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Behavior Based Safety (BBS)  Behavior-based safety is a safety management system that specifies exactly which behaviors are required from each employee.  These behaviors are geared towards a safer work environment.  The system must have controls in place which will measure whether or not these behaviors exist as a routine element in the work environment.  Acceptable behaviors must be positively reinforced frequently and immediately as the behavior occurs.  Significance of the BBS-  BBS is based on solid principles about engaging, motivating, assisting, reinforcing, and sustaining safe behaviors.  It takes a systematic approach, examining the motivation underlying behaviors, in order to increase safe behavior.  BBS is an ongoing effort; not ‘once-off’ provisions, but a new way of working that the safety leader must continually promote for sustainable, positive results.  Takes time to achieve; however, results can be observed immediately due to...

Principles of Good Illumination , Statutory Requirements , R ecommended optimum standards of Illumination  General Principles or requirements of good lighting are as follows :  1. Adequate illumination. 2. Avoidance of glare. 3. Avoidance of shadow.  4. Uniform lighting. 5. Appropriate contrast. 6. Appropriate colour contrast. 7. Colour effect and 8. Avoidance of flicker and stroboscopic effect Statutory requirements: As per Factories Act, 1948 & Maharashtra Factories 1963  Section 17 Lighting of Factories Act 1948 -   (1) In every part of a factory where workers are working of passing there shall be provided and maintained sufficient and suitable lighting, natural or artificial, or both. (2) In every factory all glazed windows and skylights used for the lighting of the workrooms shall be kept clean on both the inner and outer surfaces and, so far as compliance with the provisions of any rules made under sub-section (3) of section 13 will allow, free ...

Duties of Safety Officer as per Factories Act, 1948 and Maharashtra Factory Rules , 1963  With reference to the section 40B- Safety Officers of Factories Act 1948 , (1) In every factory— (i) wherein one thousand or more workers are ordinarily employed, or (ii) wherein, in the opinion of the State Government, any manufacturing process or operation is carried on, which process or operation involves any risk of bodily injury, poisoning or disease, or any other hazard to health, to the persons employed in the factory, the occupier shall, if so, required by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, employ such number of Safety Officers as may be specified in that notification. (2) The duties, qualifications and conditions of service of Safety Officers shall be such as may be prescribed by the State Government. The Maharashtra Safety Officers (Duties , Qualifications and Conditions of service) Rules,1982    The duties of a Safety Officer shall be to advise a...

 Plant Safety Inspection (PSI) Definition-  Plant Safety Inspection (PSI) can be defined as the monitoring function conducted in an organization to locate and report hazards, which have the capacity to cause accidents in the workplace. Objectives of the Plant Safety Inspection Keeping the workplace safe by locating accident causes and taking corrective measures Controlling unsafe acts Removing unsafe conditions Maintaining product quality, operational efficiency and profitability  Plant Safety Inspection (PSI) PSI is a method of discovering hazards and potential risks.  Its basic aim is to identify and eliminate or minimize hazards in the jobs before accidents can occur.  It is one of the oldest accident prevention techniques. It is useful in accident prevention just as product inspection is in quality control.  Development of safety-related statutory regulations and inspections by Factory Inspectorate have given drive to PSI. Since majority of accidents a...

 What is Kyoto Protocol ?  Kyoto Protocol, 1997 The Kyoto Protocol was an agreement among developed nations to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and greenhouse gases (GHG) to minimize the impacts of climate change. The Protocol applied to 6 greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide methane nitrous oxide hydrofluorocarbons perfluorocarbons sulfur hexafluoride. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted on 11 December 1997. Due to a complex ratification process, it entered into force on 16 February 2005. Currently, there are 192 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.  In short, the Kyoto Protocol operationalizes the UNFCCC by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agreed individual targets. The Convention itself only asks those countries to adopt policies and measures on mitigation and to report periodically. The Kyoto Protocol is based on the principles and provisions of the Convention and follows its annex-based struct...

  What is TremCard ? ​ A TREM card or a Transport Emergency Card as it is also known as is a document ​ ​ that is used when transporting dangerous goods. This cards that workers carry at all times when their work involves transporting hazardous substances. These cards are provided by the occupier or operator of ​ ​ a ​ ​ facility and must be kept in the cab of any vehicle transporting dangerous goods. TREM Cards carry information about the particular goods being transported and provide instructions to the driver or emergency responders in the event of an incident.  Under the  Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (Including Rules  pertaining to Transport of Hazardous Goods)  Carriage Owner & Driver's duty (R. 132) : They will satisfy themselves about the information given to them by the consignor. The driver will be given relevant information in Annexure-V which will be kept in the driver's cabin and available during transportation. Driver to take precautions ...

 Safety while working on fragile roof  What is Fragile Roof ? Fragile Roof is defined as “ As a roof that does not have safety support and cannot  withstand the weight of a person and any load person is carrying” .  T he FRAGILITY of a roof depends on the composition of the material of manufacture. The following factors are also taken into consideration :-  1. Thickness of the material 2. The span between supports 3. Sheet profile 4. The design of the supporting structure (i.e. purlins) 5. The type, number, position and quality of fixtures 6. The age of the material on roof 7. The weather and other conditions (like chemical fumes etc.) to which the sheets are exposed.  IT IS THEREFORE VERY IMPORTANT TO CONFIRM THE FRAGALITY OF A ROOF BEFORE THE WORK STARTS.  IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT THE ROOF SHOULD BE  TREATED AS ‘FRAGILE’ UNLESS OR UNTIL CONFIRMED THAT IT IS NOT. It is “POSITIVELY DANGEROUS” to assume that a roof is non-fragile without checking this...

  Hazards in Boiler Operations & Safety measures for its operations Hazards in Boiler operations 1) Accident hazards-  Falls from ladders, stairs and elevated platforms Slips and falls on the level, particularly on floors made slippery by water, fuel, oils, etc. Struck by falling objects Mechanical accidents when operating pulverizer and stoker in coal-fired boilers Burns from hot surfaces, hot water and escaping steam Electrocution or electric shocks Poisoning by carbon monoxide or by other combustion products in the air, particularly in the case of faulty ventilation or inadequate air supply to burners (acute carbon monoxide poisoning may cause headache, dizziness, nausea, unconsciousness, coma and death) Asphyxia due to breathing of oxygen-depleted air  Splashes of hydrazine and its derivatives on the skin may cause penetrating burns and severe dermatitis Splashes into the eyes of chemicals used in the regeneration of ion exchange columns, in derusting and descalin...