517-Job Safety Analysis / 748
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The “7 Energy Method”
should
be used to assist in determining hazards, considering that:
- Incidents result from the contact of a body/object with an energy above the threshold limit.
- Energy can Harm!
The 7 Energy Table is given below:
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Walkin
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(at floor level)
Slippery, congested, uneven or defective floors, obstacles,
narrow passageways, gratings, staging, etc…
Walkin
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(above floor level)
Areas on several levels (ladders, bridge decks, stairways,
docksides, etc.), mobile devices (ladders, scaffolds, harnesses,
etc.), work at height (roofs, roof framework structures, ceilings,
posts, shelves, machines, vehicles, etc.), openings in the floor
deck and gratings, etc.
Man
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H
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d
lin
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(lifting, carrying,
pulling,pushing,etc.)
Heavy loads, difficult loads (bulky, no grip, etc.), frequent
handling, repetitive handling, handling requiring more than one
person, etc.
Me
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Hoisting devices (overhead traveling cranes, fork-lift trucks,
hoists, cargo hoists, cranes, etc.), hoisting tackle (slings,
straps, hooks, lifting frames, etc.), loads (bulky, heavy, off-
balance, etc.), etc.
Wo
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qu
ipment /
Wo
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Machines (moving parts, projections, etc.), portable tools
(grinders), hand tools, workstation (postures, repetitive actions,
etc.), etc.
Ob
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Mate
r
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(collapse, burying,etc.)
Storage of items (in stacks, in piles, in tanks, in hoppers, etc.),
work performed simultaneously at different heights, work at
depth (holds, wells, galleries, etc...).
Vehi
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Fork-lift trucks, construction machines, hoisting devices, two-
wheeled vehicles, etc. (traffic areas, passing areas,
maneuvering areas, unloading areas, condition of vehicles,
etc.)
Utilities
(Pipes, pressure vessels
etc.)
Boilers, compressors, pressurized tanks, pipes, etc. (proximity
of the workstation, of places of passage, protections, condition
of installations, etc.)
Envi
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onment
Noises (impact, continuous, low-pitched, high-pitched, etc.),
vibrations (continuous, discontinuous, etc.), dust (diffuse, in
flows, concentrated, permanent, etc.), wind (adverse weather
conditions), oceanographic/weather conditions, etc.
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(hazard labeling, MSDSs)
Products used in production, maintenance, servicing, cleaning,
treatments,Solvents, paints Acids, bases, gases (02, C2H2,
Argon, H2S, CO, CO2…).
Envi
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onment
(noxious atmospheres)
Confined spaces, ballast and fuel tanks, chain lockers,
contaminated atmospheres, emissions, fumes, etc.
Version 04. Original date: 25/05/2012. Version date: 31/12/2014. Valid version only on QMS site. Uncontrolled document when printed.
Procedure prepared by: BOS Senior QHSE Coordinator. Approved by: BOS QHSES Manager. Validated by: BOS Quality Representative
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