Safety, Health, and Environmental Protection

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• Safety, Health, and Environmental Protection
• The Process Technicians Role

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Safety Program

• Process Technicians role
• Good housekeeping
• Hazard recognition
• Follow safe work practices
• Maintain a safe work environment
• Handle materials and wastes properly
• Report problems and near misses

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Accident Investigation

• Purpose
• Identify the point of failure
• Prevent reoccurrence
• Point of failure usually either due to
• Hazardous conditions
• Equipment failures or
• Poor work practices

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Accident Breakdown

• The accident
• Immediate causes
• Contributing causes
• Consequences of the accident

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Process Safety Mgmt. Standard

• Employee participation
• Gather process safety info.
• Conduct process hazard analysis
• Document operating procedures
• Employee training
• Emergency planning and response
• Pre-startup safety review

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PSM cont.

• Mechanical integrity
• Hot (safe) work permit
• Management of change
• Incident investigation
• Contractors
• Compliance audits
• Protection of trade secrets

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Group Practice

• Describe the actions an operator should take in
  the scenarios described on the cards given out by
  the teacher