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 |  I don’t want to take much of your time. I only wanted to say big thank you. I had no idea how much I could pick up from your website. You do an amazing job at reading a standard and placing it in terms that the average person could understand then add a little on top where you think OSHA may fall short. I completely misinterpreted plenty of OSHA standards in my short extent in this safety field. Your website makes me want to read safety topics all day because I can actually read and understand how to implement the newly required knowledge. Date of Posting: 13 October 2019
Posted By: Tanner Greenwald
Safety Associate at Georgia-Pacific LLC, Wilton, Iowa |
| The website “SAFTENG.net” was described as a valuable asset recently by Trish Kerin, Director of the IChemE Safety Centre in Process Safety Progress. “SAFTENG” is an exchange of vital safety materials. I recently started exploring this site and was very impressed. There are some donated PowerPoint lectures, which appeared professionally prepared and ready to use on various safety topics (as lock or tag out, flammable liquids, personal protective equipment, etc.) There are prepared safety talks ready for presentations on other topics. There is an impressive wealth of photos including informative, shocking, factual, gruesome, and humorous for you to build your own presentations. The site goes well beyond chemical process safety as it has industrial safety, home safety, driver safety, emergency response, RMP, and related topics. The site also offers a “video of the week” a “photo of the week,” incident alerts, and a number of safety-related images. Materials are limited for nonmembers. Membership is required to fully participate in the sharing of excellent safety information. There can be modest membership fees. Date of Posting: 09 June 2019
Posted By: Trish Kerin
Director of the IChemE Safety Centre, England
https://www.icheme.org/knowledge/safety-centre/ |
| Hi Bryan,
Hope you are doing well. I have gained immense knowledge from your site. Your thinking stimulates us to think and do things differently and reflect on what we have done and how we think. At this Christmas season, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a new year filled with joy, health, and happiness.
My father in law was a writer and he did enormous translation work for the church and his brother was a bishop who told him to put his works on a book. He did that at a very late stage in his life. As I see your information I was thinking why you too not put it into book form as Trevor Kletz did from his ICI experience.
Your ardent follower.
Vinay Date of Posting: 15 December 2018
Posted By: vinaydeep alvares
Health And Safety Manager, Canada |
| Report for SeminarFest 2018 - 110 Process Safety: An Introduction to OSHA's Process Safety Management Standard
Completion Rate: 100 %
1. Are you Currently an ASSE Member?
94% Currently an ASSE Member
6% Never been an ASSE Member
2. Is this your first time attending an ASSE educational event?
39% Yes
61% No
3. Would you attend another ASSE educational event?
94% Yes
6% No
4. How did you hear about this course?
Colleague 16.7%
Email 27.8%
Online / Website 66.7%
Other - Write In 11.1%
mailer 1
past attendance 1
5. What was your primary reason for attending this course?
6% My employer required it
6% It was recommended to me
39% To earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
50% To learn more about this topic
6. Would you say this course:
Exceeded your expectations 16.7%
Met your expectations 77.8%
Fell short of your expectations 5.6%
7. The content of this course:
Was current and relevant to me as a professional
StronglyAgree 27.8%
Agree 66.7%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
Not Applicable 5.6%
Was consistent with the course description
StronglyAgree 50.0%
Agree 50.0%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
Met the stated learning objectives
StronglyAgree 38.9%
Agree 61.1%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
Provided ideas and tools I can use in my day-to-day work
StronglyAgree 27.8%
Agree 66.7%
Disagree 5.6%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
Was comprehensive and in depth (PLEASE NOTE this was an INTRODUCTION course!)
StronglyAgree 38.9%
Agree 44.4%
Disagree 16.7%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
8. The Instructor:
Was knowledgeable on the topic
StronglyAgree 66.7%
Agree 33.3%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
Was engaging
StronglyAgree 61.1%
Agree 38.9%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
Answered my questions clearly and provided constructive feedback
StronglyAgree 66.7%
Agree 27.8%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
Not Applicable 5.6%
Explained educational concepts clearly, accurately, and in an organized manner
StronglyAgree 50.0%
Agree 44.4%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 5.6%
Was well prepared
StronglyAgree 66.7%
Agree 33.3%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
Made appropriate use of the allotted time
StronglyAgree 61.1%
Agree 38.9%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
9. Course materials were:
Accurate
StronglyAgree 44.4%
Agree 50.0%
Disagree 5.6%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
Well organized with a clear design
StronglyAgree 44.4%
Agree 38.9%
Disagree 11.1%
Strongly Disagree 5.6%
Relevant and contributed to achieving the learning objectives
StronglyAgree 38.9%
Agree 61.1%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
Beneficial to my educational experience
StronglyAgree 44.4%
Agree 55.6%
Disagree 0.0%
Strongly Disagree 0.0%
11. How likely are you to recommend this ASSE course to a colleague?
50% Definitely
39% Very likely
11% Unlikely
12. Any additional feedback about the course you attended?
The instructor was knowledgeable but didn't follow his power point presentation and so the class seemed unorganized and difficult to follow.
