Industrial Safety and Occupational Health - Genius Engineering Consultants

Establishment of various management plans

Employers shall establish various management plans for occupational safety and health in accordance with Article 23-1 of the Occupational Safety....

Planning of fall prevention facilities at heights

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Hazard and Risk Assessment

Article 5 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act stipulates that: Employers shall, to the extent reasonably practicable (meaning this Act, relevant safety and health laws, guidelines, codes of practice....

Process safety assessment and management guidance

Article 15 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act stipulates that workplace engaging in petroleum cracking, petrochemical industries, and those manufacturing, disposing, or using hazardous chemicals in quantities exceeding the amount specified by the central competent authority shall regularly implement process safety assessments and prepare process safety assessment reports for the record of the labor inspection agency.In workplaces where the amount of hazardous chemicals is more than the amount specified by the central competent authority, the business unit shall regularly conduct process safety assessments and prepare process safety assessment reports to be submitted to the labor inspection agency for record.

Collect, compile, and establish accurate and sufficient process safety information, and use it to identify and evaluate potential hazards in the workplace and take necessary control measures to ensure safe process operations.

Process Safety Evaluation Methods ：

if - result analysis.
Checklist.
If-results analysis/checklist.
Hazard and operability analysis.
Failure mode and impact analysis.
Fault tree analysis.
Other safety assessment methods recognized by the central competent authority as having the same function.

The content of the process safety information management program is recommended to include at least the following items：

Purpose and scope of application.
Process safety information items and content.
Organization planning and personnel rights and responsibilities.
Process safety information promotion process.
Supervision, management and updating mechanism.
Data retention and storage location.

Safety and health system establishment and guidance

The Ministry of Labor (MOL), the competent authority, encourages and counsels’ business units to establish occupational safety and health management systems, implement autonomous safety and health management, and strive to continuously improve safety and health facilities to prevent occupational disasters.

The safety and health management system should contain the following items：

The safety and health management of the enterprise and the authority and responsibility of each level.
Maintenance and inspection of machinery, equipment or apparatus.
Work safety and hygiene standards.
Education and training.
Health guidance and management measures.
First aid and rescue.
Preparation, maintenance and use of protective equipment.
Accident notification and reporting.
Other safety and health matters.

Noise Monitoring and Improvement Project

Noise-induced hearing loss is irreversible and may cause inattention, depression, agitation, behavioral disorders due to sleep problems, etc. Therefore, early attention and improvement of the workplace noise environment to an acceptable range in order to prevent workers from hearing loss is the best way to cope with the situation, therefore, the correct implementation of the hearing protection program plays an important role in the reduction of noise-induced hearing loss in the workplace.

“Genius can assist our clients to develop appropriate protection programs by recognizing and evaluating the risk of noise at the workplace, and if necessary, provide advice on engineering controls.

Employers should provide earplugs and ear muffs to prevent workers from being exposed to strong noise in the workplace, and make sure that workers wear them.

Employers shall comply with Article 300 of the Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Act for workplaces where noise occurs.

Employers shall take the following hearing protection measures in workplaces where the average sound pressure level of workers exceeds 85 decibels in an eight-hour day or where the exposure dose exceeds 50%, and shall keep records of the implementation of these measures for three years：

Noise monitoring and exposure assessment.
Noise hazard control.
Selection and wearing of noise protection equipment.
Hearing protection education and training.
Health examination and management.
Effectiveness evaluation and improvement.

※What you need to know about noise control work.