Pre-Start Health and Safety Review

The objective of this 1 day course is to provide participants with the knowledge and the tools to undertake a Pre-Start Health and Safety review.

Course Outline

At this workshop you will learn how to:

• Determine when a pre-start health and safety review is required
• Obtain an exemption from a pre-start review
• Assign control reliability requirements
• Avoid a costly Ministry of Labour mandate retrofit
• Specify appropriate compliance in your bid documents
• Address robotic, press and machinery hazards

Description

The Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulation 851 “Industrial Establishments” was amended in October 2000, requiring that a Professional Engineer’s report be prepared whenever a process or equipment addition or modification involves any of the following: flammable liquids, safeguarding devices, racks or stacking structures, risk of ignition or explosion, dust collectors, molten metals, lifting devices, hazardous or designated substances.

Topics to include:

• Standards and regulations for machine guarding
• Guidelines for conducting PHSRs

Find out more about Relevant Legislative Regulations and PHSRs;
• What is a PHSR and where do they apply in the workplace?
• When are they required?
• Are there exemptions?
• MOL (Ministry of Labour) guidelines
• Design considerations relevant to pre-start reviews
• Due diligence & employer obligations
• Risk assessment & risk reduction
• Safety relays and control reliability

Objective

To provide participants with the knowledge and the tools to undertake a pre-start health and safety review. More specifically to identify codes and standards that apply, identify documents required, undertake a safety risk assessment, assign a reliability category rating for the safeguarding control systems and determine when a PHSR is required.

Who Should Attend

Plant managers, equipment designers, equipment integrators, project managers, project engineers, robotics integrators, automation professionals, technical specialists, controls designers, maintenance managers, plant safety personnel, auditors, union safety reps and owners.

Special Feature
You will receive a USB thumb drive containing the presentation material to serve as a value reference.

Program Outline

Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method

Section 7 of the Regulation for Industrial
• Establishments
• Reviewer's qualifications
• Ministry of Labour guidelines
• Applicable regulations, codes and standards
• Decision flow charts
• Exemptions and supporting documentation
• Required documentation
• Report content

Safeguarding of Machinery
• Risk assessment
• Control reliability
• Safety checklists
• Safe distance calculations
• Standards and regulations

Flammable Liquids
• Definitions
• Storage requirements
• Fire separations
• Spill control
• Ventilation
• Dispensing
• Related sections, legislation, codes and standards

Racking and Stacking Structures
• Professional Engineer's drawings and calculations
• Exemption and supporting evidence

Explosion Hazard
• Explosive mixtures
• Isolation of equipment
• Ventilation
• Explosion venting, baffles, chokes and dampers
• Exemption for spray booths

Dust Collectors
• Ignitable dust
• Location and fire separation requirements
• Explosion design and venting
• Exceptions

Molten Metals
• Spillage prevention
• Risk assessment and engineering controls
• Means of egress and passageways
• Operating and maintenance space requirements
• Grandfather clauses

Lifting Devices
• Definition
• Load markings
• Initial examination
• Controls
• Protection of the operator
• Applicable standards and related sections
• Exemptions and supporting evidence

Occupational Exposure
• Biological and chemical agents
• Designated substances
• MSDS
• Exposure limits
• Engineering controls
• Ventilation
• Air sampling
• Applicable regulations and standards

Questions and Answers and Feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes

There will be a 40-minute lunch break in addition to a refreshment and networking break during the morning and afternoon sessions.

Schedule:
8:00    Registration and Coffee (Day I only)
8:30    Session begins
4:30    Adjournment

Faculty

Tom Norton
Tom Norton has been involved in the Automation Industry since 1987, and spent the last 13 years supporting installations of Safety Devices, including Safety Light Screens, Laser Scanners, Safety Interfaces and Interlocking Devices. Tom is an Electrical Engineer and a member of the PEO (Professional Engineers of Ontario) and the CSSE (Canadian Society of Safety Engineering), and an active member on several CSA technical committees, including:

• CSA-Z142-10 Code for Power Press Operation
• CSA-Z434-03 Industrial Robots and Robot Systems
• CSA-Z432-04 Safeguarding of Machinery
• CSA-Z460-05 Hazardous Energy Control (Lockout)
• CSA-Z1002 Risk Assessment and Management
• CSA OHS Standards Program Steering Committee

Tom works for a consulting firm “Absolute Engineering Solutions” which provides Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews, Equipment audits, and Safety Training on a variety of subjects including Risk Assessment, Machine Guarding, Safeguard Selection and Control Reliability.
In the course of his career, he has been a guest speaker at several IAPA events and Conferences, the National Safety Conference on Metalworking, Pulp and Paper Health & Safety Conference (Ottawa), CSA Conference (Toronto), the Robotic Industries Association National Conference (Michigan) and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering National Conference (Ottawa).

Additional Details

Pre-Requisites

Certificates offered

0.7 CEU /7 PDH

Cancellation Policy

To withdraw from a course, you must send a request, in writing, with the official receipt to our office. Fifteen or more business days in advance: full refund less $50.00 administration charge. Five to fifteen business days in advance: non-refundable credit of equal value for any future EPIC seminar within one year. Credits are transferable within your organization. In case of an unexpected event occurring after this time, you may send someone else to take your place without any additional cost.

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