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January 2004:
Welcome:
Please select "subscribe to newsletter" on our contact form. RE: Have a Safe New YearWith the first issue of our newsletter for this year we are pleased to deliver valuable information new to the industry. As you share this information with your associates, be sure and let them know www.feedforward.com.au was the first to release it!  Happy New Years, and welcome to January's issue of our Feed Forward Newsletter! My name
is Don Fitchett, the author of "The Maintenance War Newsletter". This first area of the
newsletter is for introductions and commentary. I would like to start by
wishing you all a productive and safe new year.
If a friend has given you this copy of the newsletter, you can find an online version on our website www.feedforward.com.au Every month we add new book titles for you to download, free articles and other resources. In the spirit of the common greeting used world wide; 'Have a safe new year', we present to you this month a new Safety book before it hits the book stands and a new concept that is sure to revolutionize the reliability industry. I hope this month's newsletter helps you fulfill a new year's resolution of constant improvement in both safety and reliability. Mike Sondalini has favored us by letting Feed Forward Publications be the first to release his new article and concept. With his article 'The One Absolutely Critical Point RCM, FMEA and the like All Miss!', Mike is introducing the next evolution in reliability. After 300 years, it is time for Engineering Driven Reliability (EDR)! Last month we promised you Mike Sondalini's totally new presentation of how maintenance and reliability combine to deliver availability. This is a collaborative article by Mike and retired vibration analysis expert Max Wishaw. Max uses charts to keep it simple while delivering a clear picture of the relationships. We are also thankful to author Randy DeVaul of (www.goldenplume.com) for letting us publish his new book, 'Performance Safety: Lessons For Life' and for the great article 'Total Performance Safety – Real World Safety in the Real World' he donated for our readers. Randy's contributions will surely lead to a safer new year for us all. Also this month, watch our website for a new revision to Mike Sondalini's Ebook 'Belt Bucket Elevator Design, Use and Care' It has been in the top 5 seller list since it's release. The revised Ebook is titled 'Belt Bucket Elevator Design, Use and Care - Second Edition'. The Second Edition gives greater detail on bearing selection, shaft dust sealing, belt tensioning, dust extraction, belt and bucket selection, hazardous applications and a lot more on proper use and care. Mike has indicated there is more focus on a buyer's perspective to help in selecting equipment for purchase. Management Help:Performance Safety - What is it?Performance Safety re-focuses attention back to the basic fundamentals. It is defined as an on-going review of processes, procedures, and individual/team practices through three basic methods: workplace examinations, observation, and task analysis. It provides a pro-active, continuous improvement environment to encourage safe production at all levels. Performance Safety recognizes individual and team performance in pro-active (not reactive) injury prevention techniques that will totally prevent, or at least, reduce exposures to hazards. It allows employees at every level to achieve optimum performance by:
Performance Safety involves all aspects of a person and company’s performance, so defining an unsafe condition and unsafe act are based on performance issues. Unsafe Condition: exists if an individual does not have either knowledge or control over existing circumstances that may be unsafe, that would otherwise suggest he would not perform the action. Unsafe Act: an action taken by an individual who has both knowledge and control of an existing unsafe condition or action, but chooses to perform the action or ignore the condition. The above definitions account for behaviors, corporate culture, and expectations. An employee that has not been trained properly may not know how to do the task properly, resulting in an unsafe condition. He is not choosing to do it with risk, so it is not an unsafe action being performed. An employee that knows how to perform the task but circumstances take the control away would also be an unsafe condition. For example, while welding, an employee must bend at the waist to reach the work area. There is no mechanism available to allow him to reach it from a different angle. As a result, the employee experiences back pain while performing his duties. He had no control over the location of the work and was unable to modify the duty to protect his back. This is an unsafe condition. An employee knows how to properly perform a task and has been trained specifically in this task, yet he insists on modifying the procedure to “save time.” He has full control in the decision to perform the task and has all the appropriate tools and equipment to complete the task safely. An example is choosing not to wear leathers to weld and, as a result, the employee catches his clothing on fire. This is clearly an unsafe act. The process is clear, the procedure is clear, the practice (behavior) is at-risk. Performance Safety, then, takes into account the practices (employee choices), the procedures (identified way the task should be performed, if identified correctly), and the overall process (employee training, employee expectations established through corporate culture and management, etc). This month's management section written by Randy DeVaul of (www.goldenplume.com) author of 'Performance Safety: Lessons For Life' Human Resource:This month's newsletter is sponsored by the Institute for International Research in Australia. www.iir.com.au Click here for a copy of the brochure for the Seminar/Workshop on "Planning and Managing Shutdowns and Turnarounds" Date: 29
- 30 March 2004
The World Wide Web:Have a Safe New Year: How about 254 Safety related free power point downloads and over 140,000 msds files as just a couple of the many great resources you can find at siri.uvm.edu Another great source while improving your plant safety is the OSHWEB, a directory of safety related internet resources. For Reference: The
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety - http://hazmat.dot.gov/ A Good Laugh! Well this month's bit of entertainment is a question that the answer may make you laugh, you may think it is cool, or you may just get up set. :>) I have quizzed my friends for more years than I can remember and no one has figured it out. So I will give you a clue, it is a play on words. (The first one to get it right will receive a prize!) You are placed in a room (a cube with 6 sides), made of steel. There are no doors or windows, all that is in the room with you is a mirror and a table. How do you get out? Next month we will give you the answer. Best regards and thanks for being a subscriber to this newsletter, Don Fitchett www.feedforward.com.au teaches your maintenance crew engineering and asset care knowledge so that they can solve more problems, become more knowledgeable, make better decisions and your plant runs more reliably! Please select "subscribe to newsletter" on our contact form.
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