Safety Culture Transformation by TheSafetyMaster™

Accidents and injuries do happen a lot of times in the industry. Indirect costs such as loss of worker life, productivity, poor quality of goods and services, and damage to customer relations and public image can be two to four times the direct costs.

The impact of accidents, injuries, reaches far beyond the physical safety of the workplace. Workplace injuries often require employees to take time off or result in restricted work duties or the need to transfer to less physically demanding positions. In addition, there is the cost to repair and replace damaged equipment and the cost of lost or limited production stemming from an unexpected disruption of operations, all of which decrease operational effectiveness and productivity.

Companies and Industries that are serious regarding protecting their employees should do far more than react after an injury or rely on awareness-based safety efforts and usually, this approach only delays the next injury. Safety is not just about responding to injuries but is about the ongoing identification of exposure, the implementation of control systems, and assuring these controls are used to neutralize the exposure. Nowadays it has become very important to implement a proper safety culture in an organization. TheSafetyMaster is a leading Process Safety Management Consultancy (PSM) and Process Safety Management Incidents India.

The organization is taking actions that encourage their workers to be more engaged in safety, make it a higher priority and take personal responsibility for being safe. It requires action to get through everyone. The people that work for these firms know-how necessary safety is, and often view it as a core value of the organization.TheSafetyMaster understands that a great Safety Culture is an integrated socio-technical system of values, beliefs, behaviors, structures, and processes that work together to achieve the ultimate goal of no harm. And from our experience, the key to a great Safety Culture starts with visible leadership commitment at every level of the organization.

Introducing and embracing the concepts of culture and values in most organizations, and especially those in technical or engineering remains an uphill battle. The main thing is that it is very necessary to transform the safety culture.

How TheSafetyMaster™ can help
Our consultants are having hands-on expertise in Behavior Based Safety Management and are well-versed in any international practices in BBS. Our respective experience will help your company to avail following services

Objectives of a Risk Assessment
1) Safety Culture Survey
2) Training on Behavior Safety at all level of hirearchy
3) Safety Culture Transformation-BBS Implementation & Facilitation

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PPE’s Personal Protective Equipments Training by TheSafetyMaster™

Safety is a major issue for day laborers and skilled laborers. Each year, accidents happen frequently in the construction industry and often times it is due to the absence of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) or failure to wear the provided PPE. PPE is equipment that will protect workers against health or safety risks on the job. The purpose is to reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative controls are not feasible or effective to reduce these risks to acceptable levels. These hazard risks can be anything from wet floors to falling debris and everything in between. PPE should only be considered as a last line of defence between a hazard and the worker.

Even where engineering controls and safe systems of work have been applied, some hazards might remain. These includes injuries to.

• The lungs, e.g. from breathing in contaminated air.
• The head and feet, e.g. from falling materials
• The eyes, e.g. from flying particles or splashes of corrosive liquids
• The skin, e.g. from contact with corrosive materials
• The body, e.g. from extremes of heat or cold.

These injuries and illness may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Making the workplace safe includes providing instructions, procedures, training, and supervision to encourage people to work safely and responsibly.

Workplace safety should begin with a hazard assessment. Once the hazards and risks have been identified, a plan can be put forward to prioritize and reduce risk of injury. Useful systems and tools to perform hazard assessments include performing a Risk Assessment and a Job Safety Analysis.

Basic Types of PPE

A hazard assessment can help identify which specialized PPE will be required. However, the following basic types of PPE should be made available in every worksite.

  1. Head Protection

PPE includes hard hats and headgears and should be required for tasks than can cause any force or object falling to the head. When performing head protection safety checks, ensure that there are no dents or deformities on the shell and connections are tightened inside. Do not store in direct sunlight and always replace a hard hat if it was used for any kind of impact, even if damage is unnoticeable.

  2. Face and Eye Protection

PPE includes safety goggles and face shields and should be used for tasks that can cause loss of vision and an eye, burns, splashes, sprays of toxic liquids etc. When conducting equipment safety checks, ensure that there are no cracks or deformities on the lenses, ensure the strap is in good working order and is firmly sealed to the cheek and forehead.

  3. Foot Protection

PPE includes knee pads and safety boots and should be used for tasks that can cause serious foot and leg injuries from falling or rolling objects, hot substances, electrical hazards and slippery surfaces. Use boots with slip-resistant soles that protect against compression and impact.

