HEALTH AND WELFARE A VIEW FROM THE POWER SECTOR MARK KENYON 28 JAN 2018
1 2 3 Power Generation Transmission and Renewables Distribution WHAT IS THE POWER SECTOR?
RISK MANAGEMENT CYCLE • AN INTEGRATED APPROACH THAT INCORPORATE HSE (HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT) • MORE FOCUS ON THE H NOT ONLY THE S & E • OFTEN IGNORED BECAUSE THE AFFECTS ARE LONG TERM NOT IMMEDIATE AND APPARENT • WELLBEING – WHATS THE BENEFIT?
RISKS TO HEALTH AND WELLBEING INTERNAL EXTERNAL • NOISE • CLIMATE • • ERGONOMICS ASBESTOS • HEAT AND WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT • ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION • • HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES RADIATION • RADIATION • WATER QUALITY • ASBESTOS • WORKING HOURS • STRESS
Design of plant Contingency Regulatory structures Design Requirements systems and Design Evaluation - ( FEWA DEWA, ADWEA, ADWEC, components SEWA, CICPA etc.) HAZOP , QRA, SIF, SIL PPP Safety and Employee Maintenance Environment Wellbeing External inspections, Condition monitoring etc. MITIGATION
THE CHALLENGES WE FACE 1 2 3 4 Need to further raise Need to coordinate Need to broaden Need to strengthen the the awareness of Occupational Health resilience responses from implementation power-sector a primarily technical for the power sector capacity of utilities, organizations on engineering focus to those with a nationwide policy makers, encompassing Health and integrated risk- plan since employee regulators, and Welfare . management practices. wellbeing impacts private sector to take critical infrastructure . adaptive, resilience- enhancing actions.
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