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HSE in Short Notes
HSE in Short Notes
HSE in Short Notes
Q1
a. Safety being relatively free from harm, danger, damage
injury.
b. Risk measure of both frequency and severity of hazards.
c. Hazard unsafe condition, the potential for an activity or
condition to produce harm.
d. ……….. Are intended to the entire face from a variety of
chemical hazards.
e. …………. Are secondary protectors intended to shield the
eyes and face from optical radiation, heat and impact.
f. Dizziness or fainting while standing still in the heat for long
periods of time is the major symptoms of Heat syncope.
g. During the summer PPE worn during pest control operation
may increase the risk of Heat Stress.
h. In the psychological approach, top management
commitment is required.
i. FTA is a methodology that concentrates on the end results
which is usually an incident.
j. Epidemiological studies are strictly people not animals
Q2
a. State 9 Engineering Principles?
1-Eliminate.
2- Substitute.
3- Guard
4-Barriers
5-Warn with alarms
6- Labels
7- Filters
8-Exhaust Ventilation
9- Human Interface.
The three lines of defense in engineering approach are:
1. Engineering controls
2. Administrative or work practice controls
3. Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Why can’t we use 10:1 as swift criteria for safety factors?
1. Costs
2. Weights
3. Infeasibility
4. Speed
5. Horsepower
6. Dimension
b. What do we mean by FMEA, FTA, HAZOP, HAZAN, PHA,
and HAZCOM, HMIS, NFPA?
FMEA: Failure Mode Effect Analysis.
FTA: Failure Tree Analysis.
HAZOP: Hazard and Operability.
HAZAN: Hazard Analysis.
PHA: Process Hazard Analysis.
HAZCOM: Hazard Communication.
HMIS: Hazardous Material Identification System
NFPA: National Fire Protection Association
c. OSHA employs a scale of four categories of hazards or
standard violations what is that?
1- Imminent Danger.
2- Serious Violations
3- Non-Serious Violations
4- De minims violations
1. Fuel type
2.Availability and location of additional fuel
3. Compartment volume and ceiling height
4. Ventilation
5. Thermal properties of the compartment
6. Ambient conditions
7. Fuel load
Q9
What is the fundamental concept behind:
1. The enforcement approach?
“Since people neither assess hazard properly nor make prudent
precautions, they should be given rule to follow and be subjected
to penalties for breaking those rules”
2. The psychological approach?
Reward safe behavior
3. The analytical approach deals with hazard by what?
1. Study their mechanisms
2. Analyzing statistical histories
3. Computing probabilities of accidents
4. Conducting epidemiological and toxicological studies
5. Weighting costs and benefits of hazards elimination
Q10
Red: fire hazard
Blue: Health Hazard
Yellow: Reactivity Hazard – explosive, unstable
White: Special Hazards, Corrosive, radioactive, water reactive
acid product, oxidizers, alkali or bases
Flash point is the lowest temperature at which a liquid gives off
enough vapor to form a flammable mixture with air.