THE THEVENARD ISLAND SAFETY CASE- APPROACHES USED TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SAFETY CASE FOR AN EXISTING FACILITY

1997 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 650
Author(s):  
B.W. Charko
Keyword(s):  
Joint Venture ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Formal Safety Assessment ◽  
Safety Case ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
High Degree

As a proactive step in the management of Health and Safety, WAPET as operator on behalf of its Joint Venture Participants, considered it good practice to develop a Safety Case for the onshore component of the Thevenard Island facilities and operations along with the legislated offshore requirement. The development of the Safety Case utilised a process which incorporated qualitative assessment of risk, quantification of key risks and assurance that risks were as low as reasonably practicable. For this existing facility, the process clarified the quality of the existing hazard controls and provided an opportunity to make significant improvements.The process used ensured a high degree of employee and Regulator involvement throughout the Facility Description, Safety Management System and Formal Safety Assessment components of the Safety Case. This has achieved a high degree of awareness among the operations staff of risk management techniques. These techniques are now being applied routinely in the management of the operation.

Occupational safety

2020 ◽  
pp. 1652-1656
Author(s):  
Lawrence Waterman
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Work Health ◽  
Minor Injuries ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Serious Injuries

Any approach to occupational health must acknowledge that accidents in the workplace result in many injuries. Construction, agriculture, and primary extraction are the main causes of fatalities and serious injuries, but many more minor injuries result from all types of work. Health and safety law has developed with an emphasis on accident prevention that is based on designing and managing the working environment. Establishing this approach to safety management begins with an organization committing itself to a policy influenced by legal obligations and current good practice. While this chapter draws heavily on the UK situation, where there has been considerable experience and development of approaches to health and safety, it is incumbent on any physician to consider the work environment and whether changes to the workplace might improve not only the lot of their patients, but others potentially at risk in the workplace.

PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION- WHAT ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS OF JOINT VENTURE PARTICIPANTS?

1997 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 738
Author(s):  
J. H. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Due Diligence ◽  
Management Activity ◽  
Insurance Cover ◽  
Day To Day Operations

Participants in joint venture operating agreements in Australia are potentially liable for environmental offences under State environmental statutes as well as Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Acts and State Petroleum Acts. In addition, adverse environmental impacts can affect an array of other commercial factors, including the future costs of obtaining finance, insurance cover and access to new acreage.The nature of potential risks and liabilities are such that environmental management must be regarded as an on-going risk management activity, integrated into all planning and day-to-day operations in the same way that health and safety management is now being widely incorporated in petroleum industry activities. Joint venture participants generally pay considerable attention to the calibre of the technical (geological and engineering) advice provided by the operator. It follows that they should also place considerable importance on the calibre of environmental management expertise provided by the operator and its contractors.A successful system of management should be modelled on a due diligence defence, which requires that those who are directing joint venture activities exercise due diligence, requiring the establishment of a proper system to prevent violations of the law and the effective operation of that system, including supervision, maintenance and improvements in business methods.

scholarly journals THE MEASUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF WOOD DUST

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Rosario Proto ◽  
Giuseppe Zimbalatti ◽  
Martino Negri
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Dust Particles ◽  
Wood Dust ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Dust Emissions ◽  
Carcinogenic Agents ◽  
Prevention Model ◽  
Number Of Particles

In Italy, the woodworking industry presents many issues in terms of occupational health and safety. This study on exposure to wood dust could contribute to the realization of a prevention model in order to limit exposure to carcinogenic agents to the worker. The sampling methodology illustrated the analysis of dust emissions from the woodworking machinery in operation throughout the various processing cycles. The quantitative and qualitative assessment of exposure was performed using two different methodologies. The levels of wood dust were determined according to EN indications and sampling was conducted using IOM and Cyclon personal samplers. The qualitative research of wood dust was performed using an advanced laser air particle counter. This allowed the number of particles present to be counted in real time. The results obtained allowed for an accurate assessment of the quality of the dust emitted inside the workplace during the various processing phases. The study highlighted the distribution of air particles within the different size classes, the exact number of both thin and ultra-thin dusts, and confirmed the high concentration of thin dust particles which can be very harmful to humans.

ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS OF A SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 721
Author(s):  
F. Aquino
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
Basic Problem ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Safety Management System ◽  
Clarity Of Responsibility ◽  
Safety Case ◽  
Management Techniques

A successful Safety Management System is more that just words and numbers on pages. It is the way that human beings cooperate with each other for surviving the hazards around them. The Safety Case concept which arose from the inquiry into Piper Alpha is one of the best attempts made thus far at systematising safety using risk management techniques. Unfortunately the Safety Case and its embedded Safety Management System do not address the basic problem that people are imperfect machines and are wholly unpredictable at a detail level. To counter this, it is essential that managers keep people risk-aware, safety-motivated and improvement-minded. This requires humility, sincerity, good system content, clarity of responsibility, a disinterest in blame, an easy- to-use written reporting system, respect for life and unambiguous priorities of safety, quality and money.

scholarly journals Lighting the blue touch paper, and building well

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-36
Author(s):  
Christopher Platt ◽  
Steven Spier
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Building Trades ◽  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Skills Shortage ◽  
The Uk

Architectural practice has become considerably more complex in the last twenty years, not to mention since the days of Wright. Many more professions are involved in realising a building, and the construction industry has become professionalised in areas such as health and safety, management training and continuing professional development. Procurement methods for buildings are proliferating and roles for all involved changing, especially for the architect. Shorter timescales are common and there is a general consensus that, in the UK at least, there is a serious skills shortage in the industry and a decline in the quality of the building trades. The industry has become both more litigious and more international.

