Author: Eng. Abdel-Razek Rashwan QHSE Senior Consultant CAE-Egypt Safety in Global

HS&E

H ealth S afety E nvironment

DEFINITIONS  Safety is control of accidental loss (personnel, equipment, production, or environment).  Accident is an event which results in a loss (personnel, equipment, production, or environment).

1.Safety as a matter of fact  Safety first  Safety is a common sense  Safety is an alertness  Safety is an ability of prediction  Safety is knowledge and experience.  Safety is everyone’s business  Safety is a management commitment and responsibility

2.Safety in Design:  General layout, safe distances, exit / egress, wind direction….etc  Hazard operability study (HAZOP)  Fail danger / fail safe  What if??  Risk identification and control.  Trip systems logic and consequences.  Safe guarding systems.  Trip systems reliability.  Reliable, effective and testable alarm systems.  Gas, fire and smoke detection and alarm systems.  Consider maintenance related aspects.

3.Safety in Construction:  Heavy lifting equipment reliability.  Protective cloths and equipment.  Co. ordination  Housekeeping

4.Safety in precommisioning / commissioning and start up  Check up of lines, tubes and gauges.  Internal cleaning.  Hydrostatic & pressure testing.  Connections, spading / despading.  Running equipment  Safe guarding and alarm systems reliability testing.

5.Safety in operation:  Safety organization.  Contingency planning.  Call out system.  Fire protection systems/ equipment maintenance and Functional test.  Training (fire, safety and environment).  Emergency drills, Mutual assistance.  Emergency management.  Management of hazardous materials.  Accident / incident and Near Miss reporting.

 Safety meetings.  Reliable and adequate personnel protective clothes and equipment.  Reliable and adequate portable gas detectors.  Work permit system.  Safety regulations and procedures.  Safety audits / surveys  Industrial health and hygiene  Environmental control.  Waste disposal.

 Management modifications (plant changes):  It should create no or acceptable risk.  It should be safety integrated into the whole plant system.  Safe guarded and protected.  It should realize the area classification.  It should cause no restriction or lay-out /accessibility problems.  Condition monitoring.  Effective maintenance programme  Human factors  Contractors safety

 Risk assessment / management:  Identification of the risk.  Event frequency.  Assessment of the consequences.  Escalation analysis.  Risk calculations.  Identification of risk reduction measures.  Means to contain the unavoidable risk and eliminate its consequences.  Safety enhancement techniques (targets and objectives, motivation, effective communication, rewarding system……..).

Fire Fighting 1.Theory of fire and fire extinguishment. 2.Fixed F.F. systems Fire pumps, fire mains and hydrants.Fire pumps, fire mains and hydrants. Fire monitors and sprinkler systems.Fire monitors and sprinkler systems. Automatic / manual fire depression systems.Automatic / manual fire depression systems. 3.Mobile F.F. equipment Fire trucksFire trucks Fire extinguishersFire extinguishers hoses., monitors and branchpipes.hoses., monitors and branchpipes.

4.Fire Fighting Agents:  Water  Foam  CO 2  Steam N2N2N2N2  Sand  Inergine

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