Compliance performance

Building regulations and fire safety compliance Performance-based and prescriptive fire safety provisions... 

When setting inspection priorities regulatory agencies should focus to the extent possible on compliance performance and environmental results. 

Safety professionals agree that any safety effort is better than no effort. However, if an employer seeks to become a world-class organization, improve workplace efficiencies, and maintain a better bottom line, a comprehensive safety program is needed. Some enqiloyers may feel that they have a safe workplace and a sound safety program because they have issued hard hats and glasses and have warned enqiloyees to be safe. What does a safe worlqilace entail Is the warehouse free of risk How is the compliance performance at the site compared to the requirements of OSHA To some, being safe means no one has been seriously hurt lately. 

Checking is performed in accredited laboratories on procedures developed in compliance with stated requirements and approved in the process of testing implementation on CTB 8001-93 or metrological attestation on CTB 8004-93. 

In current industrial practice gas chromatographic analysis (glc) is used for quahty control. The impurities, mainly a small amount of water (by Kad-Fischer) and some organic trace constituents (by glc), are deterrnined quantitatively, and the balance to 100% is taken as the acetone content. Compliance to specified ranges of individual impurities can also be assured by this analysis. The gas chromatographic method is accurately correlated to any other tests specified for the assay of acetone in the product. Contract specification tests are performed on product to be shipped. Typical wet methods for the deterrnination of acetone are acidimetry (49), titration of the Hberated hydrochloric acid after treating the acetone with hydroxylamine hydrochloride and iodimetry (50), titrating the excess of iodine after treating the acetone with iodine and base (iodoform reaction). 

The adhesives are routinely tested for specific performance and compliance to many user specifications with different requirements. Government purchases are covered in the Mil Standard A-46050C (12). 

RCRA incinerator regulations include adrninistrative as weU as performance standards. Administrative standards include procedures for waste analysis, inspection of equipment, monitoring, and facihty security. Steps needed to meet adrninistrative standards are outlined ia the permit apphcation performance standards are demonstrated during a trial bum. Trial bum operating conditions are included in the permit to assure ongoing compliance with the performance standards. Performance standards include destmction and removal efficiency (DRE), particulate emissions limits, products of incomplete combustion emission limits, metal emission limits, and HCl and Cl emission limits (see Exhaust CONTROL, INDUSTRIAL). 

Establish Verification Procedures. Verification can be performed independently by the manufacturer and the regulatory agency to determine that the HACCP system within the plant is in compliance with the HACCP plan as designed. 

Wind Resistance. Asphalt shingles are certified to wind performance test standards on a continuous basis through independent third-party testing laboratories. Shingles that have passed the standard wind performance requirements, such as ASTM D3161, Standard Test Method for Wind Resistance for Asphalt Shingles, are identified by labels from the testing laboratory with whom they are in compliance. 

Measurements of the concentrations and characteristics of dust dispersed in air or other gases may be necessary (1) to determine the need for control measures, (2) to establish compliance with legal requirements, (3) to obtain information for collector design, and (4) to determine collec tor performance. 

The general purpose of an audit may be to determine if the toller has management systems and documented procedures in place to ensure process safety, environmental responsibility, product quality and traceability of materials. The need to audit could be to evaluate compliance with regulations or accordance with client requirements related to specific performance elements. A subjective rating system for ranking management systems audit results is often used. An example of one that might be appropriate is shown below ... 

The purpose of testing an electrical motor is to ensure its compliance with the norms of design, material inputs and manufacturing accuracy. It determines the mechanical soundness and electrical fitness of the machine for its electrical and mechanical performance. Such tests determine the following ... 

In addition to fulfilling the in-house requirements for quality control, state and local air monitoring networks which are collecting data for compliance purposes are required to have an external performance audit on an annual basis. Under this program, an independent organization supplies externally calibrated sources of air pollutant gases to be measured by the instrumentation undergoing audit. An audit report summarizes the performance of the instruments. If necessary, further action must be taken to eliminate any major discrepancies between the internal and external calibration results. 

A monthly lubrication schedule can then be issued to the appropriate maintenance personnel to serve as a reminder. The issuing of the lubrication schedule does not ensure its compliance, and supervisors should check to see that required lubrication is performed. 

Tackifying resins enhance the adhesion of non-polar elastomers by improving wettability, increasing polarity and altering the viscoelastic properties. Dahlquist [31 ] established the first evidence of the modification of the viscoelastic properties of an elastomer by adding resins, and demonstrated that the performance of pressure-sensitive adhesives was related to the creep compliance. Later, Aubrey and Sherriff [32] demonstrated that a relationship between peel strength and viscoelasticity in natural rubber-low molecular resins blends existed. Class and Chu [33] used the dynamic mechanical measurements to demonstrate that compatible resins with an elastomer produced a decrease in the elastic modulus at room temperature and an increase in the tan <5 peak (which indicated the glass transition temperature of the resin-elastomer blend). Resins which are incompatible with an elastomer caused an increase in the elastic modulus at room temperature and showed two distinct maxima in the tan <5 curve. 

Engineering factors include (a) contaminant characteristics such as physical and chemical properties - concentration, particulate shape, size distribution, chemical reactivity, corrosivity, abrasiveness, and toxicity (b) gas stream characteristics such as volume flow rate, dust loading, temperature, pressure, humidity, composition, viscosity, density, reactivity, combustibility, corrosivity, and toxicity and (c) design and performance characteristics of the control system such as pressure drop, reliability, dependability, compliance with utility and maintenance requirements, and temperature limitations, as well as size, weight, and fractional efficiency curves for particulates and mass transfer or contaminant destruction capability for gases or vapors. 

The EPA argues that the cost of compliance to environmental regulations is small in comparison to baseline industry expenditures. However, there are many hidden costs that oftentimes are not considered when contemplating a control technology investment, and which can escalate and adversely impact on bottom-line economic performance. These so-called other costs include, but are not limited to ... 

For asbestos removal, the provisions of the OSHA Asbestos Standard 29 CFR 1926.1101 are more protective of worker health and safety than are the more general provisions. The HASP therefore provides that the asbestos removal tasks conducted inside the building will be performed in accordance with the OSHA Asbestos Standard. After the asbestos has been removed, the lead-based paint will be removed. Again, the provisions of the OSHA Standard for lead removal are more protective of worker health and safety than are the more general provisions of 29 CFR 1910.120. Therefore, the removal of the lead-based paint inside the building will be performed in full compliance with the OSHA Lead Standard [1]. 

To make sure that all contractors and subcontractors maintain a minimum level of safety performance, the client, or general or main contractor, should establish standards for compliance. During the project planning stage, affected prime contractors should have an opportunity to provide input and resolve differences. Cross-cut committees are encouraged to allow prime contractors to standardize or normalize such essential elements as procedures, permit systems, and training. 

Have the ability and willingness to perform work in compliance with host organization policies and procedures, where those procedures go beyond regulatory requirements. 

Wliat we have included is only a small part of a much longer document available in its entirety at the address shown or on the Web. We provide the complete table of contents so that you get a good idea of the subjects covered and the amount of detail taken to cover them. After the table of contents, we have taken several sections applying to working with hazardous substances. We believe that OSHA has chosen these items to ensure a safe and healthful workplace. COSHOs will use this format when performing an OSHA compliance audit on incinerator sites. 

For some hood types, measurements usually seen as indirect method, are used to measure the hood s performance to determine regulatory compliance. For example, regulations specify minimum and maximum face velocities for laboratory fume hoods and static pressure (negative) inside enclosed hoods. Continuously monitoring instruments can be connected to alarms that sound when the measurement is outside the specified limits. 

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