LocationHoliday Inn Atrium Hotel
Atrium Ballroom Level 4
Singapore
Brady Corporation will have a prescence at the launch of two new Singapore Standards at the General Engineering and Safety Standards Committee Standards eXchange 2012.
The new Singapore Standards are
- SS 569 : 2011 - Code of Practice for Manual Handling (formerly CP 92)
- SS 571 : 2011 - Code of Practice for Energy Lockout and Tagout (formerly CP 91)
Mr Mark Choe, Marketing Manager, who has been with Brady for the past 16 years, is part of the Working Group appointed by the Technical Committee on Workplace Safety and Health to help develop the SS 571 Singapore Standards.
Key Partners from the Seminar includes:
Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC), Singapore Contractors Association Limited (SCAL), Association of Singapore Marine Industries (ASMI) and Singapore Institution of Safety Officers (SISO)
What You Will Learn
- Overview of the standards and how they can improve workplace safety and health
- Identification of manual handling hazards, the assessment and control of risks arising from manual handling activities in workplaces
- Ways to reduce incidences of occupational diseases, such as musculoskeletal disorder, that adversely affect the well-being of the workforce
- Control of hazardous energy at the workplace and guidelines on procedures, techniques and methods for energy lockout and tagout
- Information on regulatory requirements for hazardous energy control
Workplace Safety and Health authorities, personnel involving the use of heavy vehicles in construction industry and professional engineers are highly encouraged to join in.
Many industries have to deal with hazardous energy sources, and serious accidents happen when these are released accidentally or unexpectedly. To protect the people / machinery from such accidental release of hazardous energy is Lockout/Tagout. Lockout is the process of locking away hazardous energy, while tagout involves placing danger signs & information on control points of hazardous energy.
The Petrochemical industry faces many unique challenges when it comes to creating and maintaining
a safe, productive environment – first and foremost being the hazardous nature of the chemicals
themselves. Add to this the public concern over security and terrorism, it’s easy to see the importance of managing every step in the process of handling petrochemical products.