Risk Management Plan For Transformer Manufacturing Industry According To AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009

Project Information

Risk management has been an emerging topic in all field of work all over the world. Various problems have been identified at workplace parallel with technological and industrial development. The importance of the risk management has been procured in the mechanical sector including the management system of transformer industry [1]. Different organizations have been focusing on identification of risk and treats at workplace. The use of various  measures for measuring risks involved in the transformer manufacturing industry can be illustrated.

Skin diseases have a common problem for the workers in the industry. Spoiling acid and other harmful substances have causing  disease.  disease include, breath and lung problems due to dust and chemical usage in the workplace. Various corporations have focused on standards including AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 that include operational health and safety at workplace. This AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 standard have helped in monitoring and controlling risks at workplace [2].

This report outlines various risks and threats in the management systems of transformers. Various informations have been provided related to standards and risks involved in the industry. Risks involved in the production of transformers in the industry have been explained.  Health and Safety Management systems in the transformer manufacturing industry have been provided in the report. 

 Safety risks are recognized with respect to employees in the work environment. This concept deals with the elimination of risks and threats related to health and safety of workers at workplace. Therefore, ensuring health and safety in work environment have been identified under the World health organization (WHO) [3].  health and safety of workers in the industry manufacturing transformers have been an important criteria for the company. Minimizing risks in the transformer’s manufacturing industry have been maintaining the risks in industry.

Goals and objective of  health are based on the definition provided by WHO as health as a state of physical and mental well-being that helps in providing opportunity for conducting socially and economically productive life [27]. However this objective refers to maintain a self-employed and healthy work environment in the transformer manufacturing industry. The use of risks manage to procedure in the industry have helped in providing basic approach to the maintenance of risks in the industry [4]. For identifying occupation hazards and providing proper solutions to that problems have been main objective of this management system. The health of workers in the industry have been properly managed in order to provide security and safety to their health at workplace. Different correlative controlling measures have been used in the management systems of providing a shield to the workers.

Project scope

Various factors are included in the  health and safety management system policy. Some components are provided below:

It include a commitment for continuous growth and improvement..

• All the terms and conditions in the policy needs to be in a written format.
• All the workers and employees needs to be aware of the terms and conditions of the policy.
• All the components of the policy needs to be relevant to the organization structure and needs to be reviewed periodically.

There are various types of risks included in the manufacturing of transformers in the industry. Some of the risks are identified below:

Technological advancements in the industry have increased the number of accidents at workplace. Various machines and equipment’s have caused accidents to many workers in the industry. However, according to the eleventh Social Security law No. 56, work-relation accidents can be described under several jurisdictions [5]. For a legal accident to be a work accident, it must be insured during working hours and insured by employer without real work or task to be sent to another place [26]. The insured employer needs to be working at workplace during the accident. However, there are various causes of the work accidents in the industry including social and natural structure, personal defects, unsafe behaviors and conditions and injury at workplace. There are various factors that might cause increase in the work accidents in the industry including lack in supervision, lack of technology, lack in awareness and lack in risks management systems [6]. There are have been various factors that might be increasing the work accidents in the industry. These factors include personal and environmental factors. The personal factors include various possibilities personal misinterpretation of awareness related to work. Environmental factors include lack in awareness in the work environment reacted ti the wok [25]. The use of hazardous substances in the manufacturing of transformers can cause fatal damage to health of employees and workers in the workplace.

Disease refers to the occurrence of unhealthy situation due to repetitive nature of work executed causing temporary or permanent illness of workers. The Social Insurance Law (No. 506) defines  diseases as follows:

Organizational disease can be a burnet from an acid or an injury at workplace. The use of various  measures for measuring risks involved in the transformer manufacturing industry can be illustrated. Skin diseases have a common problem for the workers in the industry. Spoiling acid and other harmful substances have causing  disease [7].  disease include, breath and lung problems due to dust and chemical usage in the workplace.

Medical protection measures in the workplace needs to be implemented for providing safety to health of employees at workplace. Hired workers in the transformer industry needs to be medically examined in order to check their health status.  Proper controlling measures in order to maintain the risks at workplace have been implemented. Use of helmets and eyes guard might help in minimizing risks and injury at workplace [24]. 

Risk Management Process

Stakeholders are the main part of the project and production of transformers in the industry. They plays an important role in the decision-making system for the company. Various stakeholders and their roles are simplified in the below table:

Table 1: Stakeholder’s roles and responsibilities 

Interest

Figure 2: Power Interest Grid of Stakeholders

Risk assessment procedure helps in assessing various risks and threats in the organizations.  Work environment has been always an important factor in identifying risks in the industry. Risk can be defined as a system to measure the possibility of dangers that can be defined as collection of various probability of harmful events [8]. The main aim of risk assessment is to maintain health risks at workplace and minimize danger in the working condition. These risks can be any type of health hazards in the workplace. In the workplace, work associated with risks are maintained proper under special guidance [23]. Proper analysis of risks have been made in order to provide safety to the health of employees in the transformers industry. Therefore, risks assessment and risk management at workplace. Risk assessment at workplace provides a safer environment for the employees at workplace [9]. Various laws and policies are applied and the risk assessment process that helps in maintaining a safer approach to the risks and health related issues.

Risk assessment steps are provided below:

• Risk findings
• Assessment of  risks
• Making of decision process for reducing risks
• Analysisng risks.

