Objectives:

Participants attending the Seminar will understand: 

• The necessity to manage health and safety with the same degree of expertise and to the same standards as other core business activities
• Understand the Legislation in Europe and the United States for High Hazard Industries
• How Safety Culture is involved in a SMS
• The effect of Behavioral safety on safety culture
• Work Permit Systems & LO / TO
• Risk perception and HAZOP studies

Outlines:

Legislation for Health and Safety

• Introduction
• Legislation for Health and Safety
• Legislation for High Hazard Industries
• Process Safety Management (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119)
• The Seveso Directive (EU Directive)
• Introduction to Safety Management Systems
• The Outer System Environment
• The Inner System Environment

Policy and Safety culture

• Policy for Health & Safety
• Responsibility for accidents rest with management
• Organizational factors
• Human Factors
• Job Factors
• Organization for health and safety
• Control, Co-operation, Communication, Competence
• Safety Culture

Planning and Implementation

• Planning and Implementation
• Management arrangements
• Risk Control Systems – Inputs, Processes, Outputs
• Risk Assessments
• Work Permit Systems & LO / TO
• Hazard Communication
• COSHH Assessments
• Exercise

Measuring Performance & HAZOPs

• Measuring Performance
• Active Monitoring systems
• Reactive Monitoring systems
• Audits & Reviews
• Case Study of the Flixborough Disaster
• Introduction to HAZOP
• Element selection
• Exercise

Behavioral Safety

• Taylor, Herzberg, Vroom, Geller, Maslow
• ABC analysis – Antecedents, Behavior and Consequences
• Natural penalties and consequences
• Identifying critical behaviors
• Observing behaviors
• Feedback on observations