introduction to workplace safety
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Introduction to Workplace Safety
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What is “Safety”?
• Elimination of potential threats to health and well-being
ACCIDENTS
EMERGENCIEShttp://www.drs.illinois.edu/images/genlab/CorrectUseOfLabBenchPaper.jpg
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Accidents
• Unexpected, usually sudden, events that cause harm– Trips, slips and falls (30% of
accidents)
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Emergencies
Situations requiring immediate action to prevent harm or damage to people or property
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Hazards
• Equipment, chemicals, conditions with potential to cause harm.
• Safety programs are designed to control hazards.
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Risk assessments
• Risk: the probability that a specific hazard will cause harm
• Risk assessment: – attempt to estimate
potential for injury or property damage
– manage or eliminate hazards
– safety guidelines and standards help
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Maintaining Workplace Safety
• Federal agencies: – Create regulations
• Employers: – safe environment– training – emergency response
plans• Employees:
– implement the institutional safety plan
Federal agencies
Employers
Employees
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The Roles of Federal Agencies
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• Standards: – Voluntary
• Regulations: – required by law
• Categories– Worker safety– Environmental
protection– Use and
handling of animals
– Regulation of radioisotopes
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Major Regulatory Agencies
• OSHA – Worker safety
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EPA: • Safe waste disposal and
storage • Release of genetically
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Major Regulatory Agencies
• DOT: – Transportation of hazardous
materials.
• NRC: – Safe use of radioactivity
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“Right-to-Know” Law• Federal Hazard
Communication Standard
• Developed in 1983 by OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)– Regulates use of hazardous
materials in industrial workplaces
– Regulates availability of information about employee hazard exposure and safety
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Employer Responsibilities
• Workplace hazard identification
• Written hazard communication plan
• Safety Data Sheets (SDS)• Clear labeling of all
chemicals• Worker training for safe
chemical handling
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Chemical Hygiene Plans
• Laboratory Standard requires all institutions to file a chemical hygiene plan (CHP) for each laboratory http://ehs.ucsb.edu/units/labsfty/labimages/labweb/
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CHP content
1. General chemical safety rules and procedures
2. Purchase, distribution and storage of chemicals
3. Environmental monitoring4. Availability of medical program5. Maintenance, housekeeping and inspection
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CHP content
6. Protective devices and clothing
7. Record-keeping
8. Training programs
9. Chemical labeling
10. Accident and spill policies
11. Waste disposal