Industrial Plant Safety
Working safely in US manufacturing and processing plants: the OSH Act and 29 CFR 1910, worker participation, orientation and contractors, machine guarding (OSHA and ANSI B11), automation and robots, permit-to-work, hot work & fire prevention under NFPA 51B, plant traffic and ergonomics, chemical, process and health hazards, shutdowns and turnarounds, and emergency preparedness.
HSE-310 12 lessons · 5 h 8 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Describe the main hazards of manufacturing and processing plants and explain how energy, people and systems combine in plant injuries.
- Explain employer and worker duties under the OSH Act and OSHA standards, and the role of safety committees, worker participation and protection from retaliation.
- Plan site orientation and contractor safety, including extra protection for new, young and temporary workers.
- Identify plant hazards using energy sources, inspections and job hazard analysis.
- Select safeguards for machines, conveyors, automated equipment and robots, and explain why guards must be designed for maintenance and cleaning.
- Describe how a permit-to-work system controls hazardous non-routine work, including isolation, gas testing, handover and permit conflicts.
- Apply fire prevention, hot work controls and housekeeping, including fire watch and combustible dust awareness.
- Separate pedestrians from plant traffic and assess manual handling and lifting tasks.
- Outline chemical and process hazards and the layers of protection used to prevent major accidents.
- Recognize health hazards from noise, dust, fumes and heat, and interpret exposure monitoring results against limits.
- Plan safe shutdowns and turnarounds, including scope control, simultaneous operations, contractor coordination and safe restart.
- Prepare for plant emergencies and integrate the course topics into a working plant safety system.
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 8 min total · final exam
- 1 Industrial plants and why people get hurt 27 min · quiz
- 2 Law, roles and plant safety systems 25 min · quiz
- 3 Site orientation, plant rules and contractor safety 25 min · quiz
- 4 Recognizing hazards in a plant 27 min · quiz
- 5 Machines, automation and robots 24 min · quiz
- 6 Permit-to-work systems 25 min · quiz
- 7 Fire prevention, hot work and housekeeping 25 min · quiz
- 8 Plant traffic, material handling and ergonomics 27 min · quiz
- 9 Chemical and process hazards: an overview 27 min · quiz
- 10 Health hazards in plants: noise, dust, fumes and heat 25 min · quiz
- 11 Shutdowns, turnarounds and maintenance work 24 min · quiz
- 12 Emergency preparedness and capstone: a plant safety system 27 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Working safely in US manufacturing and processing plants: the OSH Act and 29 CFR 1910, worker participation, orientation and contractors, machine guarding (OSHA and ANSI B11), automation and robots, permit-to-work, hot work & fire prevention under NFPA 51B, plant traffic and ergonomics, chemical, process and health hazards, shutdowns and turnarounds, and emergency preparedness.