USE A SAFETY AUDIT PROGRAM

A General Safety Audit Program is described in which compliance frequency rate (CFR) is used as the common denominator for the plant. CFR is number of violations times 100 divided by the work force in area at time of audit. This doesn't entail counting heads as you audit, but using the force assigned to the area. Unless support groups report to the supervisor of the area being audited, they should be audited separately with their supervision. Responsibility, or accountability, is the first step in setting up an audit area. The basic criteria should be to establish a work area that can be audited in a maximum of two hours. The audit area can be established either by people lines as with service groups (maintenance, contract personnel, etc. ) or by physical facilities (boiler house, shops, etc). The discussion is presented under headings types of audits; reasons for audits; getting commitments; and patterns.

• Corporate Authors:

  Gulf Publishing Company

  Box 2608
  Houston, TX  United States  77001
• Authors:
  • Jones, D W
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Hydrocarbon Processing
  • Volume: 54
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical industry; Fires; Legislation; Petroleum refineries; Protection; Safety education; Safety equipment; Safety programs; Standards
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Chemical plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Compliance frequency rate; Osha standards
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Law; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148150
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM