Chemical safety

Chemical Safety Consciousness Sessions

Chemical Safety by HSE-RM Solutions, we design customized training programs, evaluation base certificate program.

Chemical Safety; Material Handling (Manual & Mechanized) ; Hazard Identification; HazOp; PSM (Process Safety Management); Work Place Safety; JSA (Job Safety Analysis); Operational, Maintenance & Safety; all designed customized training programs.

Chemical safety is achieved by undertaking all activities involving chemicals in such a way as to ensure safety of health and environment.

Chemical industry is the fastest growing industry in the country, with its present share of about 40 per cent in the national gross industrial output. However, industrial activities involving hazardous chemicals have the potential to cause occupational diseases, injuries, in serious cases even death, besides pollution to the environment, if effective safety measures in the use of chemicals at workplace are not observed.

Objective of Consciousness Session

•              Legislations on chemical safety

•              Types of chemicals

•              Classification of chemicals

•              Health hazards of chemicals

•              Route of entry of chemical

•              Control strategy

•              Personal protective equipment

•              Chemicals fire and explosion hazards

•              Fire and explosion hazard control and prevention

•              Hazard communication

•              Material safety data sheet

•              Material Handling  

Labelling of chemicals (Hazard Communication)

-       Chemicals, when transferred to secondary bottles/cans, must be provided with proper labels.

-       Chemical formulae or short forms must not be used for labelling of the containers.

 The label must contain: (Simplify Information)

·         the full name of the chemical,

·         its hazards,

·         information for safe handling and

·         the signage/pictogram indicating the hazard class.

-       Labels of bottles which got deteriorated or worn off must be replaced immediately.

-       Chemical bottles without labels or improper labeling can result in the wrong chemical being used.

-       Further, it will also cause difficulty in case of a spill or body contact or at the time of disposal of the chemical.

Initiators of Chemical Accidents

A number of factors including human errors could spark off chemical accidents with the potential to become chemical disasters. These are:

Process and Safety System Failures:

i)  Technical errors: design defects, fatigue, metal failure, corrosion etc.

ii) Human errors: neglecting safety instructions, deviating from specified procedures etc.

iii) Lack of information: absence of emergency warning procedures, nondisclosure of line of treatment etc.

iv) Organisational errors: poor emergency planning and coordination, poor communication with public, noncompliance with mock drills/exercises etc., which are required for ensuring a state of quick response and preparedness.

Sources of Chemical Disasters

Chemical accidents may originate in:

i)      Manufacturing and formulation installations including during commissioning and process operations; maintenance and disposal.

ii)     Material handling and storage in manufacturing facilities, and isolated storages; warehouses and godowns including tank farms in ports and docks and fuel depots.

iii)    Transportation (road, rail, air, water, and pipelines).

  

Causative Factors Leading to Chemical Disasters

Chemical disasters, in general, may result from:

i)              Fire.

ii)             Explosion.

iii)            Toxic release.

iv)            Poisoning.

Combinations of the above.

Behaviour Based Safety

Observation or Empowerment is not the primary base of BBS

“Brass Gun”

Behaviour Based Safety (BBS)

Implementation Program

Introduction to HSE-RM Solution BBS Approach to Implementation:

Safety is often the starting point for positive-change initiatives within organizations. Planning and managing change is a strategic advantage if successfully executed. If not, however, a downward spiral of negative expectations can eventually paralyze any willingness to confront change. Therefore, in addition to being an important area for positive change, a safety initiative's success or failure may foreshadow the success or failure of future change efforts.

Brass Gun BBS Implementation program is the personally tailored dedicated program with our advisors accessing a range of service visits may it be construction safety, contractor safety, project management, or existing HSE framework consulting and training all moulded in one.

Benefits of Brass Gun BBS Implementation Program (up to 1000 Personals)

Trepidation Way out (Stage 1)

0-30 Days (1 Gap Assessment and 2 Consciousness session) Bringing out all fears.

Core: Understanding core ground realities of the HSE system of your organization. Detailed gap assessment. Road Mapping core challenges and present-day evaluation of practices.

o   “Most behaviour based safety programs are fundamentally outdated and erroneous theories repackaged for modern marketing. Behaviour based safety programs claim to eliminate workplace injuries and improve relationships between supervisors and workers. These safety programs set up elaborate mechanisms to observe, coach, reward, and discipline workers. Behaviour based safety programs appeal to many companies because they make health and safety seem simple, do not require management change, focus on workers, and seem cheaper than correcting hazards. However, these programs ignore the most appropriate methods for eliminating health and safety hazards.”

