HAZWOPER General Site Workers Personnel responsible for safetyhealth

HAZWOPER General Site Workers

Personnel responsible for safety/health v Personnel and alternates responsible for safety and health v May vary according to job responsibilities 1 a

Safety and health hazards v Potential hazards exposures to chemical v Biological and radiological v Principles of toxicology hazards v General safety hazards 2 a

Personal protective equipment v Equipment selection and use v Maintenance and storage v Decontamination v Training and disposal and proper fit 3 a

Personal protective equipment v Donning and doffing procedures v Inspection v In-use monitoring v Program evaluation 3 b

Personal protective equipment v Equipment limitations v Employers must provide and require the use of PPE where engineering controls are not feasible 3 c

Personal protective equipment v PPE must be appropriate to the: • requirements/limitations of the site • task-specific conditions and duration • identified hazards and potential hazards 3 d

Work practices to minimize risk from hazards v Examples of safe work practices include removing all non-essential personnel from potential exposure while: • opening drums • wetting down dusty operations • placing employees upwind of potential hazards 4 a

Work practices to minimize risk from hazards v The standard covers two specific work practices: • Handling and Labeling Drums and Containers 1910. 120(j) • Sanitation of Temporary Workplaces 1910. 120(n) 4 b

Work practices to minimize risk from hazards Handling and labeling drums and containers: v Ensure that drums meet required regulations v Inform employees of appropriate hazard warnings of labeled drums 4 c

Work practices to minimize risk from hazards Handling and labeling drums and containers: v Ensure that safe practices are instituted v Standing on or working from drums or containers is prohibited 4 d

Work practices to minimize risk from hazards Handling and labeling drums and containers: v Evacuate non-essential employees from the transfer area v Use barriers to protect equipment operators from the transfer area 4 e

Work practices to minimize risk from hazards Handling and labeling drums and containers: v Make available a continuous means of communication v Safe removal of bulging drums or containers 4 f

Work practices to minimize risk from hazards v Sanitation of temporary workplaces • Privies • Chemical toilets • Recirculation toilets • Combustion toilets 4 g

Engineering controls and equipment v Engineering controls and work practices must be implemented to help reduce and maintain employee exposure at or below permissible exposure limits v If engineering and work practice controls are not feasible, use appropriate PPE 5 a

Medical surveillance v Medical surveillance helps assess and monitor the health and fitness of employees working with hazardous substances 6 a

Medical surveillance Establish a medical surveillance program when: v Employees are exposed to hazardous substances above the PEL for more than 30 days/year 6 b

Medical surveillance Establish a medical surveillance program when: v Employees are exposed above the published exposure levels for 30 days or more/year 6 c

Medical surveillance Establish a medical surveillance program when: v Workers who wear approved respirators for 30 or more days/year on site 6 d

Medical surveillance Establish a medical surveillance program when: v Workers are exposed to unexpected or emergency releases of hazardous wastes above exposure limits 6 e

Medical surveillance Establish a medical surveillance program in the following situations: v When employees are members of HAZMAT teams 6 f

Medical surveillance v Examinations are performed under the supervision of a licensed physician without cost to the employee, and in a reasonable time and place 6 g

Medical surveillance examinations v Prior to job assignment and annually thereafter v At the termination of employment v Before reassignment to an area where medical examinations are not required 6 h

Medical surveillance examinations v If the examining physician believes that a periodic followup is medically necessary v As soon as possible for employees injured or becoming ill from exposure during an emergency 6 i

Elements of site-specific safety and health plans v Decontamination procedures v Handling contaminated clothing v Showers and change rooms 7 a

Emergency response plans v Review 29 CFR 1910. 38 v Review 29 CFR 1910. 120(l) 8 a

Emergency response plans - required elements v Personnel roles, lines of authority, communications procedures v Pre-emergency v Emergency prevention planning recognition and 8 b

Emergency response plans - required elements v Emergency treatment medical and first aid v Methods or procedures for alerting onsite employees v Safe distances and places of refuge 8 c

Emergency response plans - required elements v Site security and control v Decontamination v Critique up procedures of response and follow- 8 d

Emergency response plans - required elements v PPE and emergency equipment v Evacuation routes/procedures 8 e

Confined space entry v Review 29 CFR 1910. 146 9 a

Spill containment programs v Review 29 CFR 1910. 38 10 a

Spill containment programs - checklist v Is the plan in writing? v Is the written plan accessible to employees? v Are emergency escape procedures and emergency escape routes assigned? 10 b

Spill containment programs - checklist v Are procedures established to account for all employees after the emergency evacuation has been completed? v Has an employee alarm system been developed? 10 c

Spill containment programs - checklist v Have enough employees been trained in evacuation? v Has the emergency action plan been reviewed? 10 d

Spill containment programs - checklist v Is the written plan kept at the workplace and made available to employees? v Will employees be handling incidental releases? 10 e

Spill containment programs v Decontamination equipment • Drop cloths or plastics • Collection containers • Absorbents, foams, chemical containment materials • Long-handled wash brushes, paper cloth towels • Appropriate PPE and books 10 f