CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT OHSAS TRAINING

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CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT OHSAS TRAINING June
2005 COURSE TQ-SAFEWARE (Reducing Injuries
and Accidents in the Workplace) COURSE Awareness
training for OSH
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Part I Reducing Injuries and Accidents in the
Workplace
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BNL has implemented an Environmental, Safety,
Security and Health Policy

• Provide a safe and healthy workplace by
• 1. Manage programs to protect employee and public
  health
• 2. Meet all applicable laws and regulations
• 3. Integrate hazard prevention, reduction and
  compliance in our planning and decision making
• 4. Minimize, mitigate, control or eliminate
  risks/vulnerabilities of research/operations
• 5. Continually improve our health and safety
  problems

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O - Occupational H Health and S -
Safety A - Assessment S - Series

• BNL has decided to improve safety by implementing
  a program similar to EMS and become registered
  under the OHSAS 18001 standard by an outside
  organization
• This is NOT EMS or ISM
• This is a BNL initiative, no external drivers

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OHS Management System structured program under
which BNL plans, implements, controls, monitors
and continually improves the way we assess and
reduce risk of injury and accident in the
workplace. The system embodies ISM OHSAS
developed by international group/establishes
elements needed for an effective management
system to achieve safety and health goals (OHSAS
18001) The system is parallel to EMS (ISO
14001) OHSAS registration is an ongoing process,
an independent auditor periodically audits BNL
and our OHSAS system to verify it meets OHSAS
18001 requirements Same registrar for OHSAS and
EMS
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Benefits that have been shown to occur for
OHSAS-registered organizations are Reduced
equipment and tool damage Reduced work delays and
interruptions from accident investigations Lower
worker compensation, medical and legal
costs Reduced risks of regulatory fines Restored
confidence by DOE, staff and community in our
ability to manage our safety and health
activities Much of the benefit is attributed to
greater employee awareness and involvement in the
safety and health process. You and your
co-workers will be safer and have a healthier
work environment
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• Implementation Involves
• Risk analyses for high risk activities/areas
  (JRAs/FRAs)
• Engineering/administrative controls to
  reduce/eliminate risks
• Training on roles/responsibilities regarding
  hazardous work
• Involvement of employees in hazard
  identification/risk assessment (Employees who do
  the work identify the hazards)
• Implementation in C-A led to changes in
• cable-pulling work removing and adding cables to
  trays
• vacuum system work bake-out of accelerator
  vacuum system
• Implementation in Plant Engineering/Central Fab.
  led to
• Changes to welding operations
• Guidance for paint removal operations

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• Your role
• Consider how your actions affect others
• Comply with all safety regulations
• Communicate your concerns with co-workers
  supervisors, managers
• Participate in risk assessment processes, safety
  assessments
• Ensure those working with and for you have work
  specific training
• Ensure those working for you and with you are
  qualified and not just trained for their tasks
• Qualification involves verification of skills,
  experience and confidence to perform the
  hazardous tasks

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Consequences of unsafe or non-compliant
work Resource impact a. consumption of
YOUR time correcting the problem b.
personnel injury or illness, for worker
compensation and/or medical treatment
Regulatory fines Operations shut down
temporarily or permanently Loss of trust with
DOE, the community, regulators, and partners
Disciplinary action, up to and including
termination
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Part IIA OHSAS Implementation Details
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JRAs (Job Risk Assessments) define risks and
assign probability JRAs involve reviewing the
actual job as carried out by the worker JRAs
involve viewing each task, describing hazards and
controls and describing the frequency with which
it is done the severity of the worst possible
accident The probability of that accident
happening. Then the number is multiplied by
the number of people required to carry out that
task. This gives an estimate of the risk
involved.
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Example of a JRA from C-A
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Examples of Chemistry JRAs-the link is on the
Operations Page
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• Integrated Safety Management is implemented
• through Work Planning and Control by defining
  
• hazards and controls in
• ESRs
• Work Permits
• Hazards and Controls are then verified by Tier I
  inspections
• Working Safely is verified by JRAs

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Part IIB OHSAS Audit
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• OHSAS Audit The registrar evaluates OSH
  system at
• the Laboratory level
• the Department level
• the work area level
• Audits typically involve
• review of documents
• facility walkthroughs
• interviews at all levels of the organization
• review of jobs and hazards in the field
• verifying ESRs/Work Permits are reviewed and
  approved
• verifying that ESRs/Work Permits are followed
• verifying everyone knows the ESSH policy

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• Management interviews focus on
• OSH objectives and targets
• roles and responsibilities
• resources associated with the OSH system
• Staff interviews focus on
• awareness of the ESSH policy (written policy in
  lobbies of bldgs, on web)
• awareness of job risks (ESRs/JRAs)
• how staff learn about requirements (meetings,
  emails)
• training and communication
• corrective and preventive action (Tier 1)
• integration of ISM and work planning with
• JRAs

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• YOUR responsibilities to the OSH Program
• Comply with Laboratory policies, standards,
  procedures
• Maintain your training up-to-date
• Identify hazards and impact of work
• Provide input on controls/work practices to
  minimize risk
• Apply risk minimization techniques to your work
• Respond to emergency situations, alarms, or
  occurrences as appropriate
• Verify work specific training of co-workers
• Participate in risk assessment processes, safety
  assessments
• Ensure those working for you and with you are
  qualified and not just trained for their tasks

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• Emergency Response
• Be prepared
• complete training
• know the indoor assembly, outdoor assembly, and
  shelter-in-place areas
• In an actual emergency
• activate alarms
• report the emergency - call 911 (2222)
• report to the outdoor assembly area if the
  building alarm bell sounds
• report to indoor assembly if the steady site
  siren signal sounds

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• Know the answers to
• What is the ESSH policy?
• What are your responsibilities with regard to the
  OSH program?
• How do we prevent injuries?
• How do you find out about new OSH requirements?
• How do we identify and control OSH risks?
• What is a Job Risk Assessment?
• How can you express your concerns about OSH to
  management?
• How is OSH integrated with ISM?