Lucien Nel, M.Sc.

, CIH, CSP

Director Safety Health Quality & Risk

March Consulting Associates Inc.

Section1

(U.S Department of Labor, 2008)

You are the teachers,
leaders and
workers of the future
 You will have to decide how to do the work safely

 Very rarely will you meet all three criteria

 Meet any two of these criteria

 The musings of an
engineer:
 I know a lot of stuff
 I think we know
everything
 I don’t recognize what I
don’t know
 Therefore what I know is
my reality
So?
Lets expand that reality
Take the safety knowledge you gain from this seminar,

build on it, and apply it

in your studies, and

especially when you are in the workplace

 Technological Change
 The risks
 Society’s Response
 A closer look
 Transportation
 Communication and
electronic technologies
 Medicine

 Pros and cons

 New hazards
 Increased accidents
 New unproven concepts, design & materials
 Health impacts

(U.S Department of Labor, 2008)

 Embraces the benefits
 Regulation and litigation
 Structured health and safety organizations
 Insurance
 Society accepts the benefits but not all the risks
 Society placed demands on engineers to reduce risks
 Engineers require training in workplace safety, due
diligence and product liability to protect them

 This presentation focuses on safety in the workplace

 Terms
 Current and the human body
 Hazard identification
 General Principles of hazard control
 Safety triangle (incident : accident ratio theory)
 Danger, hazard and risk
 Hazard control
 Risk reduction

Incident

Anatomy of a Hazard
(Brauer, 1994)
 Hospital patients require special mention because
they may have electronic equipment attached inside
and outside their bodies.
 Small currents may leak from the instruments to
other instruments with a potential to cause injury and
death
 Why is this such an “At risk group”?
 How can the risk be reduced?
 Electricity is one of the leading
causes of fire
 Arcing in the presence of
flammable or combustible
aerosol
 Grain elevators
 Fiery mines
 Chemical factories
 Petrochemical plants
 Gas stations service stations
 Review work to be done
 Tour the site
 Write down hazards and analyze them
 Develop a plan to control hazard
 Eliminate the hazard by removing it or
removing people
 Reduce the hazard by substitution
 Safety device / warning device
 Warning labels & procedures
BREAK 15 Mins
 Some workplace safety rules
 Permits
 Tools
 Housekeeping
 Electrician
 Water
 Disconnect
 ABC fire extinguisher
 Ground ground ground ground ground!
 Warning signs
 Tingle
 Frayed, dry, cracked extension cords
 Overheating
 Smoke, sparks, spilled liquid, erratic operation
 Lock-out
(Western Safety Products, 2008)
 A confined space is any space
that:
 Is enclosed or partially enclosed
 It is not designed or intended for
continuous human occupancy, except for
the purpose of performing work
 Has restricted entry and exit
 Due to its design, construction or
atmosphere it may become hazardous
 Has poor natural ventilation

(Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association, 2008)

(Owen Media Partners, 2008)
 Work permits / orders
 Ground penetration permits
 Hot work permits
 Confined space entry permits
 Safety permits
 Tie-in permits
 Special / Unique permits
 Prevent slips trips and falls
 Maintain fire safety
 Appropriate storage of tools and equipment
 Contain potentially hazardous materials and
equipment
 Verbal – daily, weekly, monthly (routine)
 Written – reports, meeting minutes, routine activity
documentation, permitting
 Published safety statistics / performance
 Written corrective action / disciplinary action
With this knowledge, will you be able to:

Do things safety and still meet public expectations of:

expediency;
appropriateness; and,
fiscal responsibility.
Section 3
Poor work planning threatens the safety
of workers including engineers
To be successful, take the safety knowledge
you gained from this seminar,
build on it, and apply it
throughout your studies and
especially
when you are in the workplace
 No task is so important
that we cannot take the time
to do it
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