Injury Illness Prevention Plan - Flipbook - Page 104
Health and Safety Program Manual
Teamwrkx
Construction, Inc.
Issue Date: 10/16/23
Revision Date: 10/16/23
Explosive Atmosphere Safety
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welding or other 'hot work' on tanks and drums that have contained flammable material
work that could release naturally occurring flammable substances such as methane in coalmines
or at landfill sites
use of flammable solvents in laboratories
storage and display of flammable goods, such as paints
filling, storing, and handling aerosols with flammable propellants such as LPG
transporting flammable substances in containers around a workplace
deliveries from road transporters, such as fuel and bulk powders
chemical manufacturing, processing, and warehousing
the petrochemical industry, both onshore and offshore
handling, storage, and use of gases under pressure
handling, storage, and use of substances corrosive to metal.
Assessing Risk
Before work is carried out, workers must assess the risks that may be caused by dangerous substances and
explosive atmospheres. This should be an identification and careful examination of:
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the dangerous substances and explosive atmospheres in the workplace
the work activities involving those substances
the ways in which those substances and work activities could harm workers, the environment,
assets, or the public
All risks will be identified by their hazardous classification. The purpose is to determine what is needed to
eliminate or reduce the risks from dangerous substances or explosive atmospheres.
If there is no risk to safety, or the risk is reduced to as low as practical, no further action is needed. If there are
risks, then the competent person must consider what else needs to be done to comply fully with the local
jurisdictions or industry best practices.
Preventing or Controlling Risks
The Company will put control measures in place to eliminate risks from dangerous substances or explosive
atmospheres or reduce them as far as is reasonably practicable. Where it is not possible to eliminate the risk
completely The Company will take measures to control risks and reduce the severity (mitigate) the effects of
any harmful event.
The best solution is to eliminate the risk completely by replacing the dangerous substance with another less
dangerous substance or using a different work process.
Control Measures
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