Extending the Internal Examination Intervals for Pressure Vessels Using an RBI Approach

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippa Moore ◽  
John Wintle
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Degradation Mechanisms ◽  
Risk Of Failure ◽  
Process Plant ◽  
Considerable Length ◽  
High Hazard ◽  
The Uk

For pressure equipment containing clean, dry and non corrosive products under stable and benign conditions, there may not be any degradation mechanisms affecting the containment material over a considerable length of time. Taking account of the low risk of failure, it may then be possible to justify a longer interval between shutdowns for internal examination. Nonetheless, it is important that this judgement has been made carefully and correctly, and that adequate safeguards are in place so appropriate action may be taken if the expected conditions are subject to change. This is the theme of a recent report by TWI [1] commissioned by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which has outlined a six-step approach for assessing and justifying internal examination requirements for process plant at high hazard sites. The work has been developed partly through consultation with leading UK petrochemical companies and inspection bodies that are proactive in developing risk-based inspection methodologies.

Policy interventions in health and safety: What works and when--Evidence from the UK

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hollis ◽  
Stavroula Leka ◽  
Aditya Jain ◽  
Nicholas J. A. Andreou ◽  
Gerard Zwetsloot
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
What Works ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Reaffirming health and safety precautionary principles for COVID-19 in the UK

The Lancet ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 397 (10271) ◽  
pp. 274
Author(s):  
Raymond M Agius ◽  
Denise Kendrick ◽  
Herb F Sewell ◽  
Marcia Stewart ◽  
John FR Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
The Uk

Biomonitoring at the UK Health and Safety Laboratory

2007 ◽  
Vol 210 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 383-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Cocker ◽  
K. Jones ◽  
J. Morton ◽  
H.J. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
The Uk

Workplace and Health: A Survey of Classical Orchestral Musicians in the United Kingdom and Germany

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Beatrice S Harper
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Orchestral Musicians

This article presents the results of a survey that was carried out among UK and German professional classical musicians between November 2000 and April 2001. The UK Musicians’ Union and the German musicians’ union, the Deutsche Orchester Vereinigung (DOV), assisted greatly with the duplication and distribution of the questionnaires. Selected results have been disseminated to the respondents via the UK Musicians’ Union journal, Musician. A full report will appear in Cultural Trends, to be published in 2002 by the Policy Studies Institute, London. The survey covered many aspects of musicians’ perceptions of occupational health and safety, the provision of appropriate information, their general working conditions, and their health. One of the main aims was to bring to the forefront a discussion of musicians’ working conditions and to raise awareness of the range of problems that exist. Key findings identify areas of concern to the respondents, in particular, regarding the environmental conditions of their workplaces. Additionally, findings indicate the use and effectiveness of the measures used by musicians to ameliorate a range of occupational hazards. This article also reports the respondents’ hearing problems, and which medical and alternative practitioners the sample consulted in cases of work-related ill health. The contrasting structure of the profession determined the choice of the United Kingdom and Germany for this study. The UK classical music workforce is predominantly freelance, whereas in Germany there are relatively few freelance musicians, and most orchestral musicians have the status of local government employees. One of the aims of the survey was to elicit information that might indicate whether such different conditions of employment affect the working lives of musicians. This article is organized in two parts. The first part places this survey in context and discusses the particular range of health problems highlighted by the respondents. The second part presents the survey and its findings.

Anti-smoking legislation

2020 ◽  
pp. 245-245
Author(s):  
Mike Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

In Anti-smoking legislation Mike Gibson briefly explores the history of tobacco use in the UK, and the development of health and safety laws surrounding smoking.

Internet addiction—caught in the web

2020 ◽  
pp. 242-243
Author(s):  
Nerys Williams
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Web

In Internet addiction—caught in the web Nerys Williams briefly explores the occupational health aspects of internet use, and the lack of attention given to ‘internet addiction’ in the UK health and safety and medical fields.

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