Implementation of Chemical Health Risk Assessment (CHRA) program at Chemical Laboratories of a University

Abbas, Mohsin; Zakaria, Adel; Balkhyour, Mansour A.

doi:10.5296/jss.v3i1.11109

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“…In addition, some researchers have dig into management methods. Some scholars supported laboratory hazard identification and risk management by implementing a chemical health risk assessment project, bowtie method, or developing a laboratory at-risk behavior and improvement system [ 3 , 17 , 18 ]. Some communication channels were established to share laboratory procedures among different laboratories and a more open platform for scientists to discuss laboratory safety was provided [ 19 ].…”

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“…The existing research on the safety risks in university laboratories mostly concentrate on chemical laboratories [ 16 , 17 ], and there is little research on civil engineering laboratories. There are some existing studies on the civil engineering laboratories in universities, but mainly focusing on the laboratory construction [ 9 ], teaching reform [ 10 , 29 ], etc., while rarely on the risk issues.…”

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Assessing the Safety Risks of Civil Engineering Laboratories Based on Lab Criticity Index: A Case Study in Jiangsu Province

Zhang

Peng

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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With the rapid development of the construction industry, an increasing amount of attention were paid by universities to the development of civil engineering experiment courses so as to improve the practical research abilities of students. In recent years, due to the frequent occurrence of civil engineering laboratory accidents, it has become an urgent issue regarding on what factors influencing safety risks and how to assess and reduce the safety risks in civil engineering laboratories. Based on the lab criticity index (LCI) model, the research specificities of civil engineering laboratories were analyzed through literature review and expert interviews and 13 risk factors of civil engineering laboratories, from the four aspects of man, object, management, and environment, identified. The data for each parameter in the LCI model was obtained through a questionnaire survey, and finally the LCI value was calculated to evaluate priority. Among them, insufficient safety awareness of operators, danger due to equipment failure, imperfect management policies, and complex floor conditions were listed as the most common risk factors. Based on the LCI model, the worsening factors of these four risk factors were further analyzed. The LCI model is applied to the new research field of safety risk assessment in civil engineering laboratories that few researchers have studied before and a risk list for civil engineering laboratories was created. We revealed the safety status of civil engineering laboratories in Jiangsu Province and provided feasible suggestions for improving the management and supervision of civil engineering laboratories at universities. It can strengthen operator awareness of the risks in civil engineering laboratories and improve the social group’s attention to the safety risks of the laboratories, thus reducing the accidents’ possibility and seriousness of civil engineering laboratories.

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Assessing the Safety Risks of Civil Engineering Laboratories Based on Lab Criticity Index: A Case Study in Jiangsu Province

Zhang

Peng

et al. 2020

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“…Academic laboratory safety areas (such as chemical storage, fume hood maintenance, laboratory safety plans, and labels) proved to be crucial to ensure safety in the university . Two significant chemical risk categories were investigated in the university laboratories; one was already an adequately controlled chemical exposure risk that could increase further, and the second was a chemical exposure risk not controlled adequately . The above mentioned deficiencies of academic safety can be addressed through safety leadership as safety leadership is described as the paramount for a strong safety culture in an academic organization .…”

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Role of Safety Leaders for a Safe Working Environment at Universities: A Case Study from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abbas

Zakaria

Ahmad

et al. 2021

ACS Chem. Health Saf.

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The purpose of this paper is to study the interactive effects of organizational and individual factors on the safety leadership at various Saudi universities. A Likert Scale response type standardized questionnaire was administered among staff and students (n = 60) of 30 universities who attended a symposium regarding safety at universities, and a 100% response rate was observed. A two-way MANOVA analysis was performed to check the interactive effects of organizational and individual factors, and the results were discussed with different significance levels. The results showed the study population with an overall agreed (3.9/5) response about the role of academic safety leadership. Overall responses for safety caring (4.0/5) and safety controlling (4.0/5) followed the response of safety coaching (3.8/5). This study indicates that the perception of safety leadership varied with respect to the nature of the job, and workers with greater work experience have a traditional belief of utilizing personal experience for effective safety leadership rather than specialized measures. University staff with accident experience showed a poor response to safety leadership and safety initiatives such as formulation of the safety committee and availability of safety training. Identified deficiencies can be useful to raise positive safety leadership in the Saudi universities and can be useful to improve the relative poor response.

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“…Chemical exposure can have the potential to cause health problems for workers. Chemical laboratory workers have a significant risk of exposure to hazardous chemicals 1 .…”

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Determining the Exposure of Benzene, Toluene, Xylene (in Condensate ) in a Chemical Laboratory of Natural Gas Company by Chemical Health Risk Assessment (CHRA)

2021

IJFMT

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Introduction: Chemical risk assessment is needed to find out how high the hazard level of chemicals in the laboratory. This chemical health risk assessment will assess how often the chemical is exposed to workers, how much exposure it is so that the level of risk can be understood. The purpose of enabling decisions to be made on appropriate control measure, training of employees, monitoring and surveillance activities as may be required to protect the health of employees who may exposed by hazardous chemicals to health at work. Methods:This research is research with a qualitative approach. Based on the data collected, this study is observational. This study uses the Chemical Health Risk Assessment (CHRA) method. This method is carried out by identifying chemicals, determining Hazard Rating, evaluating exposure, assessing the adequacy of the control measures that have been carried out, concluding the CHRA results, and identifying the efforts that need to be made. Result:In this study, there are three work units, namely a wet laboratory, oil laboratory, and gas laboratory. The chemicals analyzed are benzene, toluene, and xylene in the condensate. The hazardous chemical have significant risk now and already adequately controlled could increase in future (C2) which mean that the employees are at risk due to hazardous chemicals and it adequately controlled but the risk can increase in the future. Conclusion :Therefore, several steps can be taken to control the risk of health hazards from benzene, toluene, and xylene in the condensate, for example: determine precaution to maintain controls and minimize chances of higher exposure occurring; determine additional measures for regaining control if a high-risk event occurs despite precaution; identify measures, procedures, and equipment to prevent or control any accidental emission of chemical hazardous to health, determine if monitoring or health surveillance is required to check on the effectiveness of controls; and review assessment every five years or when is a change in circumstances.

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Implementation of Chemical Health Risk Assessment (CHRA) program at Chemical Laboratories of a University

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

Assessing the Safety Risks of Civil Engineering Laboratories Based on Lab Criticity Index: A Case Study in Jiangsu Province

Assessing the Safety Risks of Civil Engineering Laboratories Based on Lab Criticity Index: A Case Study in Jiangsu Province

Role of Safety Leaders for a Safe Working Environment at Universities: A Case Study from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Determining the Exposure of Benzene, Toluene, Xylene (in Condensate ) in a Chemical Laboratory of Natural Gas Company by Chemical Health Risk Assessment (CHRA)

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