Risk and Safety: Evaluating Risk and Safety in Industrial Settings

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of risk and safety in industrial environments. It begins with an introduction highlighting the importance of safety measures in modern industries and the need for cost-effective and risk-averse operations. The report then addresses several key areas of industrial safety, including general access control, fire safety protocols, waste disposal procedures, on-site disaster management, machine safety, electrical safety, and environmental impact considerations such as emissions and proximity to residential areas. Specific concerns are raised regarding the need for authorization, fire drills, training of personnel in handling hazardous materials, the importance of medical facilities and emergency equipment, the necessity of machine guards, and the adoption of computerized process control. The report emphasizes the potential risks associated with plant emissions, odors, and byproducts, and the importance of proactive measures to mitigate these risks, ensuring employee, environmental, and community safety.

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Table of Contents
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..3
General access to plant; restrictions, controls, management of people on
site……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3
Fire safety and administration, alarms, drills, consequences, and controls.....................................4
Disposal of waste; hazards, handling, procedures, training of personnel, disposal sites and
disposal equipment.......................................................................................................................5
On site disaster management and training, medical help, emergency equipment, proximity to
outside help..................................................................................................................................6
Machine guards, accessibility to machine & process control equipment....................................7
Electrical safety and training........................................................................................................7
Proximity to residential or industrial areas, public parks, sports grounds...................................8
Plant emissions, odors, by products and potential risks from them.............................................8
Working at heights, depths, enclosed spaces, within harmful environments..............................9
Energy efficiency and control of waste energy..........................................................................10
Individual operator safety, exposure to heat, dangerous processes/materials............................10
Power supply or supply failure, machine shutdown, restarts, process vulnerability to power
outage.........................................................................................................................................11

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Conclusion.................................................................................................................................12
list of references.............................................................................................................................13
Introduction
Industrialization is one of the fields that are highly profitable today. People have highly
adopted it as a form of employment. Though having this great significant impact, the world that
it is operating on is competitive and driven by various factors. The competitiveness of industries
is stirred by the ability of companies to run at lower costs and with lesser risks that will amount
to greater profits. The companies thus have to encourage the use of safety measures that will
safeguard all the operations of the companies. The employees, the visitors, the society and the
managers all need to operate in an environment that supports their operations. Safety should
always reign in any plant to encourage better production.
General access to plant; restrictions, controls, management of people on site
Do today's industries take a concern on the Safety regarding the movement of labor; it
becomes an important question since a plant involves some interrelated activities, movement of
people must be guided and monitored. Enhancement of this takes care of steady workforce and
normal operations of the plant.
Risks related to constructions design such as labeling, demarcation, and movements of
machines are essential to consider, as far peoples safety is concerned. These happen during
accessibility to the site where people get injured by things such as loose trenches and materials

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that drop away from the site boundaries. The importance of this is that people will have a clear
control of where to pass, what not to touch, and what to use when operating a specified
environment. When this is done, smooth running of the industry together with small operational
cost is enhanced. Individuals (Sadgrove, 2016).Therefore, the management has to make sure
proper dissemination of information is done that will instigate at most safety.
Need for Authorization as a safety measure calls for another concern for the safety of the
site. At this juncture, authorization gives the mandate of specific people to access the restricted
area. This ensures control to human behavior and also prevents risks associated with machines
operation. For example, a person who is not authorized to operate a given machine may access it
and cause blockage this may result in termination of the whole production process and led to a
great unexpected loss. Therefore, there should be rules that govern the access of the site by the
authorized persons (Gusmeroli, S., Piccione, S., & Rotondi, D., 2013).
Fire safety and management, alarms, drills, consequences and controls
Fire outbreak is one of the hazards that can lead to a total closure of the industry. This may
happen as a result of the failure of some machines, loading of heating equipment and poor
maintenance of mains circuit. Lack of fire fighting gadgets such as fire alarms, detectors, and
extinguishers can also lead to total damage should there be a small smoke or fire outbreak.
Failure to observe this, loss of materials, destruction of the whole site, the death of people and
destroying the surrounding environment can occur (Griffin & Burgess 2017). This happenstance
can lead to penalties and even suing of the industry by labour and environmental ministries.

