WESKEM, LLC’s Environmental, Safety and Health (ES&H) Department had previously assessed that a lack of consistency, poor communication and use of antiquated communication tools could result in varying operating practices, as well as a failure to capture and disseminate appropriate Integrated Safety Management (ISM) information. To address these issues, the ES&H Department established an Activity Hazard Review (AHR)/Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA) process for systematically identifying, assessing, and controlling hazards associated with project work activities during work planning and execution. Depending on the scope of a project, information from field walkdowns and table-top meetings are collected on an AHR form. The AHA then documents the potential failure and consequence scenarios for a particular hazard. Also, the AHA recommends whether the type of mitigation appears appropriate or whether additional controls should be implemented. Since the application is web based, the information is captured into a single system and organized according to the ≥200 work activities already recorded in the database. Using the streamlined AHA method improved cycle time from over four hours to an average of one hour, allowing more time to analyze unique hazards and develop appropriate controls. Also, the enhanced configuration control created a readily available AHA library to research and utilize along with standardizing hazard analysis and control selection across four separate work sites located in Kentucky and Tennessee. The AHR/AHA system provides an applied example of how the ISM concept evolved into a standardized field-deployed tool yieling considerable efficiency gains in project planning and resource utilization. Employee safety is preserved through detailed planning that now requires only a portion of the time previously necessary. The available resources can then be applied to implementing appropriate engineering, administrative and personal protective equipment controls in the field.
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ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation
September 21–25, 2003
Oxford, England
Conference Sponsors:
- Nuclear Engineering Division and Environmental Engineering Division
ISBN:
0-7918-3732-7
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An Interactive Database Tool for Applying Integrated Safety Management in a Streamlined and Consistent Manner Available to Purchase
Terrence A. Douglas
Terrence A. Douglas
Alliant Corporation, Knoxville, TN
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T. Todd Potts
Weskem, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN
James M. Hylko
Weskem, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN
Terrence A. Douglas
Alliant Corporation, Knoxville, TN
Paper No:
ICEM2003-4653, pp. 659-665; 7 pages
Published Online:
February 24, 2009
Citation
Potts, TT, Hylko, JM, & Douglas, TA. "An Interactive Database Tool for Applying Integrated Safety Management in a Streamlined and Consistent Manner." Proceedings of the ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. 9th ASME International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation: Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Oxford, England. September 21–25, 2003. pp. 659-665. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2003-4653
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