  4. Hands Protection

PPE includes safety gloves and should be used for tasks that can cause hand and skin burns, absorption of harmful substances, cuts, fractures or amputations. When inspecting hand protection equipment, ensure that they fit perfectly with no spaces and are free from cuts, burns and chemical residue. Always replace them if any sign of contamination was observed.

  5. Body Protection

PPE includes safety vests and suits and should be used for tasks that can cause body injuries from extreme temperatures, flames and sparks, toxic chemicals, insect bites and radiation. Ensure that they are clean and free from cuts and burns. Always get a good fit to ensure full body protection.

  6. Hearing Protection

PPE includes ear muffs and plugs and should be used for tasks than can cause hearing problems and loss of hearing. When ensuring hearing safety, the equipment must fit the ear canal perfectly. Recommended types include formable earplugs to fit on different sizes of ear canals.

  7. Fall Protection

PPE includes safety harnesses and lanyards and should be strictly used for task that can cause falling from heights and serious injury or death. When inspecting equipment, ensure that the straps are free from tears, deformities and burn marks and buckles are connected securely and tightly. It is very important to dispose them if used after a falling incident.

  8. Respiratory Protection

PPE includes respirators and should be used for task that can cause inhalation of harmful materials to enter the body. When conducting respiratory protection safety, ensure that the equipment is fit-tested and the employee has undergone proper training before wearing one.

PPE Safety Checklists

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Safety Checklists are used by safety officials and supervisors to help identify tasks that require PPE, ensure staff is using the right equipment and reduce overall harm.

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Road Safety Training by TheSafetyMaster™

The present transport system has minimized the distances but on the opposite hand increased the life risk. Every year road crashes result in loss of lakhs of lives and serious injuries to several people. It is vital to remember that road traffic injuries remain a crucial public health problem. When road safety products are utilized correctly or efficiently, they will help save lives,  prevent accidents and injuries, and keep a society functioning within the most optimal way.

ROAD SAFETY TRAINING

It aims to equip new drivers with the vital skills and knowledge they need to stay safe on the roads before they start formal driving lessons. Participants are trained to analyze road safety problems  and the way to return to effective and efficient solutions, making use of the growing stock of information and knowledge.

HOW TheSafetyMaster™ CAN HELP?

·       This includes the growth and implementation of load safety strategies adapted to local conditions.

·       The courses provide practical, easy-to-use learning to assist you to improve road safety in your workplace.

·        Preventing workplace crashes saves lives and avoids property damage, serious injuries, downtime and lost productivity. These courses are created to assist you to do just that.

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PSM Gap Assessment by TheSafetyMaster™

Process safety management is a management system of preventing hazards and risks from highly hazardous chemical or energy release while a process is any activity or combination of activities including any use, storage, manufacturing, handling or the on-site movement of highly hazardous chemicals.

In highly hazardous chemical production units wherein working with chemicals and other hazardous energies is commonplace; catastrophic hazards are pronounced and the risk of injury and health complications to the business and workers engaged in the production sector are substantially increased.

PSM Gap Assessment is one of the most important parts of the PSM system and includes identifying deficiencies related to PSM system, technical safety Infrastructure, planning, capability, following-up, and how is documenting the PSM system. A PSM Gap Assessment is a systematic series of assessment to identify gaps and problem areas associated with elements of Risk Based PSM programmer installed in operation, design and maintenance. The review allows proper identification of gaps at the beginning of a project and provides a detailed list of system/people/physical gaps that can pose catastrophic dangers that may be faced by the facility; based on this list, it is possible to ensure the monitoring and traceability of the implementation of measures that will help to avoid them. The elements under assessment are

·          Risk Based Thinking

·          Governance and Organisation

·          Process Safety Information

·          Process Hazards Review Analysis

·          Operating Procedures

·          Management of Change

·          Pre Startup safety review

·          Training

·          Employee Participation

·          Trade Secret

·          Mechanical Integrity

·          Incident Investigation

·          Emergency Response

·          Contractors

·          Hot Work

·          Compliance Audits

·          Risk Assurance

How TheSafetyMaster™ can improve your process safety:

Every chemical manufacturing unit has a process for manufacture, storage, handling, transport of highly hazardous chemicals and TheSafetyMaster™ is committed to the take care of Process Safety Management and Operational Risk Management.

