Final_Jan09 - Health Safety Environment

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PETRONAS

COURSE : GAB2012ICBB2012HEALTHSAFETYANDENVIRONMENT

DATE : 15 MAY 2009 FRIDAY)TIME : 9.00AM 11.00 M(2HOURS)

INSTRUCTIONSOCANDIDATES

1. AnswerFOUR 4)outof FIVE 5)questionsrom heQuestion ooklet.2. BeginEACHanswer n a newpage n heAnswerBooklet.3. lndicate learly nswershatarecancelled,f any'4. Whereapplicable,how learly teps aken n arriving t thesolutionsnd

indicate LLassumPtions.5. Do notopen hisQuestion ooklet ntil nstructed'

Note : Thereare NINE(9) pages n this QuestionBookletncludinghe coverpage.

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1.cAB 2012 CBB2012

How s the development f human ivilizationsiverise o greaterawarenessn Heafth,Safety ndEnvironmentalHSE) ssues?

[5 marks]

b. "Green"politicalmovements avebeenestabrishedn the formofactivist non-governmental rganizationsand environmentalistpolitical arties,whichhavebecome globar s wellas a nationalpoliticalforce.hat are he centralthemesf he movement?

[4 marks]Theguidingphilosophy f HSE sto protecthe healthandsafetyofthe peoplewho work, hosewho use he productsand protectingtheenvironment.

From moral,economicand legal perspective, iscuss hemajor reasons for establishingHSE standards andregulations.

[5marks]ii. State the THREE 3) mainprinciptesn the draftingofOccupationalSafetyndHeatthcts OSHA)994.

[3marks]iii. Giveany TWO(2) general utiesof an employer nd an

employee,orEACH ne, hat rebound yOSHA 994.[4marks]

iv. State the steps to be taken by any Housingprojectdeveloperna hill-side,nordero meethe equirementsftheLawof PreventionnderheEnvironmentalegislation.

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Define he ollowingi. PollutionfromEnvironmentalEngineeringperspective.

[2 marks]ii. Bioremediation

[2 marks]i. Discuss he nterpretationf FIGUREQ2abelow

FIGURE 2a Source f Pollutions[3marks]

GiveTWO 2)sourcesf soilpollutionndan exampleorEACH ategory.[4marks]

Name HREE3)major irpollutants.[3marks]

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Defi e Environmentalfunagementystem EMS).[2 marks]

Based on any THREE(3) componentsof the Cycle ofContinual lmprovementas shown below, discuss howeffectiveEMScan be achieved.

LeadershipCommitment

Review/Ac Policy/GoatsPtanCheck/CorrectiveAction lmptement/Do

FIGUREQ2b Cycle f Continualmprovement

[6 marks]ii i. StateTHREE 3) potentialbenefitsf EMS.

[3 marks]

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During risis r emerg6ncies,xplainhe ollowingi. Marking fexit outes, azardsndequipments.

[5marks]ii. Emergenryesponseeam.

[3marks]StateTWO 2)objectivesf EmergencyesponsetansERp).

[2marks]After he sunamin Achehn 20M,what mmediatections houldbe aken o resume nycommercialreducationalctivities?

[6marks]d. Discuss nyTWO 2)controlmeasuressedo controlisks nthe

industry.[4marks]

processes[5marks]

b.

Having he inputand output dentified, escribeheinvolvedo develop reliminaryazard ist.

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Mechanical hazards are those associated with power-drivingmachines, hether utomated r man-uallyperated.i. ldentiffanyTWO(2) ypesof mechanical azards.

[2 marks]ii. What sthepurpose f machine afeguard?

[2 marks]b. More han3,000peopledie, and 15,000 njured n fire accidents

eachyear.Fire accidents re devastatingo the people nvolved,causing oss of life, injuryand catastrophicoss of homes andproperties.U

State FOUR (4) classesof fire and give aneach.

example or

[4 marks]

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GiveTWO 2) ypes f human'skinburn aused y ire.[2 marks]Whatare he actors ffectinghe riskof hearingossdue oexcessiveoise?

[2 marks]

StateTHREE 3)major actorshat he consequencesf afalldependn.[3 marks]

iii. Whatare hebenefitsfergonomictudies?

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i. What s the resistance f 110V electrical ircuit hatdrawsacurrentof 4 A?

[2 marks]Discusswith heaid of a simplesketch, he method o bondandgroundwo steeldrums hatcontainlammableiquids.

[3 marks]What s a lightning rrester nd howdoes twork?

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cAB 2012 CBB2012A catalytic eactor ystem,R-801, or the production f cumene sshown n FTGURE 5. The reactoreed, Stream7, comes rom a-fired heater H-801)where t is heatedo the temperatureequiredin the catalyticreactor. The reaction akes place in

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parallelcatalyst-filledubes and is mildlyexothermic.n order toregulate he temperature f the reactingmixtureand the catalyst,the tubesare immersed n boiler-feedwater.The hea'!_j9-remove{

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by vap9g113!1g_!!e]^,a!ero makeXjq[ ireggglg_gl9a_m,hich sthen,sento thehigh:pressure.stea[eader.

to high-pressuresteam eader

catalysffilledtubeswater

boilereedwaler

FIGURE 5 Cumeneeactor, -801

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. cAB 2012 CBB2012UsingHazard nd OperabilityHAZOP) valuation f theprocessnthe reactor,R-801,dentify WO 2)potential ausesand TWO(2)potential onsequencesor the ollolringparameter eywords

LEVEL ESS.[4marks]

i i . PRESSURE ORE.

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What are the differences etweenan EventTree Analysis(ETA)anda FaultTreeAnalysisFTA)?

[4 marks]

Job Safety analysis(JSA) is a part of many accidentprevention rograms. escribehe contents f JSA.

[3 marks]

The mostwidelyknownTheories fAccidentncludeHeinrichDomino, Human Factor,AccidenUlncident,ystem andCombinationheories.Describeany THREE (3) of thesetheories.

[6 marks]ii. Describe he appropriateime to begin an accident

investigation.ustify ouranswer. [4 marks]

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