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Therefore Fire safety management should be necessitated by the management through
formulating of policies that support handling of fire outbreak practice.
The drill is another perception that raises a concern in quick response to disaster outbreak
in a site. Looking into detail about it could mean assessing employees’ alertness in the case of
emergency and how conversant they are will the safety equipment. (Bahr, N. J., 2014) The
significance of this practice is that should there be an outbreak; employees are conversant of the
ways to handle it quickly and safely.
Disposal of waste; hazards, handling, procedures, training of personnel, disposal sites and
disposal equipment
Many production companies deal with Hazardous materials appertain to substances that
are majorly toxic and those that can pose harm to the people or animals that get into contact with
them. The hazardous materials can be in the form of poisonous chemicals, flammable chemicals
and radioactive (Chartier, Y. (Ed.). , 2014). A question arises regarding the way employees
handle this material. During delivery, not all companies will include labeling of chemical
containers. This should be checked by the order manager and the laboratory involved.
Furthermore, duration of chemical and waste storage influences their toxicity and effect to other
surrounding materials.
Failure to address their concern can lead to instruments malfunction, as a result of being
fed with the unintended chemical. Again poor quality product may be observed due to lack of
correct compositions resulting from the use of unlabeled chemicals. It can also affect human
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furthermore recycled elements goes to waste as a result of poor waste disposal. All this degrades
industries production and also increases their cost of production. Hence the management should
factor in training of personnel about this issue. During the implementation of the laid layout
(Guerrero, L. A., Maas, G., & Hogland, W., 2013)
How proper communication influence waste disposal in industries develops a need to
know its effects. The waste disposal is part of the production unit. The procedures followed to
cater this determines prowess of a lot of operations in the industry. Lack of timely notice to the
waste disposal department can stop a lot of operations this happens in such a way that as
production continues there is a waste product produced. Space for the next stage is determined
by the removal of the fast waste materials. Quick response to this minimizes the pollution level
and creates a favorable environment for the next production unit (Garlapati, 2016).
On site disaster management and training, medical help, emergency equipment, proximity
to outside help
Disasters are subject to operational industries they do happen as a result of malfunctioning of
some production units or poor handling of workforce machinery. They can also be caused by
natural calamities such as earth quake, lightening climate change, etc. Keen observation to this
shows that if ignored, upon happening they are uncontrollable leading to the destruction of the
industry. It is relevant for an industrial management to plan safety measures on this to curb
future catastrophes that may bring in greater losses (Vasquez & Patel 2015).
Fast aids and health services are ignored by industries today. Industries claim that
employees must be insured with an authorized body. However, it doesn't happen to work for

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everybody. Adequate research is showing that people are not likely to be employed in industries
with questionable health facilities. This has raised a concern on why an industry must set up
medical facilities in their vicinity. Failure to this, they are likely to run short of employees, the
death of existing ones, and even closure of the industry as far as people’s safety is concerned.
These health facilities require personal attendance since not everybody can handle an
injured person. Hence concerning health, hire for trained health personnel ambulatory services
factors in for the guarantee of the people’s health and safety (.Haddow & Coppola 2017). How
emergency equipment facilitates disaster and outbreaks gives a further observation as to how
they should be handled and their maintenance. Failure to observe them can result in total
disaster. Like in a situation where there is a narrow exist people might be suffocated in the
outbreak of a fire.
Machine guards, accessibility to machine & process control equipment
When installing machinery a question on their ability to function well, durability
maintenance and convenience to handle, calls for a greater assessment. This happens with regard
to the type of activity an industry is involved. For example, an industry that involves
underground mining could require durable and sharp machines for drilling. An industry that fails
to observe this assessment can face challenges of operation such, faulty machines. The high cost
of maintenance, inconvenience to use and breakages might lead to costs being incurred as well as
compromising the quality of service delivery (Yamin & Parker 2014). Generally this failure to
safeguard the machine during purchase and at the site lowers production level leading to a total
loss to the industry.

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When it comes to the process of control, a question arises in that are companies ready to
adopt the new mode of technology in control? Computerized program control is what high-level
industries are adopting. This is because manual control of machinery is subject to errors such as
lack of uniform producibility which leads to deviation in output (Pelagagge & saline 2013).
Therefore it sounds safe for a company that is adopting this new mode of control in a site in both
machinery and workforce operation mode
Electrical safety and training
Currently, there are numerous death cases which have been reported to be caused by
electrical shocks and also fire outbreaks in industries as a result of poor electrical maintenance.
Therefore the issue of electrical safety has developed a concern in that does industries conduct
training in electrical operations? And also during installation should an industry involve an
expert in electrical installation, Failure to observe this, has found to cause fatal cases and even
fire outbreaks. Furthermore, electrical noise due to poor installation has become a rampant
disturbance (LeRoy, 2016). Looking it in detail, electrical safety could mean involving the
required criteria in handling electrical gadgets and also involving training in electrical
engineering. This should call the management to observe the required criteria regarding electrical
safety.
Proximity to residential or industrial areas, public parks, sports grounds
The effect to the environment is another observation that requires our attention. How do the
Industries handle this? Since all production processes involve emission of harmful gases and
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will this affect the surrounding residents, public parks, and sports ground. Therefore critical keen
on the location of choice is very important when designing an industry. Failure to this, conflicts
may arise with people surrounding. For example in an industry that produces harmful gases in
the air such as nitrogen oxide, people may claim being interrupted in their health, and this
allegation can result in the closure of the company by the ministry of health ( Wolch & Newell
2014).
Plant emissions, odors, by products and potential risks from them
Risks associated with plants byproducts odors and emission again affects the environment. The
concern should arise on how these elements could be handled and why. As per the research, it is
found that activities involved by the industries emit these byproducts in the air. When it rains the
acidic water incorporates with the soil and also drains in the surrounding water bodies. This
water body could be a source of drinking water to people and animals. When drained with
chemicals diseases arise on these living animals, and also peoples farming activities are
undermined (Wang & J 2017).The consequence to this could be the eradication of the set
industry since people’s health is more important than production. This can terminate an
industries operation, and also brings about the death of people and animals.
Working at heights, depths, enclosed spaces, within harmful environments
Working in an enclosed area must be characterized by some regulations. For example, the
possible hazards in the location must be identified. However assessing this is what we are facing
as a challenge in the industry. Merely do people understand the impact of harm some elements
can instill in them when they come into contact (Andreev & Boincean, 2017).

