Training Employees on Hazardous Materials Hazardous materials are a very important part of our environment and workplace. They can cause environmental issues or they could even cause hurt to humans and animals. However, HAZMAT is needed for production in some workplaces. There are many businesses that do not train their employees properly or not at all on hazardous materials. Anyone transferring, using, touching, or working with hazardous materials should be trained so they know what to do in case of a serious incident. Not even that, it is just important to know what kind of hazardous material they are transporting. There are a lot of safety incidents in workplaces that are mainly caused by improper training or not having training at …show more content…
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There were 14 employees who did not have any training on HAZMAT. There is also another incident that states a company failed to properly train their employees on how to properly package and label HAZMAT product which caused acceptance of cargo on an airplane that should have not been accepted. These are just a couple of incidents that discussed in this press release. If those employees would have been trained, there may not have been a safety incident that caused fines to these companies. The worst part is, is the employees had no idea what to do in any of these incidents. They could have been hurt or even caused harm against others and it would not have necessarily been their fault. One way to reduce these incidents is risk management. Risk management is a program to reduce risks in a business in any way possible by forecasting and evaluating. According to the US Department of Transportation, the Hazardous Materials Safety Program is, “designed to reduce the probability and quantity of hazardous material released and mitigate release consequences” (DOT, 1998, p. 4). This program gives guidelines as well as consequences. It gives ideas for future and how to plan for an incident. This guideline also gives ideas of developing the risks and how safe can you be and is there any other plans to use to become safer. It is always a good idea to be as safe as possible and you can never be safe enough.
Risk management is designed to mitigate safety concerns, assure quality and protect patients’ rights. Risk management is both proactive-eliminating risks before they can occur, and reactive-after a risk has occurred, taking steps so if will not occur again. Every
The safety aspect for risk management will evaluate the potential for human loss of life and or injury. The potential for major incident or accident, such as fire, explosion, or spill, including environmental damage. The necessity for security within the company is a highly need aspect of safety that can lead to risk. The revenues aspect for risk management will evaluate the loss of customer base, recovering of capital loss and recognizing uncoverable capital loss, and loss of opportunity in marketing of the product. The necessity for revenue risk management is key. The costs aspect for risk management will evaluate the costs that were incurred due to preventable problems. Also, costs due to increased warehouse space, vendor changes, and discount changes. A significant risk in cost for this company is the cost of legal defense. The legal aspect for risk management will evaluate regulatory compliance failures and actions that could result
The situation has led to several labor organizations teaching the employees on safety and health administration. For instance the Nebraska which is a health administration and occupational safety
Plato is regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of his time. Many of his ideas have been reconstituted and passed down to find a greater meaning and understanding of society today. Metaphysics for example, has helped discover the truth or the true form of an object. While, the levels of reality provide a unique perspective on human nature; the way people react in certain situations; as well as the ideal society according to Plato. Plato’s ideal society [as outlined in the Republic] is one in which the people are not consumed with the surrounding darkness and embrace virtuous practices to preserve justice for the betterment of society over their own self-interests.
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This paper examines the implication to establish measures that provide safety and health directives concerning areas involving painting operations, gas and electric welding, cutting, brazing, or equivalent conflagration or spark generating operations towards safeguarding personnel and property in contrast to heat, developed gases and fumes, electrical shock, and radiation meant for all personnel responsible for ground work, managing, and accompanying painting, welding and cutting operations (Mroszczyk, 2012).
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It is important for the company to develop and manage an effective written hazCom program as required by OSHA. OSHA policy and inspectors will always requires procedures for the hazcom standard as stated by the agency. “Hazardous chemicals. If your employees use hazardous chemicals, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200 requires your facility to develop a written hazcom (hazard communication) program, to maintain material safety data information, to meet certain labeling requirements, and to give your employees hazard communication training” (Anonymous, 2008). This is a clear indication that the company needs to have a written policy at both of it facilities. EHS professional and management should initiate a program that calls for continual evaluation of training through a
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According to Freeney & Murphy ( 2013) risk management is a process of risk identification, response development, risk evaluation, continuous observing and appraisal in order to reduce the risk of injury to patients, staff and visitors. Risk has been defined as “the chance of something happening that will have an impact on the achievement of organisational stated objectives,” HSE (2008) or “the effect of uncertainty on the objectives” ISO 31000 : 2009.
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