Chapter 10: Required

written programs
 Lesson Objectives

Understand the content of the major

written programs for general industry
Explain when each of the major written
programs is required
Know where to find an explanation of each
of the major written programs

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 Written program (1)

 The first parts of any comprehensive safety

and health program should be a written
policy from top management and visible
support for the complete safety and health
program
 Employee involvement provides the means
through which workers develop and/or
express their own commitment to safety and
health protection, for themselves and for
their fellow workers.

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 Written program (2)

The program should also include a

section on worksite analysis
Next, hazard prevention and controls
are triggered by a determination that a
hazard or potential hazard exists
Lastly, training addresses the safety
and health responsibilities of all
personnel concerned with the site,
whether salaried or hourly
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 Emergency Action Plan (1)

Whom the employee notifies in the

event of an emergency
Emergency escape routes and
procedures for different types of
emergencies for all employees
Standard operating procedures for
employees who remain in the facility
for critical operations

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 Emergency Action Plan (2)

Standard operating procedures for

reporting fires and other emergencies
Standard operating procedures to
account for all employees following
evacuation or emergency notification
Standard operating procedures for in-
house emergency responders

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 Emergency Action Plan (3)

List of managers or plant personnel to

be contacted for additional information
in an emergency
The alarm system and how employees
will be notified for different types of
emergencies
Training

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 Emergency Response Plan
(1)

Pre-emergency planning and

coordination with outside parties
Personnel roles, lines of authority,
training, and communication
Emergency recognition and prevention
Safe distances and places of refuge
Site security and control
Evacuation routes and procedures

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 Emergency Response Plan
(2)

Decontamination procedures not

covered by the site safety and health
plan
Emergency medical treatment and first
aid
Emergency alerting and response
procedures
Critique of response and follow-up

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 Emergency Response Plan
(3)
 Personal protection equipment (PPE) and
emergency equipment
 Emergency response plans must also
include site topography, layout, and
prevailing weather conditions as well as
procedures for reporting incidents.
 Training requirements for responding
personnel are extensive. For liability and
expense reasons many companies choose to
simply depend on outside agencies for
response help.
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 Permit-Required Confined Space Plan

 Policy regarding permit-required

confined space entry
 Potential hazards and the hazard
evaluation process
 Safe entry procedures
 Surveillance procedures
 Evaluation procedures prior to entry
 Certification verifying that spaces are
safe to enter and that appropriate
procedures have been taken for all
spaces
 Duties for entrants, attendants, and
supervisors
 Training program
 Rescue and emergency services
 Review procedures of the program
and how often this occurs
 Enforcement of the procedures

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 Energy control procedures

 Employee training
 Periodic inspections to
ensure that before any
employee performs any
servicing or maintenance
on a machine or
equipment where the
unexpected energizing,
start-up, or release of
stored energy could occur
and cause injury, the
machine or equipment
shall be isolated from the
energy source, and
rendered inoperative.
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 Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
 Hazard assessment and
equipment selection
 The employer shall verify the
hazard assessment has
been performed through a
written certification
 Training for each affected
employee
 Each employee shall
demonstrate an
understanding of the
training specified before
being permitted to use the
PPE

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 Process Safety Management

Chemical Flamable Oil and

gas

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 Written Procedures (1)

A. Steps for each operating phase:

 Initial start-up
 Normal operations
 Temporary operations
 Emergency shutdown including:
• conditions under which emergency shutdown is
required
• assignment of shutdown responsibility to qualified
operators to ensure that emergency shutdown is
executed in a safe andtimely manner
 Emergency operations
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 Written Procedures (2)

 Normal shutdown
 Start-up following a turnaround, or after an
emergency shutdown.
B. Operating limits
C. Safety and health considerations
D. Safety systems and their functions

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 Procedures should address – Pressure
vessels and storage tanks

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 Procedures should address
– Piping systems

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 Procedures should address - Relief
and vent systems and devices

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 Procedures should address
– Pumps

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 Procedures should address –
Emergency shutdown systems

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 Procedures should address
– Control

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 Incident Investigation

 The date of the

incident
 The date the
investigation began
 A description of the
incident
 The factors that
contributed to the
incident
 Any recommendations
resulting from the
investigation
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 Compliance audit

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 Thank you for listening

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