The instructor was very knowledgeable
The session was good, the content was good, the conference facility was good, the hotel staff lied when we phoned to ask if a swimming pool would be open or at least the area around the pool. T he hotel website stated a hotel shuttle was provided by the hotel to shuttle people from the hotel to the strip and vice-versa. We checked out of the hotel to stay at one with a pool on the strip.
Bryan is an excellent teacher, although the subject matter is not relevant to myself, his knowledge is exceptional. Great job
This was a good course for the very basic level. The information was excellent and accurate and the instructor was great. The only reason I would not be likely to recommend this class to a colleague is that it is almost too basic for anyone who has any PSM knowledge at all.
My reason for not recommending the course is based on the fact that it doesn't really cover safety aspects that I and my colleagues deal with based on our industry. Date of Posting: 13 March 2018
Posted By: Bryan Haywood |
 | Report Card for my 2017 BWC Session Date of Posting: 01 July 2017
Posted By: Bryan |
| Comments from 2017 BWC - Session #1016 Safe Work Permitting Process - Management System
1. What aspect of this session was most useful to you?
• All very informative
• Although not all of the specific permits discussed during the session were not directly applicable for our site, the best practices presented can be helpful in several ways.
• General knowledge
• Good strategies for permit ownership
• Guidelines for when a safe work permit is needed
• How Line Breaking fits in the General Work Permit process.
• How the presenter used six sigma in the permitting process.
• Not much for me in this one
• Potential application at work.
• References
• Six Sigma approach
• The advantage in consolidating all necessary work permits into one form to better see the big safety picture of each task. This system will also consolidate paperwork.
• The discussion regarding a permit management system.
• The insight into best practices for permitting.
• The relationship of the safe work procedure to the Six Sigma process.
• The wide range of potential jobs where a permit would improve overall safety
• Thought this was going to be a different topic
• We often use work permits and presenter brought up good ideas regarding how work permits should be signed when you have multiple outside contractors on site.
2. What new strategy will you incorporate into your workplace or medical practice based on what you learned?
• Adoption of these strategies
• All permits must have a starting and ending time
• Centralized storage/reporting of permits
• Determine jobs in organization that could be improved with a permit
• Investigate combining different permits into a single document.
• Make sure permit process is followed
• Making others responsible for their assigned topics
• Measuring and tracking permits.
• Modify our existing process to align more with Six Sigma.
• More auditing
• One great idea was color coding revisions of permits so it is easy to identify if someone is using an obsolete permit.
• References
• Share information with those who handle this task
• TBD fully
• Update General Work Permit requirements.
• Using safe work permit for contractor work
• Will suggest to safety supervisor that we streamline our safety permits, make them a little easier to read at a glance. Also have all safety permits signed in at one location, as ours currently is signed out at multiple places throughout the plant.
• Work on creating a permitting program, and keep in mind the principles of six sigma.
3. What topics or presenters would you suggest for next year?
• Definitely would like to see Bryan Haywood back again next year!
• Hexavalent Chromium and OSHA General Industry Training Requirements.
• Similar topic Date of Posting: 01 July 2017
Posted By: Bryan |
| 1) "Bring this guy back for advanced PSM"
2) "Excellent event. Amazing instructor. It was evident that he was passionate about the subject."
3) "Instructor very knowledgeable, and engaging. Although I found it more advanced than I probably need, I enjoyed learning from someone obviously so invested in the topic."
4) "The course was very informative and the presenter very knowledgeable. The presenter did an excellent job of relaying the information." Date of Posting: 24 March 2016
Posted By: Anonymous Students @ 2016 ASSE SeminarFest |
| Mr. Bryan Haywood,
I thank you for allowing me to visit your treasure chest which is chock full of superb teaching information. It is wonderful. I am very grateful. This site was recommended by Trish Kerin in Process Safety Progress in March 2009, but I was not sure how to enter it.
Thank you for all your efforts to develop this exchange.
We both have a deep respect for Trevor Kletz. On his early visits to the U.S. to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (in the mid-1980’s), Trevor asked me to teach a two day course with him a few times a year. Initially, the offer scared me, but I accepted and it began a strong relationship that lasted until he passed away. I just taught with him for a few years, but I owe him for enhancing my entire professional life as I am still teaching using many of the techniques Trevor taught me decades ago. I photographed and supplied the three photos of Trevor on the left of the PSP cover tribute last year.
All the BEST in 2015.
Happy New Year! Date of Posting: 04 January 2015
Posted By: Roy E. Sanders
Principal Author, Chemical Process Safety, 3rd Edition Learning from Case Histories, Lake Charles, LA
http://psc.tamu.edu/ |
| We hired Bryan to conduct an audit of our process and was completely satisfied with his service. He was very knowledgeable and also a great subject matter expert to help us in finding solutions and provided recommendations and samples to use. I highly recommend Bryan and his services to those that need help with Safety and also with the PSM Programs.
Service Category: Business Consultant
Year first hired: 2010
Top Qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity Date of Posting: 16 November 2012
Posted By: Cathy Wunderink
Safety Manager at Dawn Food Products, Inc., Greater Chicago Area |
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