scholarly journals Modelo de gestión de la seguridad y la salud laboral en el teletrabajo autónomo en Colombia

Signos ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Paola Abril Martínez ◽  
Mónica Catalina Abril Martínez ◽  
Sandra Consuelo Abril Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Management System ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Pdca Cycle

The results of this paper are determined by the guidelines and regulations applicable to teleworking in Colombia in terms of occupational health and safety, to the design of the Occupational Health and Safety Model for autonomous teleworking, and to the structuring and validation of the Maturity of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (ema), Quality of Life (CoL), and Working Conditions (wc) instruments. For the development of the Model, the following categories were analyzed: advantages and disadvantages of teleworking, teleworking modalities, worker conditions, environmental conditions, conditions of the tasks, change management, leadership, and quality of life. Statistical validations were performed on each proposed instrument, such as internal consistency, factor analysis, and component analysis. In the proposed Model, the employer or contractor must address the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases and the protection and promotion of the health of workers and/or contractors through the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of a management system with principles based on the pdca cycle (Plan, Do, Check, and Act).

scholarly journals Reporting on Occupational Health and Safety in Annual Reports: A Look at Disclosure Practices in New Zealand

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Brown ◽  
Frances Butcher
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Safety Information ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Quality Of Reporting ◽  
Safety Reporting ◽  
The United Kingdom

In recent years many organizations in New Zealand have begun to voluntarily disclose health and safety information in their annual reports. This paper considers the rationales for such disclosures and reviews the disclosure practices of 100 of New Zealand's largest employers. It utilizes an index adapted from Morhardt (2002) and good practice guidance developed by the Health and Safety Commission in the United Kingdom (HSC 2000) to evaluate both the quantity and quality of reporting. Benchmarked against these indicators, the authors conclude that there is considerable scope for improving the overall standard of health and safety reporting in New Zealand. The paper notes some current initiatives and offers suggestions to progress developments in this area.

BASS STRAIT OFFSHORE FACILITY SAFETY CASES: A CASE STUDY ON EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MODERN SAFETY CASE REGIME

2002 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
M.C. Greenwood ◽  
D.C. Tyler ◽  
M.A. Newton ◽  
N.V. Clarke ◽  
J.J. Hayes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Safety Management ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Safety Case ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
Safety Cases ◽  
Planning Development

In 2001, Esso submitted 18 different Bass Strait Facility Safety Cases as part of their five year revision cycle, and obtained regulatory acceptance for each of them. These revised safety cases incorporated the accumulated learning from our many previous offshore safety case submissions, the 1998 Longford accident and our work with the WorkSafe Victoria Major Hazards Division. A number of significant challenges were met and overcome. This paper discusses our experiences and describes the processes we used to successfully develop useful, easy to use living safety cases for our offshore workforce.Although our priority was to demonstrate that we knew our facilities, had identified hazards, assessed the risks associated with those hazards and had control measures in place to reduce those risks to as low as reasonably practicable, we also wanted to bring about behavioural change. This paper will explain how our safety case revision processes were used to successfully change workforce behaviours with consequent changes to collective attitudes and values across the organisation.Extensive and highly effective employee involvement was integral to all stages of the safety case planning and development process. The paper examines how a skilled team comprising a workforce-elected Health and Safety Representative, an Offshore Installation Manager and specialist safety professionals collaborated to deliver a true program of workforce involvement and buy-in that in turn delivered the behavioural changes necessary for a true safety case culture to flourish.Esso’s approach of developing a safety case as a shopfloor friendly tool highlighting the linkages between routinely used safety management system controls and the major accident event risks present at the workplace has delivered significant benefit in developing a risk averse health and safety culture. A comprehensive ongoing learning program designed to give the workforce the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to use the safety case to maximum advantage, has been developed as a key component of our safety case program. This paper explores the successful planning, development and implementation of this innovative learning program that has been widely recognised by regulators and industry.

The Vietnamese Version of the Health-related Quality of Life Measure for Children with Epilepsy (CHEQOL-25): Reliability

MedPharmRes ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Tri Doan ◽  
Tuan Tran ◽  
Han Nguyen ◽  
◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Life Measure ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Parent Proxy

Purpose: This study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the self-report and parent-proxy Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Children with Epilepsy (CHEQOL-25) into Vietnamese and to evaluate their reliability. Methods: Both English versions of the self-report and parent-proxy CHEQOL-25 were translated and culturally adapted into Vietnamese by using the Principles of Good Practice for the Translation and Cultural Adaptation Process. The Vietnamese versions were scored by 77 epileptic patients, who aged 8–15 years, and their parents/caregivers at neurology outpatient clinic of Children Hospital No. 2 – Ho Chi Minh City. Reliability of the questionnaires was determined by using Cronbach’s coefficient α and intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). Results: Both Vietnamese versions of the self-report and parent-proxy CHEQOL-25 were shown to be consistent with the English ones, easy to understand for Vietnamese children and parents. Thus, no further modification was required. Cronbach’s α coefficient for each subscale of the Vietnamese version of the self-report and parent-proxy CHEQOL-25 was 0.65 to 0.86 and 0.83 to 0.86, respectively. The ICC for each subscale of the self-report and parent-proxy CHEQOL-25 was in the range of 0.61 to 0.86 and 0.77 to 0.98, respectively. Conclusion: The Vietnamese version of the self-report and parent-proxy CHEQOL-25 were the first questionnaires about quality of life of epileptic children in Vietnam. This Vietnamese version was shown to be reliable to assess the quality of life of children with epilepsy aged 8–15 years.

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