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It is rampant for people to engage in risky activities in industries today, without
examining the possible harmful effects that can result from this. For example, in the construction
industry, tall buildings involve the use of metal constructed ladders however climate changes
with time. In the sunny season this metal can heat, and when an employee attaches him/herself to
it, there is a possible way of detouching leading to downfall. Other activities could involve
underground drills which are subject to the water table and earth collapsing. Where the
management fails to observe safety measures regarding these environments occasion deaths of
employees and wasted of materials due to breaks can happen.
Some activities also involve closed room operations. Say cold store in the case of flower
industries. These rooms are associated with harmful odor emissions due to reactions happening
in the plant. Failure to observe safety measures regarding this can lead to suffocation or contact
of harmful diseases such as cancer (Sarhan &Elsemary 2017).
Energy efficiency and control of waste energy
Dependency level of the fossil fuels has a great impact on energy efficiency and control of waste
energy. Therefore a reason as to why an industry should shun away from this becomes a
considerable question. Energy efficiency can better be facilitated through metering the energy
consumption levels and recording of the data relating to this. Failure to observe this, the data
recorded cannot aid in assessing the wastes that are taking place and thus proper procedures
cannot be formulated in a correct way (Brunner, P. H., & Rechberger, H., 2015). Referring to
what research shows, energy cannot be created nor destroyed. It is either converted from one
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Therefore a need to conserve it should be developed to reduce production cost and
enhance utilization of materials fully. For example in chemical industries say acid production
units, recycling of sulfate three produces another raw material for the further production of
sulphuric acid (Twidell & Weir 2015).
Individual operator safety, exposure to heat, harmful processes/materials
Workforce safety guarantee is what most people nowadays consider before getting enrolled in
industry work premises. Regarding this, a concern develops how are industries ensuring this is
done? As seen earlier industries involve mechanical, physical and electrical activities. All this
employ machinery and motors which transduce one physical element from one form to another.
During this processes, heat is produced accompanied by other unintended materials such as
sparks. How to handle this is what raises a concern as far as human safety is considered. Failure
to address it can result in a poor working condition which employees are not ready to tolerate.
It can also lead to failure of machines and also cause other connected gadgets to
misbehave. For example, a motor connected near a refrigeration machine can disorient the
cooling action of the fridge and lead to waste of the stored material. Furthermore burning
resulting from heating effects to an employee can be severe to disturb his or her operational skill
leading to poor service delivery. Handling harmful processes can also be questionable how
delicate they are. Some processes in industries are very delicate to handle for example in iron
sheet mills cutting machines are high-speed and sharp (Bozek & Philips 2014). therefore calling
for trained and armed expertize to handle them. Therefore individual operator safety should be
implemented through the enforcement of safety controls.

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Power supply or supply failure, machine shutdown, restarts, process vulnerability to power
failure
It is common to face power supply failure in any industry. A question arises how should
this be handled? At the same time, one should ask, what are the potential consequences which
might occur in the process of dealing with the problem? Due to some electrical faults, an
industry may run shot of power. Where it is the running energy of the whole plant, machine
shutdown is expected. Also, there are some processes that may cause power failure due to high
voltage use. In a case where this issue happens, there are expected numbers of processes that will
come to termination (Bullock & Copolla, 2017). Any failure that might be caused by electrical
faults ought to be looked into if the industrial processes are expected to continue taking place.
In an industry that fails to observe mechanisms that handle this catastrophe such as
power backups, the whole production unit can go to waste. This is because in the case of any
electrical interruption, the operations in the organization are likely to be paralyzed and that may
lead to losses. Also, there are processes which are computerized where no backups are installed
termination of the running programs can lead to total data loss and also cause deviations in
output. Backing up all the information loss and getting back the systems to their normal
operations is costly and time dependent. This reduces efficiency and also increases the
operational cost of the industry. Therefore a constant power supply is paramount to the efficient
operation of a plant. It is no doubt that there is no alternative when it comes to saving the
operations as well as the data of an organization other than having back up plans as well as
mitigation strategies. Such means that at any given time; whether there is supply of electricity or