| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄第一科技大學 === 環境與安全衛生工程研究所 === 102 === Currently, codes compliance was generally the objectives for most local toxic operating facilities in their safety management. However for toxic and chemical operating facilities in other countries, codes compliance was usually the minimum requirement and internal management usually required higher standards. Thus, the objective of this work is to study the effectiveness of current code compliance system and the necessary improvement in management quality to reduce and prevent the accumulation of hazards, and reduce the occurrence of incidents.
This work analyzed and classified the responded incidents and external audits of toxic operating facilities by EPA Southern Environmental Incident Specialist Team between 2007 and 2013. Five major sources of hazards in operating facilities were identified: equipment, materials, management, education, and the environment. Severity and likelihood of each hazard were analyzed and graded to calculate the hazard index. The results were compared with past incidents.
The analysis of past incident showed that equipment was the major cause of the incident, accounting for 47% of the total incident. This is in consistent with the result from external audits in which equipment issues accounts for 32% of the total problems. The results also found that the hazard index for all the operating facilities was increasing gradually from 2007 to 2013, while the number of incident in these facilities was diminished. Thus, it is concluded that the external audits which identify more hazards will help to reduce the risk and minimize the occurrence of incidents.
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