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Introduction to DuPont Safety

Principles
&
PPD Safety Audit Program

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You get the level of safety


that you demonstrate you
want.
(DuPont Proverb)
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Outline

Principles of DuPonts approach to


safety
Overview of PPDs Audit Program
Details of PPDs Audit Program
Forms and examples

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DuPont core belief

All injuries can be


prevented

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Benefits of Good Safety


Management

Reduction in the cost of medical


and workers compensation
Greater productivity
Improved product or research
quality
Overall operation improvement

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Basic Principles of Good


Safety Management

Management Commitment
Documented Safety Philosophy
Safety Goals and Objectives
Committee Organization for Safety
Line Responsibility for Safety
Supportive Safety Staf

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Basic Principles of Good


Safety Management
(contd)

Rules and Procedures


Audits
Safety Communications
Safety Training
Accident Investigations
Motivation

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DuPonts Experience

A ten-year study of all serious


injuries occurring across all Du
Pont sites showed that:

96% of the injuries resulted from the


unsafe acts of people or from poor
work practices
Only 4% of the injuries resulted from
unsafe conditions

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DuPonts Expectations for


Safety Performance

Employees must:

Make safety equal to all other aspects


of the job [and in PPD, safety is #1]
Follow all safety rules and procedures

Management must:

Accept responsibility for prevention of


injuries
Accept responsibility for safety training

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Supervisors
Responsibilities

Know, communicate, and enforce


existing standards
Recognize the need for revised
standards
Develop new procedures and rules
when necessary
Train employees to follow all rules
and procedures

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ES&H Responsibilities

Serve as advisors when addressing


supervisors questions arising from
audits
Perform audits as a crosscheck of the
audits conducted by line management
Help to address safety issues uncovered
in audits
Compile, analyze and disseminate data
collected from the audits
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Overview of PPDs Audit


Program

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PPDs Audit Program

An opportunity to spend a few


minutes observing activities in the
workplace and then discuss what
youve seen with your employees
This is done with an eye towards
safe, and unsafe, behavior
Mitigate hazards
Record observations

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Proposed auditing in AD
areas during the shutdown
The main focus of todays training is the

situation where a supervisor is auditing his


or her people in their normal work areas
It is likely that PPD supervisors will be
asked to conduct safety audits of their
people who are working in Accelerator
Division areas during the shutdown
Audits in AD areas will be conducted in a
similar fashion to those in PPD areas
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Fatalities
Lost Time Injuries
Medical Treatment
First-Aid Cases

Unsafe Acts
Unsafe
Conditions

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DuPonts nomenclature
Inspection
versus

People

Things

Interactive (I care)

Passive

Experts (them)

Everyone (us)

Negative

Positive & Negative

Document / Follow
up

Document / Follow up
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Audit

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Purpose of PPDs Safety


Audit

Identify safe and unsafe, acts or


conditions
Identify areas for improvement
Follow up when mitigating actions are
indicated
Accumulate data for tracking trends
related to safety

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Types of safety audits

Scheduled
Unannounced
Compliance with
standards
Adherence to
procedures

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Benefits of safety audits

Promote safe behavior


Test for compliance with
standards
Establish standards
Identify weaknesses
Accumulate data
Prevent injuries
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Who conducts PPD safety


audits?

Division Office
Department Heads
Group Leaders
Supervisors
ES&H Staf
Project Management

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Proposed frequency of
audits

Division Office Quarterly


Department Heads, Level
1 Project Managers
Quarterly
Group Leaders, Level 2
Project Managers
Monthly
ES&H Staf Monthly
Supervisors, Level 3
Project Managers Weekly
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Where are audits


conducted?

Wherever your employees are working


Group work areas
Individual work spaces

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Auditing

Focus on one or two


activities
One location or
portion of a building
One or two
processes
Plan for a duration
of an hour or less

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Details of PPDs Audit


Program

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Elements of our Safety


Audit Process

Read the Audit Checklist prior to the


walkthrough
Visit the work area and talk with
employees (without paperwork in
hand)
Mitigate any unsafe situation
After the walkthrough: Complete the
checklist and the Audit Form
Follow up, if necessary

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What to look for during an


audit

Reactions of people
Positions of people
Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE)
Tools and equipment
Procedures
Housekeeping

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What to look for during an


audit (cont.)

Reactions of people

Does anyone adjust PPE, change position, or


rearrange job when the safety auditor appears?
Does anyone abruptly stop work, attach
grounds, or perform LOTO?

Positions of people

Is anyone in danger of injuring himself by


pulling or lifting heavy objects?
Is anyone in a position where he or she could
fall, be trapped, collide with anything, or be hit?

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What to look for during an


audit (cont.)

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Are employees using the required protective


equipment?
Are they using the PPE properly?
If not, why not? Is the PPE inconvenient to
obtain or hampering the job in some way?

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What to look for during an


audit (cont.)

Tools and equipment

Are they being used properly?


Are they in safe condition?
Are homemade tools (not properly
designed) being used?

Procedures

Are they adequate? Do they prevent all


unnecessary risks?
Are they followed?

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What to look for during an


audit (cont.)

Housekeeping

Is the workplace neat?


Are things put away properly?

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Safety Audit Checklist

Safety Audit
Checklist
Handout

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The Safety Audit Form

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The Safety Audit Form

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The Safety Audit Form

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The Safety Audit Form


Potential Injury Severity
Severe

Moderate

Minor

Broken bones, Abrasions,


First aid
dismemberme cuts, injuries
nt, fatality
requiring more
than first aid
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When Someone is Working


Unsafely

Observe; then get the persons


attention
Comment on what the employee
was doing safely
Discuss with the employee

The possible consequences of the


unsafe act
Safer way to do the job

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When Someone is Working


Unsafely (contd)

Get the employee's agreement to work


safely in the future
Discuss other safety issues of the job
Ask the employee what you the supervisor
could do to make the employees job safer
Thank the employee

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Audit Examples

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Audit Examples

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Audit Example

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Audit Examples

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What happens to the


safety audit sheets?

PPD/ES&H
ESHTRK
Statistics

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Conclusion

All injuries can be prevented


Management is responsible for preventing
injuries
Working safely is a condition of employment
Training employees to work safely is
essential
Prevention of personal injuries is good
business (and good science!)
Audits can play a key role in safety
And, once again

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PPDs Audit Program

An opportunity to spend a few


minutes observing activities in the
workplace and then discuss what
youve seen with your employees
This is done with an eye towards
safe, and unsafe, behavior
Mitigate hazards
Record observations

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