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What is “Safety”
Freedom from danger
Safety is the condition of being protected against
failure, breakage, error, accidents, or harm. (Protection
involves here both causing and experiencing)
A judgment of the acceptability of risk (a measure of
the probability of an adverse outcome and its severity)
Safety (Acceptable Risk) = Probability of an
event * the consequences
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Risk perception varies!
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Because each person is unique, they do not necessarily
perceive risk in exactly the same way as others.
Research suggests that:
A persons disposition or personality and the risk situation
at hand influences:
• how they perceive (become aware) the risk
• how they appraise (estimate magnitude) the risk
• the propensity to take risk
• and actual risk taking behaviors
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Luckily, research also suggests that:
A persons peer or reference group exerts a large
influence on that persons attitudes toward risk and how
they perceive work place risk.
The quality of a groups leadership influences groups
norms, which in turn affect (positively) peoples risk
perception and their risk taking behavior.
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• SSRL, SLAC and the DOE will not tolerate
unacceptable risk
• Staff and Users are encouraged to say something if
they think your being unsafe (bad behaviors) – listen to
them and acknowledge their concern
• SSRL plays a leadership role, providing a safe and
respectful work environment, one in which risk is
properly thought about and controlled and one that
allows science to be conducted in a positive manner
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So, we’ve looked at what risk is, how you affect it and what influences it.
Now lets talk a little about what SSRLs goals are with respect to safety and
how we approach “safety” when you come and perform experiments.
Goals of SSRL
• to provide the safest possible work environment for all staff, users
and visitors
• for all staff and users to assume responsibility for their safety and
take reasonable care for others who may be affected by their
actions
• provide structure and methods to help achieve the SSRL Director’s
challenge of zero reportable accidents, injuries and illnesses in
FY2005 (and beyond)
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ES&H and Integrated Safety Management
How do we achieve these goals:
Kindly, the DOE developed and
provided a formal and organized
process to manage all aspects of
Environment, Safety and Health
(ES&H) issues at its laboratories,
aptly called Integrated Safety
Management System (ISMS).
In short, it's a process that allows
people (such as staff and Users) at
all levels to plan, perform, assess
and improve their implementation of
ES&H at work. The system puts the
responsibility for safety on each
person doing a job at SSRL.
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Integrated Safety Management
Define
Scope of
Work
WHAT IS THE JOB?
In this case, what is your experiment.
Proposal Submittal Process
Beam Time Request forms
SSRL Hazards form
User Support
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ES&H and Integrated Safety Management
Define
Scope of
Analyze
Work
Hazards
WHAT SAFETY HAZARDS ARE PRESENT OR
POSSIBLE?
Ensuring risk (hazards) are properly identified and
assessed
Documenting the hazards analysis
Review proposal for safety concerns, beam time
request forms, hazard forms, MSDS’s, talk with
users
We are looking to define the hazard, the risk
potential (if it goes wrong, who or what will it affect
and how) and understand the consequences of
such an event
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ES&H and Integrated Safety Management
HOW CAN THIS JOB BE PERFORMED SAFELY?
Define
Scope
of &
Develop
ork Hazard
Implement
Controls
Implementing appropriate controls and methods
Documenting the control measures
Develop Safety Review Summary (SRS)
SSRL considers the hazard and proposed controls
and develops a safety review summary. This
outlines the controls or steps necessary to run the
experiment “safely” and is signed by the Principal
Investigator. It is an agreement between the PI and
SSRL on how the experiment will be run.
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ES&H and Integrated Safety Management
Perform
Work
DON’T TAKE CHANCES, CUT CORNERS OR
RUSH TO FINISH A JOB
The Beamline Operator implements the Safety
Check List, which assures that controls outlined
and signed off in the SRS are indeed in place for
your experiment.
If all is acceptable, then you will be put on-line and
your experiment can commence
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ES&H and Integrated Safety Management
Define
Obtain
Scope of
Work
Feedback
MAKE A NOTE IF THE JOB COULD HAVE BEEN
DONE IN A BETTER WAY OR MORE SAFELY, AND
MAKE THE CHANGE HAPPEN.
and Improve
Monitoring their effectiveness
SSRL End of Run Summary
(Its hard for us to know what to change if you don’t
tell us – good, bad, nice, not so nice)
Support staff are available – experiment, beamline,
user office, safety
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In conclusion
We consider safety to be a very high priority here at SSRL. It is an element of
how we do business and supports our efforts to provide you an environment in
which you can perform your science
Help us assure that experiments are run safely by taking responsibility for
providing SSRL with information on your hazards in a timely manner
You are accountable for your safety and need to take reasonable care for
others around you who may be affected by your actions
Principal Investigators have a responsibility to ensure your staff or associates
are aware of the nature and magnitude of hazards relating to your experiment.
Staff and associates you have a responsibility to identify and understand the
hazards and controls employed that make it safe.
SSRL provides detailed information and training to all users to ensure you are
aware of our facility related hazards.
If in doubt - ask.
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ES&H and Integrated Safety Management
Little known facts to finish with.
Workplace accidental deaths for 5,575 (2003)
Cost ~$156 Billion
• 1353 (24%) are highway deaths
• 696 Falls
• 1131 Construction
Non-Workplace accidental deaths 101,500 (2003)
Cost ~$607 Billion
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Motor Vehicles 44000
Unintentional Poisoning 13900
Falls 16200
Drowning 2900
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Finally, the statistics never lie:
Staying home is just “not safe”
Nearly 9 out of 10 deaths (non motor vehicle) and
about two thirds of the disabling injuries suffered by
American workers occurred off-the-job.
Those who work the safest way, live to work
another day!
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