Can Maintenance Planners Improve Safety?

When it comes to overseeing a broad range of machinery functioning in various conditions, maintenance planners are essential.
While attempting to maximise equipment life cycles, these planners must contend with a number of issues that could negatively impact the equipment as well as the maintenance teams.
Furthermore, malfunctioning equipment or its parts can put maintenance and operations staff at serious risk to their safety.
In light of these difficulties, maintenance planners must put in place a thorough set of procedures that guarantee the safety of all parties involved in the upkeep and operation of the equipment in addition to prolonging its lifespan.
I’ve put together a list of 20 particular weekly tasks that maintenance planners can perform to help keep equipment in safe and optimal condition in order to meet this need.
Examine equipment inspection reports and rank the issues that were found.
2. Revise risk evaluations for urgent maintenance assignments.
3. Verify that current maintenance schedules correspond with manufacturer guidelines.
4. Examine data on equipment failure to find reoccurring safety issues.
5. Work with operations to arrange important maintenance that pertains to safety.
6. Check if safety-critical spare parts are available and place an order if needed.
7. Revise the lockout/tagout protocols for machinery that is being maintained.
8. Draft thorough work orders with particular safety instructions.
9. Examine and amend safety protocols unique to each piece of equipment.
10. Give maintenance teams weekly safety briefings.
11. Take site walks to find possible dangers near equipment.
12. Check that emergency shutdown systems are operating correctly.
13. Plan and supervise non-destructive testing for important parts.
14. Examine and update the protocols for entering confined spaces with pertinent equipment.
15. Work together on compliance-related issues with the environmental health and safety team.
16. Examine reports of near-misses involving the upkeep or operation of equipment.
17. Arrange for the regular calibration of gauges and instruments that are essential for safety.
18. Examine and update the personal safety equipment lists for every task.
19. Arrange for maintenance staff to receive safety training tailored to their equipment.
20. Use trend analysis to forecast future equipment failures by analysing performance data.

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