SH5108 CHEMICAL HAZARD MANAGEMENT

Module Information

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Venue: E-learning
Time: Tuesday
 M. SC. SHE OBJECTIVES
• Provide the candidate with a good understanding of philosophy and
approaches in managing safety, industrial hygiene and environmental
knowledge to
 Optimise globally
 Advise line management on the most productive and appropriate
business path forward
 Optimise safety, productivity & quality: Townsend AS. Safety can’t
be measured: an evidence-based approach to improving risk
reduction. Gower 2013
• Advise senior management in industry on Safety, Health and
Environment (SHE) matters
• The M.Sc. Holder is a credible professional in the management of any
SHE programme through
 Identification and assessment of hazards
 Risk evaluation and treatment
 OPTIMISING SAFETY, PRODUCTIVITY &QUALITY
Competency: Ability to operate within the optimal zone

Productivity
& Quality
Optimal Criteria
Design/ Operation
Zone
(A)

• Approaches
(A) Safety, health & environment Productivity & quality (ALCOA)
(B) Productivity & quality  Safety, health & environment (Du Pont 1, 2)
 MODULE VISION

• Contribute towards safety, health and environmental

sustainability in use of chemicals
• Use good facility design/ operational excellency to
achieve ZERO HARM in the use of chemicals
Zero injuries on-/ off-site
Zero diseases on-/off-site
Zero property damage on-/off-site
Zero environmental degradation off-site
 MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Able to identify hazards
• Able to identify applicable standards/ legislations
• Able to identify hazardous locations
• Able to anticipate/ evaluate emission/ exposure level
• Able to conduct chemical risk assessment/ recommend controls
• Able to recommend management programs to maintain control
effective (monitoring/ inspection/ maintenance)
• Able to understand the roles of emergency planning/ preparedness
• Able to conduct effective hazard communication
• Able to monitor/ evaluate management program effectiveness with
environmental/ biological/ medical monitoring techniques
 ASSESSMENT
• CA: 100%
 Take-home assignment: 10%
Failed plagiarism check: Liable for NUS disciplinary
action
 End-of-term Quiz: 25%
Open book: Wed, 05 May 2021
 Group Project: 40% with member’s contribution adjustment
according to team members’ rating
 Individual Project: 25%
Wk Date Topics
Assignment/ Module Introduction / Project guide/ Chemical Hazard
1 12-Jan Management/ Design for SHE/ General methods of control
2 19-Jan Assignement submission / Chemical Hazard Classification Standards
3 26-Jan Hazard Properties/Hazard Emission
4 2-Feb Individual Project/ Exposure Control/ Consequence Mitigation
5 9-Feb Exposure Control & Consequence Mitigation
6 16-Feb Hazard Communication
20 – 28 Feb RECESS
7 2-Mar Individual Project submission / PPE: Selection, Use & Maintenance
8 9-Mar Personal Protection Equipment: Selection, Use & Maintenance
9 16-Mar Warehousing & Storage / Transport & Handling
10 23-Mar Transport & Handling / Disposal
11 30-Mar Emergency Response / Chemical Management Program
12 6-Apr Group Project Presentation
13 13-Apr Group Project Presentation
17 -23 Apr Reading Week & Group Project Submission
24/4-8/5 EXAM: Wed, 05 May 2021 09:00-11:00 am
INDUSTRIAL/ OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE HAZARDS
• Chemical hazards
 SH5101 Industrial Toxicology
 SH5107 Industrial Ventilation
 SH5108 Chemical Hazard Management
 SH5109 Biostatistics & Epidemiology
 SH5110 Chemical Hazards Evaluation
• Physical hazards
 SH5105 Noise & other Physical Agents (Temperature/ Pressure/
Vibration/ Lighting)
• Ergonomic Factors: SH5102 Occupational Ergonomics
• Biological Hazards: SH 5103 Biosafty
 THE MODULE: SH5108
• Focus of SH5108: Toxicity & health effects
Acute & Local effect: occupational safety
Chronic health Effects: Occupational health
• Major accident: SH5201/ SH5202/ SH5203/ SH5204/ SH5205
• Disciplines
Industrial/ occupational hygiene
Industrial/ occupational safety
• Types/ natures of chemical hazards
Toxic effects
Fires
Explosions
 RELATIONSHIP WITH SAFETY MODULES
• SH5204 Safety Engineering: Process safety involving Major Hazards;
consequence extends/ potential to escalate to locations outside the
source of hazards
• SH5202 Quantified risk analysis: Quantification of process safety
involving major hazard risk in process failure
• SH5002 Fundamentals in Industrial Safety: General Personal/
Occupational safety
• SH5108 Chemical Management (This module): Prevention of acute
/chronic hazards involving small releases
 Working /Fugitive emissions
 Small quantity in safe packages (compliance with UNDG storage/
transportation requirement)
 Personal/ occupational health at source locations
 ASSESSMENT COVERAGE

• Useful Textbook
Cherrie JW, Howie RM, Semple S. Monitoring for
health hazards at work. Blackwell Pub., 2010. 4th ed.
APPENDIX
 SINGAPORE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS (1)
Workplace Safety and Health Act
• AGC: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/
• Workplace Safety and Health Act
https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/WSHA2006
 PART IV: GENERAL DUTIES OF PERSONS AT WORKPLACES
 PART XI: GENERAL
Regulations
2(f) the permissible exposure levels, control and disposal
of any toxic or noxious materials, whether solid, liquid,
gaseous or vaporous
 2nd Schedule: Occupational Diseases
 5th Schedule: Machinery, Equipment or Hazardous Substances
 SINGAPORE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS (2)
WSH Subsidiary Legislation: Regulations