The overwhelming goals of our Process Safety Management Audit are to ensure process safety at production units through PSM System. The aim is to minimize occupational risks and hazards for production floor workers by means of...

·         Identifying and correcting deficiencies in any Process Safety Management System

·         Effective Emergency Response Creation and Implementation

·         Mechanical Integrity Evaluation and Quality Assurance at a Contractor Level

·         Final Analysis of Process Equipment prior to first time use

·         Hazard Analysis and subsequent Corrective Measures

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Our Team will facilitate client team to have assessments, implementations or due diligence done to acquire and Implement the master plan of successful process safety mainframe management model. TSM offers unique local or global TSMMM service by which site or corporate safety practices and organizations arise and persist, leading to successful business.

To enhance your Process Safety Management Audit program and to guarantee the well being of your production unit workers and prevent/mitigate catastrophic incidents by closure of audit actions. 

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Gateway to Construction Safety with TheSafetyMaster™

The Construction Industry is the most booming Sector in India and requires safety assistance at best. The construction industry, employing the largest labor force in the country has accounted for about 11% of all occupational injuries and 20% of all deaths resulting from occupational accidents and the cost of accidents is very expensive. Unfortunately, it is also the most vulnerable segment of unorganized Labor force being exposed to health hazards and high-risk environment.  TheSafetyMaster™

TheSafetyMaster^TM, Global leader in Industrial Safety Management conducts the Construction Safety Audit -

-Hazards Identify and control

-Training, communication, documentation and enforcement of safety rules

-Monitor and maintenance of safe working conditions

-Reviewing circumstances involved in incidents

TheSafetyMasterÔ is the dedicated team of young, innovative, research driven & experienced professionals, who want to create value for their customers by providing ingenious services in the field of Safety with a vision of “Safer India Better World”. In this era of industrial growth, safety is not just a practice to be followed; it reflects an essence of the values, an organization believes in. But unfortunately, even after such a prominent emphasis by our legislative bodies, there is still a definite gap in the requirements to be met for occupational safety. It is highly essential to understand health &safety risks for workers, supervisors or plant manager and everyone associated even the society to make this possible TSM the safety master is striving day & night to minimize those risks by spreading the safety standards.

Our Safety Professionals are trained exclusively to handle and identify any potential threat to your Organization. We evaluate the currently employed methods of Safety & health; motivate the Client to adhere to the latest standards of NSC in Health, Safety and Environment risks of Construction Workers.

TheSafetyMaster^TM have been conducting Training Programs, Workshops, Safety Audits, Information dissemination, producing awareness material and organizing awareness Campaigns about risks attached to Construction Industry and their remedy.

Our Safety Audits, conducted by the Safety Experts having years of experience over respective Fields.

Our Methodology

ü  Writing safety manuals

ü  Preparing safety checklists

ü  And detailed inspection report 

ü  Checking of Work Permits, preparation of disaster management plan

ü  Check on methods of Contractor selection and safety

ü  Check on personal protective equipment

ü  Propagation, Implementation and monitoring of all laws and regulation OHS Policy

ü  Training and practical guidance for Internal & External work

ü  Strategic planning to achieve the highest level of the safety standard for coming years, analysis of past accidental reports and deployment of all the necessary elements to work safely 

ü  Inspection and verification of each & every element of Technical and HSE Management at the worksite e.g. Safety equipment, human intelligence and credibility, proper training, uncontrolled elements etc.

Health and safety is one of the most important considerations you should take before any construction project gets underway. You should always make sure that all aspects of health and safety have been considered before you step foot on the construction site. Health and safety in construction are particularly important because the industry is prone to hazardous situations and can be dangerous at times.

Our practical and professional approach helps Organizations to understand the Safety Norms and stick to them entirely. Thus saving Penalties, Fines and Legal Hassles. 

We are proud to offer our services in-

         Construction Safety Audit

         Construction Safety Manual

         HIRA

         Excavation Training

         Safety Trainings

         Pemit to Work

         Work at Height/Material Handling

         Safety Trainings

         Site Safety Staff

         BBS Training

         Heavy Equipment Training

         Scaffolding Training

         Project Safety Plan

         Project Safety Manual

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Scaffolding Safety Training by TheSafetyMaster™

Scaffolding Safety is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other man made structure. Scaffolds are widely used on site to get access to heights and areas that would be otherwise hard to get to. Unsafe scaffolding has the potential to result in death or serious injury.

