RE: OT: Safety Procedures for Repair Maintenance & Construction Work

From: <Steve>
Date: Mon Sep 13 2004 - 18:07:00 EDT

Will post progress (if things don't fizzle out, as they often do with safety issues).

The vague nature of safety specs appears to stem from fear that if a specific/prescriptive approach is used, then any incidents resulting from spec oversights will result in a large outpouring of fecal matter on the spec writer. While the vague approach protects the spec writer, it doesn't really help the intended recipient.

Cheers

Steve

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From: Christopher Wright [mailto:chrisw@skypoint.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:23 AM To: <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=9m763yPDFjFQIsYRVocIIvyhXPpe238_NGtWSsUQridU7O9rLdaka0zaK5yO4ESKw5nDv6Q7wG6wt9bWHfcq0cOFQA">PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com</a> Subject: Re: [PipingDesign] OT: Safety Procedures for Repair Maintenance & Construction Work

On Sep 13, 2004, at 4:03 PM, Steve McKenzie wrote:

> I expect you are right, but will go through the motions anyway, in
> order
> to avoid winding up in the motions, so to speak.
I'd be real interested in hearing how you fare. I get into this in a couple of capacities--the design work and as sometime accident investigator. Wearing the latter hat sometimes comes to commenting on safety specifications, some of which render actual work almost impossible, others are hopelessly vague in order to prohibit unsafe conditions unless supervision needs a free hand in cutting corners to get product out the door.

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