“Observation or Empowerment is not the primary base of BBS”

The Major objective of an effective behavior based safety process is to make safe behavior a Habit. Unsafe behavior is something which they have done for so long that they are not conscious of the behavior. The major objective of BBS is to replace all the unconscious unsafe behavior with safe behavior or habits. Applying behavior change technology effectively.

Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is a scientific discipline concerned with analyzing the principles of learning and behavioral control, developing usable methods from these principles, and systematically applying these methods to change behavior of social significance. It is the applied form of behavior analysis; the other two forms are radical behaviorism (or the philosophy of the science) and the experimental analysis of behavior (or experimental research).

Kernel (Stage 2)

15-20 days (Risk Assessment, Review of Present Practices & Evaluations) based on priority and stage 1.

ü  Kernel: Understanding the seed, of existing system and current practices, reporting practices how data is collected what information has it grown or will grow.

o   Resource identification stage for updating existing system and critical operation

o   Adopting best practices and evaluating each process job knowledge, system knowledge & Best practices.

Consciousness Sessions

Consciousness sessions are presentations of up to 2 hours in length delivered at your workplace by HSE-RM Solution advisors. They are designed to help meet your legal duty to provide information about workplace hazards to employees. These modules are modified as group discussion session and interactive sessions on how best practices are to be adopted. 

Unsafe Behaviours                                    Injustice Carelessness Irresponsible Greed Laziness Ignorance Arrogance Selfishness Dishonesty Haphazardness

Bridging Gap Bring out Apprehensions Concerns Fears Risk Management Approach

Safe Behaviours Justice Ownership Accountable Charitable Commitment Knowledge Humanity Altruism Forthright Planning

Sapling (Stage 3)

After 3 months’ engagement of BBS will be purely on training and evaluation base.

ü  Sapling: Evolving plant of HSE in organization its effectiveness, systems, personals, machinery and process safety provisions and its adequacy.

ü  Calendared area of engagement on topics and measure of service action implementation with evaluation program every month.

 “Safe Guard the Work Area”

[Spot Danger in Work Area Inspect for Unsafe Conditions, Take Action]

“Safe Guard the Work Method”

[Spot Danger in Day-To-Day Job Take Action]

“Safe Guard the Worker”

[Check Knowledge on Safety Instruction Guide & Train Them]

Forerunner	Behaviour	Consequence
An inducement or event that occurs before a behaviour in time. This inducement or event may result in the behaviour. Work	Anything that we can see an individual action do or say.	An inducement or event that occurs after a behaviour in time. The consequence could increase or decrease behaviour in the future, depending on its properties of impetus.

Aftermath (BBS Continuously evolving)

After 1 year of engagement 4-5 man days each month

ü  Aftermath: An effective outcome of implementation and revised the sustainable and continuously improving program.

A design team is created

The most effective way to run a BBS programme is to initially set up a design team. The design team should consist of management and frontline employees, and each member of the team should have heard about BBS and volunteer to be on the team. This team will keep on evolving the BBS system; however, all employees will be involved in implementation.

Program is customized to suit your company requirement. A dedicated resource assistance engagement will define the depth of program and company engagement. Ranging from weekly, fortnight and monthly visits and scheduled priority as per program detailed gap assessment we help you build adaptive, proactive, predictive HSE system. 

Come join hand in new initiative of Consciousness Share knowledge, Group discussion evaluation base program. Contact HSE-RM Solution Advisors AT : support@hse-rm.com & M: 9824663306 

Job Safety Consciousness

HSE-RM Solutions Risk Assessment & Consciousness Sessions (Trainings)

Consultancy Services Include:

•    Safety Risk Assessment

•    Facility Risk Assessment

•    Process Risk Assessment

•    Chemical Risk Assessment

•    Fire Risk Assessment

•    Electrical Risk Assessment

•    Perception Risk Assessment

Job Safety Consciousness

A customized Program on Job Safety Consciousness, tailored to suit industry specific demand. Consciousness sessions focused on worker level, supervisor level for leadership map and evaluation matrix. Job Safety Consciousness focusses on understanding safety, the perception of safety and evaluate the need for change in understanding safety perception. 