However, the concept of risk assessment in the transformer manufacturing industry has been an important for the company for providing health and safety to employees. Risk assessment strategies have been prepared in order to maintain risks in the workplace [10].

• Creation of risk assessment team need to be consider following things:
• Team members needs to determined according to ability.
• Team members are subject to the risk assessment.
• Team members need to choose a leader from themselves.
• A proper risk assessment method needs to be  selected.

According to this flow chart, various harmful gases are emitted during the production process. Thee harmful gases are dangerous for the workers at workplace. These gases cause different lungs disease and breathing problem to the workers. Therefore, this create a arise situation for the employees to work in such condition [11]. Various gases including carbon monoxide and nitrous sulfate gases are emitted that can even cause death of a worker due to suffocation.  The transformers produced in the factories are checked by the Quality Department of the company that helps in maintaining and controlling the risks involved in the industry. The use of the proper filters help in minimizing the emission of gases in the work place [22].

Low voltage coils uses the foil coil technology that helps in maintaining the emission of the gases in the production. Therefore, the use of technology helps in maintaining and controlling the risks of emission of gases in the workplace [12]. High voltage coils helps in generating more energy in order to maximize the production of the transformers. 

Stakeholders

The utilization of the FMEA process is mainly considered in a bottoms-up approach. The process is utilized in three different areas of design, service and manufacturing [21]. The utilization of the design FMEA is mainly associated with the identification of the risks and failures involved with the system which can cause an impact on the end users. The manufacturing FMEA is concerned with the quality of the process. The objectives of the FMEA analysis are the prevention of the misuse of resources which are used in case of product servicing [13].  

There is a presence of risks associated to every system. The lack of resources or technical problems can lead to the occurrence of risks to the system. For preventing the occurrence of these risks, the need for adopting the FMEA analysis is required. There are four different steps that are associated with the mitigation of risks [14].

1. Brainstorming potential causes for risks

The first step involved is the need for identification of the risks involved. This will help in determining the potential threat present in a system such that prior mitigations plans can be undertaken. For every identified risk to the system, various mitigation strategies are applied for its addressing. This is usually done by adopting the DMAIC phase of risks mitigation [15]. This involves defining the risk, measuring the impact of the risks, analyzing the risks, improving and controlling then risks. The various risks are chemical overspill which can have impact on health, gas leakages and electrical implications.

1. Rating of potential risks

The next step involved is assigning ratings on every identified risk. The risks are mainly rated on a scale of 1, 2, and 3. Risks which are extremely low in occurrence are given a scale of 1 in it. Similarly, risks who are rated as 2 are medium in nature. Lastly, risks with rating of 3 are of high probable nature of occurrence [16].

The chemical overspill is rated as 1 because it has high probable occurrence level. The electrical discharges are of medium level priority and the gas leakage is low level priority.

1. Prioritization of risks and mitigations

According to the ratings given to the risks identified above, their priorities are set. This includes high priority to low priority which helps in denoting the importance of the risks to the employees. In a similar manner, the priority is set to be low, medium and high. The priority can be shown in the basis of a matrix [17]. The y-axis shows the probability of occurrence and the x-axis shows the impact. The variables are low, medium and high.

1. Updating the FMEA project plan

Shareholder communication plan

The assessment of the risks is to be adopted for addressing the mitigation plan required for them. This will be followed by the updating into the system such that its mitigation can be considered. The plans from the step 3 of this analysis will be utilized in this step for adopting in the system. This will help in reducing the impact of the risks in the system [18].

This stage include various analysis of the risks that have been identified in the risk identification method. The following risk matrix table might help in analysis the risks involve don the production of transformers in the industry.

Table 2: Risk severity matrix Risk Evaluation

The identification and analysis of risks involved in the risks management cycle has been followed by the risks evaluation method. Proper analysis of risks have been made in order to provide safety to the health of employees in the transformers industry. Therefore, risks assessment and risk management at workplace. Risk assessment at workplace provides a safer environment for the employees at workplace. The identified risks and threats in the manufacture of transformers have been analyzed. This section identifies the method used in the evacuation of the risks in accordance with AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 [19].

The purpose of the evaluation method has been benefited by the ALARP principle under the tolerance of risks. These principle helps in identifying the priorities of risks treatment cycle in the manufacturing of transformers. The use of the method has been developed in order to maintain the effectiveness of the risk assessment policies [20].

Training of the employees and workers in the industry might help in maintaining the skills and knowledge that helps in production of the transformers in the industry [28]. The risks assessment procedure needs to be implemented over the employees of the company. Awareness among the workers about the risks at the workplace helped in maintaining the risks management plan for the e employees. The  health and safety management system of company needs ti be updated with new policies that night help in providing a better approach to the maintenance of risks. The minimizing process of risks involve the mitigation process of risks. 

Proper analysis of risks have been made in order to provide safety to the health of employees in the transformers industry. Therefore, risks assessment and risk management at workplace. Various techniques can be taken for monitoring and reviewing the risks.

Conclusion

It can be concluded that the use of the risk management plan in the manufacturing o transformers have helped in initiating the  health and safety of workers at workplace. Various risks have been identified in the report that helps in minimizing the risks in the project. The use of the risks management framework in the mitigation process have enabled the mitigation of risks. The production of transformers in the industry gave been maximized by minimizing the risks involved in the industry. The risk mitigation strategies have been properly analyzed in the report. 

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