Improve public perception in the chemical
industry
What does it mean?
Responsible Care
Codes of Management Practices
Product Pollution
Stewardship Prevention
Code Code
Community
Process Safety Awareness and
Code Emergency
Response Code
Security code
Distribution
code [adopted in
2002]
Employee
Health and
Safety Code
Responsible Care
Codes of Management Practices;
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