Objective The procedure was studied, tested and put into operation in the steel department of SOLLAC-FOS it concerns 15,700 machines and functional elements, 7,000 disconnectable points, 50,000 activity sheets, 20,000 work post preparation sheets and 3,000 disconnection manoeuvres repertoried.- All initial objectives were met and even surpassed:- The management of safety is a vital axis for all types of work.- Personnel safety has been improved on many points: rigour, movement, training, methodology and stress elimination.- Working conditions have been improved.- Productivity has been improved.Present situationDuring scheduled shutdowns for electro-mechanical maintenance of the steelworks, a large number of teams from various trades and from different subcontractors are involved.Each team can only begin work once a 'permit to work' reflecting the necessary preparations for the job has been issued by a 'central controller'.These preparations are studied by a 'technician', who issues instructions and is a specialist in the field in question. This study results in a certain number of safety instructions and, in particular, isolation from the risks identified.The entire procedure:- study of risks, - isolation of risks,- permit to workis performed manually by technicians, central controllers and the staff responsible for carrying out isolations.Flaws in the systemThere are two major flaws in this system:(a) everything is dependent on human intervention and a multitude of documents resulting in room for error, interpretation, lost papers, etc.(b) the steel plant is an assembly of widely dispersed machines. This means that for each recording operation carried out, the person responsible for isolation must present the appropriate document to the controller, hence the need for incessant, tiresome trips to and fro.Aim- To improve the reliability of the system through the use of computer technology.- To eliminate the need for trips to and from (and the time lost by teams) through the use of computer technology, radio communications and bar codes. Programme(s) ECSC-WORKSAFE C - First joint research programme (ECSC) "Safety in the European Coal and Steel Community industries", 1989-1993 Topic(s) 1 - General safety requirements Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator SOLLAC FOS EU contribution No data Address Bat AB2 13776 Fos sur Mer France See on map Total cost No data
