Environmental Health and Safety In this guide, learn how prioritizing environme

Environmental Health and Safety In this guide, learn how prioritizing environmental health and safety in your facility can improve everything. Environmental Health and Safety www.creativesafetysupply.com/guides | 1-866-777-1360 The EHS Manager Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Managers have two grave tasks: to keep workers and facility safe and decrease the possibility for injury and accidents; make sure that the facility is in compliance to OSHA regulations. This responsibility is especially difficult when you keep in mind that often, EHS manager is an additional responsibility—something a manager has to do in addition to main role. Safety is a vital part of any successful company, but it can be easy to forget about its importance. It’s the EHS manager’s responsibility to build protocols and visual communication systems to ensure workers don’t slip into habits that undermine rules. Responsibilities of EHS managers  Keeping workers safe  Ensuring company is compliant  Establishing Safety training programs  Stay educated on new updates to standards The Cost of Non-Compliance In addition to safety programs, EHS managers are responsible for making sure companies are in compliance with OSHA. OSHA doesn’t actually create the standards that determine compliance or non-compliance. Instead, they rely on entities like American National Standards Institute (ANSI), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and others to create the standards they enforce. EHS managers are required to have full knowledge of these standards and to adjust safety programs to reflect current standards. Failure to comply with regulations can be costly. Environmental Health and Safety www.creativesafetysupply.com/guides | 1-866-777-1360 Costly Mistakes As of Jan. 23, 2019, OSHA penalties can be as high as $13,260 per violation for serious violations and failures to abate, and up to $132,598 per violation for willful or repeated violations. OSHA Ten Most Frequent Citations from 2018 1. Fall protection (1926.501) – 7,270 violations: Fall protection often tops the list each year with the highest number of violations. The standard requires fall protection for walking or working platforms, roofing activities, residential construction, and protection from falling through holes. 2. Hazard communication (1910.1200) – 4,552 violations: Having a written hazard communication standard. Additionally, facilities are responsible for conducting hazardous chemical training and meeting information requirements, labeling of hazardous chemical containers according to the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), and providing copies of safety data sheets (SDS) in the facility. Environmental Health and Safety www.creativesafetysupply.com/guides | 1-866-777-1360 3. Scaffolding – General Requirements (1926.451) – 3,336 violations: Requirement for fall protection on scaffolds and each platform on working levels must be fully planked or decked and guardrail systems must be put in place. 4. Respiratory Protection (1910.134) – 3,118 violations: Requires a written respiratory protection program where respirators are necessary. The program must have worksite- specific procedures, medical evaluation of workers for fit testing, annual fit-testing for each type of respirator face piece used, as well as a general outline for respirator selection. 5. Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) – 2,944 violations: Safely de-energizing and re-energizing equipment when service or maintenance is performed. Requires energy control procedures, periodic inspections of those procedures, energy control programs, the use of LOTO procedures, and training of these procedures. 6. Ladders (1926.1053) – 2,812 violations: Ladders should have side rails on upper landing surfaces and secured support. Defective ladders must be properly marked and withdrawn from service until repaired. Employees are prohibited from carrying any object that may cause them to lose balance and fall. 7. Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178) – 2,294 violations: Requires safe operation of industrial trucks as well as refresher training and evaluations. Operators need to be certified, trained, and evaluated before operating industrial trucks and trucks in need of repair are taken out of service. 8. Fall protection – Training Requirements (1926.503) – 1,982 violations: Training programs must be provided to employees who might be exposed to fall hazards along with written record of training. This includes training on guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, warning line systems, and other fall protections in place. Environmental Health and Safety www.creativesafetysupply.com/guides | 1-866-777-1360 9. Machine Guarding – General Requirement (1910.212) – 1,972 violations: Requires machines and machine areas to have guarding. These include point of operation guarding, secure anchoring of machinery, guarding of blades, and general location of a machine guard to protect employees from injury. 10. Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment – Eye and Face Protection (1926.102) – 1,536 violations: Providing appropriate eye and/or face protection for employees exposed to flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation. There also needs to be proper storage for PPE and training in place for employees. Implementing Safety Solutions For new EHS managers, implementing safety solutions can feel insurmountable. There are so many pieces to modern industrial facilities that it can feel impossible to find a starting point. Consequently, EHS managers can feel like there’s too much to do, that workers are frustratingly unwilling to adhere to new practices, that the only thing to do is maintain the status quo and handle crises as they arise. BECOME AN EXPERT.  Dozens of e-books & guides  Articles and tips  2 free safety podcasts  Infographics  Lean and Safety Blog FREE LEAN & SAFETY RESOURCES visit www.creativesafetysupply.com/resources We offer free informative resources covering a wide range of industrial topics. Whether you want to learn about something new or just brush up on a subject, visit our Resource Center today. Environmental Health and Safety www.creativesafetysupply.com/guides | 1-866-777-1360 The good news is that, once strong safety practices are implemented, individual teams and departments own the safety practices for their slice of the facility. Once safety becomes part of the fabric of company culture, workers see its importance and help enforce safety protocols without constant urging by EHS managers. The tricky part is getting to that point. That’s where we can help. To successfully change worker safety in your facility, you’ll need to take a few steps. The Recipe for a Safe Facility: A clear, concrete policy. This declaration needs to be specific and concise, and cite the goal of the facility regarding safety. This policy should be decided by upper-level management, but should emphasize importance of cooperation from entire company. Policy doesn’t need to be detailed, but should state commitment to safety and assign responsibility to individual teams. Plan of Action. Safety programs need a plan of action that ensures the above policy bears fruit. EHS or Facility Safety mangers should be in charge of putting together plans of action for specific teams/departments, such as Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) programs, 6S, Hazard Communication (HazCom) programs, etc. Create a Standard Protocol. Write a set of steps for performing specific safety tasks that make each section of your facility safer and less likely to experience accidents. Instructions make it easier for workers to stay safe and also ensures that safety policies sustain over a long period of time. Clear instructions mean safety practices stay consistent, and puts the responsibility of staying compliant on employees. When workers are responsible for staying safe, they are more engaged and invested in the process, and safety becomes a part of company culture. IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: Environmental Health and Safety www.creativesafetysupply.com/guides | 1-866-777-1360 The Ingredients for EHS Success Management Commitment and Worker Engagement In order for EHS programs to be successful, management must be fully behind making hazard and safety improvement measures. Safety and accident prevention means a healthy, productive workforce; investment of both time and finances is worth it. EHS, facility, and safety managers need to assess the current state of the facility in order to see what changes need to be made to make workplaces safer and in compliance. Therefore, instituting gemba walks is a smart way of ensuring managers have a real understanding of safety hazards, and what practices can greatly minimize the chance of accidents and injury. In Japanese, “gemba” roughly means “the real place.” A gemba walk is designed to educate managers and encourage them to get out of their offices and onto the production floor to see processes for themselves. When managers see it for themselves, they can better improve processes. After managers assess the safety of the facility, the responsibility for enforcing new safety practices should fall to employees. Giving teams recognition when they exceed expectations is a great way to ensure sustainable safety practices. When workers are given clear objectives, but given the freedom to achieve them on their own volition, they become more engaged in the process and more invested in the outcome. Hazard Control Hazard control refers to the actions a facility takes to prevent workplace accidents. ANSI, ASME, NFPA, and a few other institutions are responsible for creating the standards OSHA follows when auditing businesses for workplace safety. It’s important that EHS managers are well-versed in these regulations so that companies stay in compliance. Environmental Health and Safety www.creativesafetysupply.com/guides | 1-866-777-1360 Common hazard control measures:  Visual Communication. Labels, signs, and floor marking communicate to your team the important messages they need in order to uploads/Voyage/ guide-ehs.pdf

Documents similaires

ACE HEALTH COACH CAREER GUIDE | 1 American Council on Exercise 4851 Paramount D 0 0

Chapter 4 Laboratory Safety Procedures This chapter gives general guidance for 0 0

• Détails
• Publié le Fev 04, 2021
• Catégorie Travel / Voayage
• Langue French
• Taille du fichier 2.3779MB