Each industry functions differently, each company has its own policies and plans. The workforce is always misguided on practices and often confuses with what to adapt. This blog share includes some elements focussing on Job Safety, Our awareness and evaluation base training with a practical interactive session can result in bringing out leaders in safety.  

What you need to know?

• Understand the importance of safety and safety awareness.
• Understand accident and causes of the accident.
• Understand various types of workplace hazards.
• Understand various control measures that can be used to minimize the risk.
• Understand how you can contribute to enhance your workplace safety.

Leadership Safety Values and Actions

Leaders demonstrate a commitment to safety in their decisions and behaviors

Problem Identification and Resolution

Issues potentially impacting safety are promptly identified, fully evaluated, and promptly addressed and corrected commensurate with their significance

Personal Accountability

All individuals take personal responsibility for safety

Work Processes

The process of planning and controlling work activities is implemented so that safety is maintained

Continuous Learning

Opportunities to learn about ways to ensure safety are sought out and implemented.

Environment for Raising Concerns

A safety conscious work environment is maintained where personnel feel free to raise safety concerns without fear of retaliation, intimidation, harassment or discrimination

Effective Safety Communications

Communications maintain a focus on safety

Respectful Work Environment

Trust and respect permeate the organization

Questioning Attitude

Individuals avoid complacency and continually challenge existing conditions and activities in order to identify discrepancies that might result in error or inappropriate action

How to assess the risks in your workplace

·         Identify the hazards

·         Decide who might be harmed and how

·         Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions

·         Record your significant findings

·         Review your assessment and update if necessary

HAZARD	WHO MIGHT BE HARMED?	IS THE RISK ADEQUATELY CONTROLLED?	WHAT FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO CONTROL THE RISK?
Look only for hazards which you could reasonably expect to result in significant harm under the conditions in your workplace.  Use the following as a guide: ·          Slipping/tripping ·          Electricity (wiring) ·          Fire (flammable materials) ·          Dust (from grinding) ·          Chemicals ·          Fume ·          Moving parts of machinery ·          Manual handling ·          Work at height ·          Noise ·          Vehicles ·          Poor lighting ·          Low temperature	There is no need to list individuals by name - just think about groups doing similar work or who may be affected. E.g: ·          Office staff ·          Operators ·          Maintenance personnel ·          Cleaners ·          Contractors ·          Members of public ·          People sharing your workplace Pay particular attention to: ·          Staff with disabilities ·          Inexper. Staff ·          Visitors ·          Lone workers	, Have you already taken precautions against the risks from the hazards you listed? For example, ·          have you provided adequate info/training or  systems/procedures? Do the precautions:- ·          Meet the standards set by a legal requirement? ·          Comply with a recognised industry standard? ·          Represent good practice? ·          Reduce risk as far as reasonably practicable? If so, then the risks are adequately controlled, but you need to indicate the precautions you have in place.	What more could you reasonably do for those risks which you found were not adequately controlled? You will need to give priority to those risks which affect large numbers of people and/or could result in serious harm. Apply these principles when taking further action, if possible in the following order: ·          Remove the risk completely ·          Try a less risky option ·          Prevent access to the hazard (guarding) ·          Organize work to reduce exposure to the hazard ·          Issue personal protective equipment ·          Provide welfare facilities
List hazards here:	List groups of people who are especially at risk from the significant hazards which you have identified:	List existing controls here or note where the information may be found:	List the risks which are not adequately controlled and the action you will take where it is reasonably practicable to do more.  You are entitled to take cost into account, unless the risk is high:

Myths of Understanding Risk

1.      “Risk” must have a single, well-defined meaning.

2.      The severity of risks should be judged according to probability-weighted averages of the severity of their outcomes.

3.      Decisions on risk should be made by weighing total risks against total benefits.

4.      Decisions on risk should be taken by experts rather than by operators/stake holders.

5.      Risk-reducing measures in all different sectors of society should be decided according to the same standards.

6.      Risk assessments should be based only on well-established scientific facts.

7.      If there is a serious risk, then scientists will find it if they look for it.

At each stage, our training program is designed to suit industry specific need. Practical learning method, Viz. Classroom session, Group discussion session & Practical Session for identification. To custom design your Job Safety Program Please feel free to communicate on support@hse-rm.com