WSH subsidiary legislations

• MOM: http://www.mom.gov.sg/legislation/occupational-safety-health/Pages/default.aspx
 Workplace Safety & Health (General Provisions) Regulations
PART IV: Special Provisions Relating To Health, Safety & Welfare
FIRST SCHEDULE: Permissible Exposure Levels of Toxic Substances
 Workplace Safety & Health (Risk Management) Regulations
 Workplace Safety & Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011
 Factories (Asbestos) Regulations
 SINGAPORE Web-Based Resources
Approved Codes of Practice; Codes of Practice; Guidelines; Technical Advisories; Courses

• Workplace Safety & Health Council: https://www.wshc.sg/

• Asbestos: https://www.tal.sg/wshc/Topics/Asbestos
• Chemicals/GHS: https://www.tal.sg/wshc/Topics/Chemicals
• WSH Guidelines on Management of Hazardous Chemicals Programme:
• https://www.tal.sg/wshc/Resources/Publications/WSH-Guidelines/WSH-Guidelines-
on-Management-of-Hazardous-Chemicals-Programme
• Course: https://www.nea.gov.sg/programmes-grants/courses/sei/all-
courses/management-of-hazardous-substances
Management of Hazardous Substances course: OSH personnel, safety officers,
consultants and professionals who are involved in management of hazardous
substances
• WSHC: Toxic Industrial Waste Treatment guidelines
• NEA: CP on pollution control
 ENVIRONMENT: NEA / MEWR
• Environmental Protection and Management Act (Cap. 94A)
 Environmental Protection and Management (Boundary Noise Limits for Factory
Premises) Regulations, Reg 1
 Environmental Protection and Management (Control of Noise at Construction Sites)
Regulations, Reg 2
 Environmental Protection and Management (Fees for Licenses) Regulations, Reg 3
 Environmental Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) Regulations,
Reg 4
 Environmental Protection and Management (Trade Effluent) Regulations, Reg 5
 Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations, Reg 6
 Environmental Protection and Management (Air Impurities) Regulations, Reg 8
 Environmental Protection and Management (Ozone Depleting Substances)
Regulations, Reg 9
 ENVIRONMENT: NEA / MEWR

• Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95)

 Environmental Public Health (Cooling Towers and Water Fountains) Regulations,
Reg 7
 Environmental Public Health (Toxic Industrial Waste) Regulations, Reg 11
 Environmental Public Health (General Waste Collection) Regulations, Reg 12
 Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations, Reg 16
 FIRE SAFETY / CHEMICAL WEAPONS / EXPLOSIVE
SUBSTANCES: MHA
• Fire Safety Act subsidiary legislationsFire Safety (Building and Pipeline Fire
Safety) Regulations
 Fire Safety (Company Emergency Response Team) Regulations 2013
 Fire Safety (Emergency Response Plan) Regulations
 Fire Safety (Fire Safety Engineers) Regulations
 Fire Safety (Fire Safety Managers) Regulations
 Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations
 Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Emergency Response Plan) Notification 2013
 Fire Safety (Premises Requiring Fire Safety Manager and Company Emergency
Response Team) Notification 2013
• Petroleum storage & Transportation
• Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act:
National Authority(Chemical Weapons Convention): http://www.customs.gov.sg/nacwc/leftNav/con/
• Explosive Substances Act
• Arms and Explosives Act
 Arms and Explosives (Explosive Precursors) Rules 2007
 MOM & MOH
• MOM: Workplace Safety and Health Act subsidiary legislations
 Workplace Safety & Health (General Provisions) Regulations
 Workplace Safety & Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011
 Workplace Safety & Health (Risk Management) Regulations
 Workplace Safety & Health (Safety & Health Management System &
Auditing) Regulations 2009
 Workplace Safety & Health (Workplace Safety & Health Committees)
Regulations 2008
 Workplace Safety & Health (Workplace Safety & Health Officers)
Regulations
 Regulatory programmes:
Asbestos Control Programme
Confined Space Management Programme
Hazardous Chemical Management Programme
• MOH: Poisons Act & Poisons Rules
 SINGAPORE STANDARDS eSHOP
1. SS 586: Specification for Hazard communication for hazardous chemicals and
dangerous goods.
Part 1: Transport and storage of dangerous goods;
Part 2: Globally harmonised system of classification and labelling of chemicals
Part 3: Preparation of safety data sheets.
2. SS 508: Specification for Graphical symbols – safety colours and safety signs.
Part 1: Design principles for safety signs in workplaces and public areas
Part 3: Safety signs used in workplaces and public areas
Part 4: Design principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs
3. SS 532 : 2007 A Code of Practice for The Storage of Flammable Liquids
(currently under review)
4. SS 554 : 2009 Code of practice for indoor air quality for air-conditioned
buildings
5. SS 568 : 2011 Code of practice for confined spaces
6. SS 510 : 2005 Code of practice on safety in welding and cutting (and other
operations involving the use of heat
 SINGAPORE STANDARDS eSHOP

1. SS 548 : 2009 Code of practice for selection, use and maintenance of

respiratory protective devices
2. SS 473 - 1 : 2011 Specification for personal eye-protectors - General
requirements
3. SS 473 - 2 : 2011 Specification for personal eye-protectors - Selection, use and
maintenance
4. SS 553 : 2009 Code of practice for air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation
in buildings
5. SS 567 : 2011 Code of practice for factory layout – Safety, health and welfare
considerations
6. SS 603 : 2014 Code of practice for hazardous waste management
7. SS 658 : 2020Code of practice for design, operation, testing and maintenance
of local exhaust ventilation systems
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