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Complying with Machine Guarding
Published in Frank R. Spellman, Surviving an OSHA Audit, 2020
Professionally installed machinery safeguards, well-written safe work practices, and an intense training program are all crucial elements of the machine-guarding safety program. However, if employees are permitted to overtly disregard company safe work practices and rules, the machine-guarding safety program is worthless. Enforcement of safety rules and safe work practices is required. Though the safety engineer is not normally associated with disciplinary action, he or she must take an active role in enforcing company safety policies; likewise, the safety engineer must ensure that supervisors and workers alike understand the importance of company safety polices, rules, regulations, and safe work practices—and more importantly, that they will be strictly enforced.
Ergonomics
Published in Frank R. Spellman, Kathern Welsh, Safe Work Practices for Wastewater Treatment Plants, 2018
Frank R. Spellman, Kathern Welsh
Occupational safety and health professionals have their work cut out for them in their attempt to reduce on-the-job back injuries. The statistics prove this to be the case. What else should safety engineers do to help reduce such injuries? One practice that helps is to display poster illustrations in strategic areas (e.g., loading dock, storeroom) where lifting usually occurs or could occur. Displaying posters that illustrate proper lifting, reaching, sitting, and bending techniques can help. Conducting regularly scheduled safety inspections or audits is another tool the safety engineer can employ in the workplace to identify potential problem areas so that corrective action can be taken immediately.
Resources
Published in Raymond J. Colvin, The Guidebook to Successful Safety Programming, 1992
The Safety Engineer has the responsibility to evaluate the accident prevention needs of the organization and assist management with the development and implementation of safety programs which will control exposures of potential accident situations. He/she will coordinate the organization’s safety program within corporate guidelines by working directly with management. He/she will provide technical assistance to engineering and management personnel in the planning of both new and altered processes/facilities to ensure that all applicable federal and local safety standards are followed. The Safety Engineer will initiate, develop, and conduct safety training programs for both supervisory and non-supervisory personnel. Additionally, Safety Engineers will be required to: Assist in making safety inspections and accident analyses in order to identify problem areas and establish safety programming criteriaCounsel with medical and management personnel in establishing job safety standards for the proper selection and placement of employeesMaintain liaison with federal, state, local and insurance representatives on all safety related mattersMaintain adequate accident and injury data to continually monitor current programsProvide feedback to management regarding trends, and status, of current programsEnsure that records and documentation are maintained to satisfy corporate, state, federal, and insurance requirements
Managing Editor’s remarks
Published in Safety and Reliability, 2022
Louise Whiting has worked in operating oil and gas majors for over 11 years starting her career in BP in the UK and progressing to Shell in various locations including Iraq. During that time, she has demonstrated strong personal commitment to personal development first in process engineering gaining chartership with IChemE in 2013, followed by Shell technical safety technical authority (level 2) qualification in 2015 and Professional Process Safety Engineer with the IChemE in 2018.