HSE&S (Health, Safety, Environment, and Security)

 Commonly used as a name for a department in companies

 Created by the International Finance Corporation in 1998

OSH (Occupational Safety and Health)

 A cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health, and welfare of people
engaged in work or employment.
 Aims to foster a safe and healthy work environment
 May also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, suppliers, nearby
communities, and other members of the public who are impacted by the workplace
environment as well as reduce medical care, sick leave, and disability benefit costs.

Steps to maintain HSE&S:

 Program administration
 The key to safety success: The supervisor
 The role of the safety coordinator
 Accident reporting
 Accident investigations
 Periodic workplace surveys
 Hazard communication program
 Safety activity reporting
 Hazardous waste disposal
 New employees orientation briefing

HSE&S Beliefs

 (S&H) All workplace illnesses and injuries are preventable

 (E) All emissions of hazardous material can be prevented and will progressively be reduced
 (Transparency) Stakeholders have a right to operations and HSE&S performance information to
increase trust
 Goals can only be achieved and business maintained through continuous HSE&S improvement,
Line leadership, dedication of staff, highest professional standards.

BSS

 Application of science of behavior change to real world problems

 Focuses on what people do, analyzes why they do it, and then applies a research-supported
intervention strategy to improve what people do
 Can be seen as the preventative maintenance of safety organization
Housekeeping

 Purpose
o To provide guidance for maintaining a high standard of housekeeping on the site at all
times

Advantages of Good Housekeeping

 Reduce operating cost

 Increase production
 Save production time
 Lower accident rates
 Higher employee morale
 Reduced fire hazard

Types of permit

 Permit to work
 Hot work permit
 Vessel entry permit
 Excavation break-in certificate
 Temporary energization permit
 Scaffolding certificate

Scaffolding

 Temporary arrangements to accomplish job orders in a much safer way, mostly for unreachable
places

Basic Fire Fighting

Objectives

 To know how fire starts

 Fire Prevention
 Fire Protection/Loss Control

What is Fire?

Chemical reaction involving 3 elements:

 Combustible substances
 Oxygen
 Ignition source, resulting in heat or light (in some cases sound)

Elements of Fire
Oxygen – Air is the main source of oxygen in a fire

Substances (oxidizing agents) that can provide oxygen:

 Ammonium nitrate
 Sodium chlorate
 Hydrogen peroxide
 Nitric acid
 Organic peroxides

Combustible substances – Organic and Inorganic substances

Organic substances:

 Methane, Petrol, Plastics\

 Fibres (Natural/Artificial)\
 Paper and Wood

Inorganic substances:

 Hydrogen and sulfur

 Sodium and phosphorus
 Magnesium and ammonium nitrate

The Fire Process

Combustible substances + Ignition Energy + Oxygen - > Fire - > Heat + Products of Combustion

Fire Prevention

Eliminate:

 Flammable/combustible materials
 Ignition sources
 Air/oxygen

Fire prevention measures

 Good housekeeping
 Proper storage of flammables
 Education and training of people
 Secure proper work permits
 Carry out fire drills
 Fire alarms and detection system
 Escape route and emergency lighting
  Water – (Class A fires)
 Foam – (Class B fires)
 CO2 – (Class C fires)
 DCP – (Class D fires)
POLLUTION – Major types

 Air pollution – effects the health of humans, plants and animals

 Water pollution – effects the lives of aquatic organisms, also causes diseases like cholera,
malaria and typhoid
 Land pollution – can contaminate underground water
 Noise pollution – causes hearing problems, high BP, stress
 Radioactive pollution – serious diseases like cancer, ulcer etc.
HOW TO CONTROL AIR POLLUTION

 Applying dust collectors in cement industries

 Filtrating waste gases in fertilizers and other process industries
 Chemical treatment of waste gases
HOW TO CONTROL WATER POLLUTION

 Discharge waste in dump yards instead of our waters

HOW TO CONTROL LAND POLLUTION

 Recycle wastes such as plastics instead of using landfills

 Use organic waste to produce methane for energy
 Separate heavy metals
 Use high temperature incineration to get rid of harmful manmade organic chemicals
ORGANIZATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

 Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC)

 United nations environment programme (UNEP)
 Global Environment Facility (GEF)
 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)