31 Answers Safety Leaders Know

Learn the answers to these 31 questions and you're on you're way to being a Safety Leader. You will also increase the likelihood that you and you're colleagues go home the way you came into work - SAFE.

1. If you are driving a vehicle and the fire alarm sounds what are you supposed to do?

ANS: Pull over to the side of the road and wait until the “All Clear” is sounded

2. Following a fire emergency how will you know that is OK to get back in your vehicle
and continue driving?

ANS: You will hear the “All Clear” or a 10 second blast over the fire alarm horns.

3. If you are driving a vehicle and the vapor cloud alarm sounds what are you supposed
to do?

ANS: Pull over to the side of the road, turn off the engine, unlock the car and leave the keys in the car. Move cross wind and upwind from the vapor cloud.

4. If you hear a distinctive alternating tone alarm, what type of emergency will this be?

ANS: Fire

5. If you hear a continuous alarm, what kind of emergency will this be?

ANS: Vapor Cloud

6. If there is a site emergency what radio channel would you cease to use until the emergency “All Clear” has been sounded?

ANS: Radio Channel 1A

7. The vapor cloud alarm has sounded. You are to;

ANS: proceed to your meeting/evacuation point

8. If you have concerns with a chemical you can come in contact with, what document could you look at to find out the hazards? Where would you go to find them?

ANS: MSDS Sheets – Hovensa Web Site, The Warehouse, Control Room’s

9. Orange windsocks are located throughout the refinery. What are windsocks used for?

ANS: Visual reference to the direction of the wind.

10. Work at Hovensa is controlled through the use of various procedures. This includes Safety, Maintenancd, PSM, and Environmental procedures. How would you get copies of the procedures

ANS: Go to the Hovensa web site

11. What information is required on a scaffold before the scaffold can be used?

ANS: A tag issued by a competent person stating the scaffold is safe to use.

12. Scaffolding tagged with a WHITE TAG WITH RED LETTERS is an indication of:

ANS: Unsafe

13. Scaffolding identified with a YELLOW TAG indicates:

ANS: Caution

14. Scaffolding identified with a GREEN TAG indicates:

ANS: Safe

15. Name at least two situations where fall protection is required.

ANS: At unprotected elevations of six (6) feet or more above walking/working surface & from suspended personnel platforms.

16. At what locations within the refinery is FRC (Fire Retardant Clothing) required.

ANS: Those operating units as designated by the safety department

17. What is required before an internal combustion engine can enter an operating unit?

ANS: A Hot Work permit

18. Who can enter a confined space?

ANS: Personnel that have received initial/annual refresher training for entering confined spaces.

19. What color have storm drains been painted within the refinery?

ANS: Green

20. What is required for any body harness, lanyard or lifeline that was ACTUALLY USED to arrest a fall?

ANS: Shall be immediately removed from service and not used again until inspected and determined by a competent person to be undamaged and suitable for reuse.

21. Prior to entering any unit within the refinery you must:

ANS: Sign in at the control room

22. If you are signed-in to Unit A and then asked to work in an adjacent unit, say unit B,
you must:

ANS: Sign out of the unit A control area and sign in to the Unit B control area

23. Throughout the refinery you will see signs that read EMERGENCY-DO NOT ENTER WHEN LIGHTS ARE FLASHING, what color indicates a release of H2S?

ANS: BLUE

24. Throughout the refinery you will see signs that read EMERGENCY-DO NOT ENTER WHEN LIGHTS ARE FLASHING, what color indicates a chemical in the area has reached the lower explosive limit?

ANS: Amber

25. Throughout the refinery you will see signs that read EMERGENCY-DO NOT ENTER WHEN LIGHTS ARE FLASHING, what color indicates a fire?

ANS: Red

26. What is the evacuation point for the area where you are currently working in the refinery?

ANS: You must find out the location of your evacuation point based on your work station.

27. What is the telephone number to be used in case of fire or emergency?

ANS: 3911

28. Gas tests indicated on the work permit must be retaken if the crew has been away from the work area for more than ______?

ANS: 1 Hour

29. When and to whom must you report any injury?

ANS: Supervisor or foreman

30. When are you required to have a fire watch?

ANS: Whenever you are performing hot work, the work permit requires a fire watch.

31. Your work permit has indicated specific items for FIRE PROTECTION REQUIRED for the job. What are you supposed to do if any of the items are not present at the job site?

ANS: Do not start any work/job with out the proper fire protection equipment.