Corporate Safety I ISMS SOPs Lock Out Tag

Corporate Safety I: ISMS, SOPs, Lock Out / Tag Out & Electrical Safety Bill Hecker, Ron Terry, Larry Baxter Ch. E 477 UO Lab Discussion 8 Corporate Safety

Outline The Safety Pyramid l ISMS l SOPs l Lock Out / Tag Out / Try l Electrical Safety l Corporate Safety

Safety Pyramid l Tool used to anticipate safety problems – Statistical relationships between levels of safety incidents – Prevention of catastrophies starts with prevention of minor incidents Corporate Safety

5 -step Safety Management Plan l Five steps to safety management – Define scope of work – Analyze and categorize hazards – Develop and implement hazard controls – Conduct work – Collect feedback and improve process Corporate Safety

Standard Operating Procedures l Documents hazards and mitigation strategies l Discusses training and certification requirements l Posted and signed for each major facility Corporate Safety

Electrical Safety l l Terminology – Electrocution – death from electric shock – Electric shock – non-fatal encounter with electricity Risk of electrocution varies non-monotonically with current (body resistance ranges from 1 kΩ – 500 kΩ) Corporate Safety

Electrical Safety Circuit breakers protect buildings and equipment. l Ground-fault circuit interrupters (GFCI) protect people. l – GFCI senses difference between current in hot and neutral lines. – Trips if the difference is > 5 ma. – Required in new construction near water and outdoors. Corporate Safety