Industrial Safety is Good Business The DuPont Story

by Mottel, William J.; Long, Joseph F.; Morrison, David E.

• ISBN13: 9780471286288
• ISBN10: 0471286281
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-05-11
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

High productivity, high quality, high morale, and associated low absenteeism are all products of a strong safety program. In the company's operational meetings, from the office of the chairman down through the daily reports from manufacturing plants, the first item of business is always safety performance. Behind DuPont's commitment to safety is a series of principles and beliefs: * Management at every level is responsible for preventing injuries and illnesses. * Safety must be a part of every employee's training. * People are the most important element of a safety and health program.

Author Biography

William J. Mottel and Joseph F. Long are the authors of Industrial Safety is Good Business: The DuPont Story, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xi
Preface	xii
Summary of Chapters	xvii
Safety in a Rapidly Changing Industrial World	1	(8)
Why Another Book	1	(3)
Safety Programs < Safety	4	(1)
Safety Program Needs Today	5	(1)
Why the Emphasis on DuPont	6	(1)
Our Basic Creed	6	(3)
The Dupont Safety Story	9	(32)
Beginnings	9	(11)
Diversification and the Evolution of Safety Management	20	(2)
The Highly Successful Middle Decades	22	(1)
Development of the DuPont Safety Record	23	(3)
Safety as Vision and Mission: The Contemporary Setting	26	(12)
On the Debit Side	38	(3)
General Application of Safety Principles	41	(30)
Establishing a Safety Program	41	(2)
Implementation from the Top Down	43	(15)
Feedback from the Bottom Up	58	(1)
Morale, an Essential Ingredient	59	(2)
Off-the-Job Safety Programs	61	(5)
Contractor Safety	66	(1)
Transportation Safety	67	(4)
Process Safety Management	71	(36)
Process Safety and Risk Management Principles	71	(2)
Process Design and Safety	73	(2)
A Process Safety Management Model	75	(5)
Four Key Steps	80	(3)
Getting into the Details	83	(1)
Technology	84	(6)
Facilities	90	(5)
Personnel	95	(10)
Achieving Business Excellence	105	(2)
Product Safety Management	107	(26)
Safety Management Systems	110	(3)
Product Safety Management Reviews	113	(1)
Toxicity and Toxicology	114	(2)
DuPont's Haskell Laboratory	116	(9)
Special Problems	125	(8)
Industrial Safety and the Plant Community	133	(10)
Risk Management as Viewed Outside the Fence	133	(2)
Community Understanding and Consent	135	(3)
Working Relationships with the Media	138	(3)
The Bad Story	141	(2)
Safety and Productivity	143	(4)
Direct Contributions of Safety to Productivity	144	(1)
Indirect Contributions of Safety to Productivity	145	(2)
Safety within Growing Global Competition	147	(14)
Globalization	147	(2)
International Aspects of Safety	149	(2)
The Challenge to U.S. Multinational Corporations	151	(3)
Cross-Cultural Parameters	154	(3)
Global Downsizing	157	(1)
Safety Careers	158	(1)
Political Factors in Global Safety Operations	158	(1)
Summary of Global Considerations	158	(3)
Nuclear Energy-Special Problems, Special Solutions	161	(22)
DuPont's Nuclear Involvement in World War II	162	(1)
The Savannah River Project	163	(3)
Safety Programs at Savannah River	166	(2)
Radiation Protection at Savannah River	168	(6)
Radiation Exposure Policy and Experience	174	(3)
Criticality or Chain Reaction	177	(2)
Effects of Radiation on Employees	179	(1)
General Industrial Safety at Savannah River	179	(2)
The Savannah River Safety Record	181	(2)
Safety and the Environment	183	(6)
The Global Factor	184	(1)
Waste Management	185	(4)
Conclusions-A Management Guide	189	(40)
APPENDIXES
Appendix A Chronology of DuPont Safety Events	193	(8)
Appendix B The Boss Speaks Out	201	(8)
Appendix C Some Thoughts for the Safety Supervisor's Notebook	209	(8)
Appendix D Some How-To Cases	217	(8)
Bibliographical Note	225	(2)
About the Authors	227	(2)
Index	229