OSHA: Occupational Safety
& Health Administration Standards

Why Choose this Training Course?

The taunt of ‘Production versus Safety’ has been with companies for many years. This barrier must be overcome. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), is one of the world’s leading bodies in setting Health and Safety standards. As such, to be up to date and keenly proactive, these standards should be known and applied. Personnel working within these standards will improve performance and therefore make the company more profitable.

The expectation that personnel will always apply these standards because they are part of the company’s policies and procedures is optimistic. It is necessary from time to time to revisit and examine the standards in in order to both refresh and also to stimulate personnel for greater and more accurate application of the standards. This training course will review the major OSHA standards that are applicable to both high hazard plants as well as more general industrial (but widely applicable) standards.

This training course will highlight:

• The OSHA Act
• OSHA's Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
• Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard(29 CFR 1910.119)
• Permit-required confined spaces 19 CFR 1910.146
• HazCom 2012 (29 CFR 1910.200)

Training Objectives

What are the Goals?

• Understand the basis of the OSHA law
• Creating a better Safety program
• Analysing Process Safety management
• Applying best practice for confined space entry
• Evaluating chemical hazard controls (HazCom 2012)

At the end of this training course, you will learn to:

• Determine the effectiveness of safety management
• Support your recommendations for improvement of process safety management
• Develop safe systems of work for confined space entry
• Understand the basis of HAZOP studies
• Explain the need for review of standard operating procedures
• Analyse management of change

Target Audience

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of oil and gas professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Process Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Team Leaders
• Shift Managers
• Health and Safety personnel

Training Methods

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This PetroKnowledge training course is presented face to face and will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes exercises, syndicate and group discussion, training videos and discussions.

Daily Agenda

Day One: OSHA Standards and the New Guidelines for Safety Management

Competency Description: OSHA had first introduced in 1989 their Safety Management guidelines and now these are being updated and need to be assimilated within the existing company framework.

Key behaviours

• Understand the roles and responsibilities of management
• Summarize the new guidelines
• Justify the necessity for the new guidelines

Topics to be covered

• Introduction
• The OSHA Act
• Management leadership
• Hazard Assessment
• Training
• Evaluation
• Improvement

Day Two: Process Safety Management 29 CFR 1910.119

Competency Description: Understand what the whole process of PSM is about and why there was the necessity to introduce such a standard.

Key behaviours

• Summarize the key elements of the standard
• Formulate an improvement process
• Explain the theory of Inherently Safer Design

Topics to be covered

• Learning from Accidents
• The elements of PSM
• Introduction to PSM
• Employee Involvement
• Process Safety Information
• Introduction to HAZOP Studies

Day Three: Process Safety Management 29 CFR 1910.119 continues

Competency Description: All the 14 elements of the standard need are equally important and will be reviewed.

Key behaviours

• Explain when there is a requirement for updating procedures
• Determine the frequency of training
• Evaluate the level of Incidents

Topics to be covered

• Operating Procedures and Practices
• Employee Training
• Contractors
• Pre-Start-up safety
• Mechanical Integrity
• Managing Change
• Investigation of Incidents

Day Four: Process Safety Management 29 CFR 1910.119 continues and Confined Space Entry

Competency Description: Completing the elements of PSM and discussing the standard for Confined Space Entry.

Key behaviours

• Summarize the key points of emergency plans
• Collect evidence during an Audit
• Explain the preparative steps for confined space entry

Topics to be covered

• Emergency Preparedness
• Audits
• Non Routine work
• Work Permits
• Permit-required confined spaces 19 CFR 1910.146
• Confined Space

Day Five: Occupational Health and HazCom 2012

Competency Description: Chemicals have a variety of ways to cause harm to the individual and the environment. The HazCom 2012 standard (29 CFR 1910.200) is now aligned with the Global Harmonised System

Key behaviours

• Evaluate the effects of chemicals
• Interpret the hazards presented in a Safety Data Sheet
• Formulate a Training Plan

Topics to be covered

• Chemical classifications
• Body uptake
• Safety Data Sheets
• Exercise
• Information and Training of personnel
• Course review