Equipment, practices, and procedures which promote a healthy and safe work environment.
Critical Work Functions
- 4.5.1 Ensure that equipment is being used safely
- 4.5.2 Comply with local, federal and company health, safety, and environmental regulations
- 4.5.3 Identify unsafe or insecure conditions and take corrective action
- 4.5.4 Conduct health, safety, and/or environmental incident and hazard investigations
- 4.5.5 Conduct preventive health, safety, and/or environmental incident and hazard inspections
- 4.5.6 Implement continuous improvement in health, safety, and/or environmental practices
Technical Content Areas- 4.5.7 Continuous improvement in health, safety, and environment
- Analysis of health/safety/environmental data
- Identification of projects and priorities
- Root cause analysis
- 4.5.8 Environmental protection/waste management
- Chemical hazard assessment
- Design to minimize environmental impact
- 4.5.9 Investigations for health, safety, or environmental incidences/hazards
- Developing corrective actions
- Documentation of findings
- Follow-up investigation
- Insurance (property)
- Violations reports to proper authorities
- Workers' compensation
- 4.5.10 Regulations
- Hazardous Material Communication (HAZCOM)
- Hazardous Material Handling and Disposal (HAZMAT)
- Hazardous Material Information System Labeling and Storage (HMIS)
- Regulations governing safe use of equipment
- Role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) or other appropriate regulatory bodies in the workplace (US only)
- Trade Compliance Center, Department of Commerce (US only)
- 4.5.11 Safety procedures
- Confined spaces
- First aid or first response procedures
- Assessing material, equipment, and fixtures for hazards
- Lock/tag out practices
- Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
- Safe evacuation of facility
- Safe moving of materials
- Safe, prescribed operation of equipment and tools
- Use, maintenance, and inspection of machine safeguards
- Use of safety equipment