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“Dependence must be placed largely on the recognition by management of its moral rather than its legal responsibility for preventing accidents, not only because existing legal requirements are limited in scope, but also because it is a most difficult task to be practical and fair in any attempt by law to achieve wholly safe employee working conditions. This is due in part to the fact that the...
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Safety should not be like trying to figure out how to get out of a panic room! Those who have played the group game “panic room” where you try to figure out clues to eventually unlock the door to win, can maybe relate. When we put safety goals in place and do not provide the resources, training/skills, and support to achieve those goals we will get the “panic room” approach to safety. Trying...
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Use of Personal Electronic Devices for Payment Activities at Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities (NFPA)
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been alerted to reports and rumors that suggest it is dangerous to use a wireless phone while filling your vehicle with gas or in the presence of flammable materials. The rumors and reports may be fueled by warnings posted at gas stations or included in wireless phone owners’ manuals suggesting that wireless phones should not be used around fuel...
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“Much has been said of near accidents—meaning those that produce no injury whatever, although having the potentiality of doing so. These improper occurrences—these defects, slips, and fumbles; these near accidents—because of their proportionately greater volume, present to the capable person who is intelligent enough to take advantage of it, a splendid opportunity to anticipate and prevent actual...
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“In many cases the same faulty practice is involved, and the reason for existence of the fault is similar, both for accident occurrence and for unsatisfactory production. If it is known as a result of a correct fact-finding job that a particular unsafe practice is chiefly responsible for accident occurrence, it can safely be assumed that the methods best suited to correct that particular practice...
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“We often hear: “We have to change people’s behavior”. However, behavior is not only the result of an operator’s personality or training. The characteristics of the situations in which a human being is placed make certain types of behavior more likely. Some operating situations can have characteristics that increase the probability of undesirable human behavior.
Human behavior cannot be anticipated...
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Safety is not the only priority the organization’s leaders have to manage. Within a constrained environment, they must produce products or services that fulfill customer requirements, using specific raw materials, within a given time frame, etc. Accidents are not the only danger that threatens the entity. It can also be jeopardized by customers taking their business elsewhere, shareholders pulling...
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Here is a list of eight general principles that was established, following the major steps in the approach but adapted specifically to the implementation of Golden Rules. These principles emphasize the set-up of a coalition and the importance of ensuring synergy with the actions and processes of any external contractor companies. These steps are intended as a general guide. Their chronological...
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Taking from the “Five Themes for Excellence in Safety Management Systems (SMS)”, we can look at a facility’s ability to assess and manage risks through this lens of excellence and measure the maturity of the safety culture. To recap the progression, here are the five levels:
Ad-Hoc
Managed
Standardized
Predictable
Excellence
Using an organization’s ability to assess and manage...
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Taking from the “Five Themes for Excellence in Safety Management Systems (SMS)”, we can look at the means a facility holds its front-line supervisors and managers accountable for safety through this lens of excellence and measure the maturity of the safety culture. To recap the progression, here are the five levels:
Ad-Hoc
Managed
Standardized
Predictable
Excellence
Using the organization’s...
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Vulnerable zones are areas that could be affected by a release from a chemical accident at a facility subject to the risk management program requirements in 40 CFR Part 68.
How can one determine if they live or work within a vulnerable zone?
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