Case Studv You are the newly hired EHS Manager, who joined ViewTEC Pte Ltd (Pain
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Case Studv You are the newly hired EHS Manager, who joined ViewTEC Pte Ltd (Paint manufacturer) Your responsibilities are to manage the plant's Safety Management System and address all EHS aspects of the plant during the manufacturing processes ViewTEC Pte Ltd is certified to SS506: Part I Management System. The plant has an inbuilt wastewater treatment facility and the company is taking measures to reduce Volatile Organioc Compounds (VOC) emissions and lower the odors diffusing into the surrounding area. Waste generated during the manufacturing proc Environmental Agency (NEA) hazardous waste licensed vendor esses are collected and disposed by app roved National The plant stores and uses hazardous chemicals and flammable materials in its manufacturing processes. Tankers are equipped with secondary containment to contain spillages or leakages that could occur through the whole manufacturing processes. The company operates 24 hours (3 shifts),7 days a week and employs 120 employees working in various departments. 30 employees work in the main office, in departments such as finance human resource, quality, facility and environment, health and safety, etc and 30 employees work in each shiit The previous EHS Manager is completing his last working month in the plant and will be leaving for another organization. Not limited to this, he was very slack in ensuring compliance of EHS rules in the plant, as long as there was no complaint from the Head of Department. Due to lack of supervision, safety rules on work processes were not followed by workers before you joined ViewTEC Pte Ltd. During one of the walk down inspections, you noticed that sub-contractors were performing maintenance services on machineries and equipment, where ViewTEC operators were working nearby. There was no barricade installed to cordon off the area, where work activities were being performed. There were no Lockout and Tagout performed on the machineries and equipment. One of the sub-contractors was standing on the top rung of the A-frame ladder with both of his hands on his work. As verified by the worker, he is trained and at height. However, his actual work practices were dangerous. During meal breaks, it was observed that one of the grinding tools was set to "ON" mode instead of the "OFF" mode. You had asked several of the sub-contractors, who replied that they had been practicing this so that they can resume work quickly after the lunch break. permitted to work You have also inspected the maintenance room, where you have found unlabeled chemicals. Lubricant and coolants were transferred to plastic bottle, instead of to appropriate secondary storage container. You have read the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) and the SDSs associated with the chemicals were more than 5 years ago. You have found that several of the lifting equipment (slings and chain block) have expired and a few of them do not have any Lifting TajgExplanation / Answer
The formalization of audit team is done keeping in mind the skills and abilities of the team members to be included in the audit team. The team members should be honest, logical, observant, attentive, adaptable and specific, independent and analytical. Based on the objectives and scope of the audit, the auditors can be selected from the various departments like finance, human resources, quality, health and safety, facility and environment. The auditors generally need to verify the various aspects as detailed in the auditing guidelines. For this purpose they need not be an expert but should have knowledge about the aspects like audit tools and techniques, work area designs, work processes, best practices, standard guidelines and instructions related to work processes, safety standards and risk management, compliance standards,laws and regulations, facility operations and possible hazards. The type of training the representatives are required to attend are related to auditing techniques and process, reporting methods, laws and regulations, environmental safety standards, quality management processes, waste minimization methods and company standards. The roles and responsibilities can be identified by defining the objectives and targets for the areas to be audited and measuring the performance.