There are Eight Types of Scaffolding –

• Single Scaffolding
• Double Scaffolding
• Trestle Scaffolding
• Steel Scaffolding
• Patented Scaffolding
• Suspended Scaffolding
• Cantilever Scaffolding
• Kwikstage Scaffolding

Working on related scaffolding can be very dangerous whenever the proper safety precautions are not maintained. However, when the safety protocols and practices, are observed properly, working on these structures can be just as safe as any other elevated construction technique.

While working in Scaffolding, you can control the Hazards by following these methods –

DO’s

• Inspect the scaffold using a checklist or mobile inspection app before the work shift and ensure it is safe and in proper working order.
• Have a toolbox talk before beginning work.
• Wear appropriate PPE. 
• Always check inspection tags.
• Know the weight capacity of the scaffold.
• Have a handhold above the scaffold platform.
• Level the scaffold after each move. Do not extend adjusting leg screws more than 12 inches.
• Use your safety belts and lanyards when working on scaffolding at a height of 10 feet or more above ground level. Attach the lanyard to a secure member of the scaffold.
• Safely use the ladder when climbing the cross braces for access to the scaffold.
• Keep both feet on the decking.
• Stay off scaffold during loading or unloading.
• Ensure planking is overlapping or secured from movement.
• Follow the manufacturer’s instructions when erecting the scaffold, under the direct supervision of a competent person.
• Chock the wheels of the rolling scaffold, using the wheel blocks, and also lock the wheels by using your foot to depress the wheel-lock, before using the scaffold.
• Always use netting to catch anything that falls.

 DON’T’s

•  Leave anything on the scaffold at the end of your shift.
• Overload the scaffold. 
• Use unstable objects such as barrels, boxes, loose brick or concrete blocks to support scaffolds, increase your work height or planks.
• Work on platforms or scaffolds unless they are fully planked.
• Use a scaffold unless guardrails and all flooring are in place.
• Stand on ties, guardrails, or extensions.
• Use the scaffold if it appears damaged in any way, has been tampered with, or if there are components missing such as planking, guardrails, toeboards, debris nets or protective canopies.
• Walk on scaffold planking covered in ice, snow or mud.
•  Avoid using a scaffold during adverse weather such as heavy rain, sleet, ice snow or strong winds.
• Climb on any portion of the scaffold frame not intended for climbing. 
• Never climb with any materials or tools in your hand, they should be hoisted up to the scaffold separately.
• Jump from, to, or between scaffolding.
• Rock the scaffold.
• Throw anything “overboard” unless a spotter is available.
• Move a mobile scaffold if anyone is on it.

Guidelines in Tagging Scaffold –

Scaffold tags are used to protect the lives of your workers. It identifies if a scaffold is safe or unsafe for use. Follow the guidelines below when tagging scaffolds.

v  Inspection and tagging of the scaffold are to be performed by a competent person experienced in the erection of scaffold.

v  A unique scaffold identification tag number must be clearly identified on all tags for tracking purposes.

v  All scaffolds shall be inspected after the erection per regulatory requirements.

v  All scaffold identification tags will be of a solid green, yellow, or red color with black lettering.

It is common practice to use the following color schemes: Green, Yellow, Red

·         Green – tags will be hung on scaffolds that have been inspected and are safe for use. A green “SAFE FOR USE” tag(s), and should be attached to the scaffold at each access point after the initial inspection is complete.

·         Yellow – “CAUTION” tag(s), will replace all green “Safe Scaffold” tag(s) whenever the scaffold has been modified to meet work requirements, and as a result, could present a hazard to the user. This tag indicates special requirements for safe use.

NOTE: Use of the “yellow tag” status is not intended to override the green tag system. All efforts should be made to return the scaffold to a “Green Tag” status as soon as possible.

·         Red – “DANGER – UNSAFE FOR USE” tag(s), will be used during erection or dismantling when the scaffold is left unattended and replace all green “Safe for Use ” tag(s) or yellow “Caution / Hazard “ tag(s) in the event a scaffold has been deemed unfit for use.

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