ENGIN-110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, Personal Protective Equipment, Engineering Controls
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Each element of a system contributes to an increase in the probability of an event, change or failure in that system, thereby making it less reliable. Isolate people from hazards using engineering controls. Main causes of accidents and incidents in goods and services industries are management- related: planning and organization. Health and safety procedures: practical means. Whistleblowers are people, usually employees, who believe an organization is engaged in unsafe, unethical or illegal practices and go public with their charge, having tried with no success to have the situation corrected through internal channels. Obligation to protect the public is paramount (codes of ethics for engineers) Difference between serious concern and frivolous accusation. Failure to report a hazardous situation considered professional misconduct. Codes of ethics of engineers: whenever an engineer considers that certain works are a danger to public safety, he must notify the ordre des ingenieurs du quebec (order) or the persons responsible for such work.