Imminent danger

Guyotat, Regis. 2005. La justice relaxe des faucheurs volontaires en invoquant le danger imminent des OGM. Le Monde, December n. 

Attended with risk hazardous unsafe. Something that if in normal use, danger or injury can he anticipated by the user. Something without adequate protection. See also Dangerous, Imminently Dangerous, Inherently. 

OSHA also conducts unprogrammed inspections in response to complaints, referrals from other agencies, and reports of fatahties or catastrophes. While these types of inspections do not occur as frequently as programmed inspections, they can take priority over a programmed inspection, if for example there is an imminent danger. (Imminent danger situations, where a hazard exists that will likely cause death or serious physical harm immediately, are given top priority for OSHA inspection.)... 

If a technical supervisor sees danger imminent he is authorized to order immediate measures for the prevention of accidents and is entitled to have work stopped until his orders have been carried out. For contravention of such orders by intention or negligence the board of management of the BGs can impose a fine of up to DM 10 000. 

Implement procedure and/or back-up equipment for dealing with imminent danger relating to agitator failures... 

The discoveiy of a condition causing or amounting to imminent danger to health, safety or the environment... 

Catastrophic release Under OS HA PSM and EPA RMP, it means a major uncontrolled emission, fire, or explosion, involving one or more highly hazardous chemical substances (per OSHA) or regulated substances (per EPA) that presents serious danger to employees in the workplace (per OSHA) or imminent and substantial endangerment to public health and the environment (per EPA). 

Healtli issues, most importantly, conttuninants in tlie workplace, have become OSHA s primary concern. Healtli haztu-ds are comple.v and difficult to define. Because of this, OSHA has been slow to implement healtli standards. To be complete, each standard requires medical surveillance, record keeping, monitoring, and physical reviews. On the other side of the ledger, safety hazards are aspects of the work environment tliat are e. pected to cause deatli or serious physical harm immediately or before tlie imminence of such danger can be eliminated. 

An HSE inspector has the power under Section 25 to enter any premises where he has reasonable cause to believe that, in the circumstances, any article or substance is a cause of imminent danger of serious personal injury. He may then seize the article or substance and cause it to be rendered harmless, whether by destruction or otherwise. 

Both RCRA and CERCLA address hazards to the environment. However, CERCLA is the more comprehensive statute. CERCLA hazardous substances encompass RCRA hazardous wastes, as well as other toxic pollutants regulated by the CAA, the CWA, and the TSCA. Thus, all RCRA hazardous wastes may trigger CERCLA response actions when released into the environment. RCRA nonhazar-dous solid wastes, on the other hand, do not trigger CERCLA response actions unless they present an imminent and substantial danger as pollutants or contaminants (Figure 12.10). 

A pollutant or contaminant that may present an imminent or substantial danger to public health or welfare. 

Both RCRA and CERCLA contain provisions that allow U.S. EPA to require persons contributing to an imminent hazard to take the necessary actions to clean up releases. RCRA s imminent and substantial endangerment provision addresses nonhazardous as well as hazardous solid waste releases. The authority under CERCLA is essentially the same, except that CERCLA s authority to abate an imminent or substantial danger to public health or the environment is limited to hazardous substance releases. In an enforcement action, the RCRA and CERCLA imminent hazard provisions may be used in tandem to ensure adequate protection of human health and the environment. 

OSHA officers finding conditions of imminent danger may request plant shutdowns. 

There are some rules that will help you under these circumstances. First, with regard to aggressive clients, do not place yourself at risk under any circumstances. For example, if you have a client who is potentially explosive, you may want to leave the door wide open so the client can leave if he or she wants, and so colleagues can gauge your safety and whether they will need to intervene. If you are working with a person who is threatening you, get out of the situation. The second rule is related to the first You do not have to work with someone who threatens you. You can refer, or if you believe you are imminent danger, call law enforcement authorities. If the client threatens you, the relationship is broken, so there is little that can be done to repair it at that point. So, protect yourself first, and then refer the client for other help later. 

Strength Response personnel were instructed to clear the area by GVW Fire Chief upon realization of imminent danger. Access/Egress zones implemented through quick establishment of roadblocks. Immediate area evacuated (300 yards) shelter-in-place for within 1... 

If a terrorist attack occurs near an occupied home or office building, the building can provide some level of protection from weapons of mass destruction, assuming its structural integrity is still intact and no imminent danger of fire is present. However, the purity of the air within the building must be maintained. This can be accomplished by ... 

Nowadays, average citizens are somewhat less obsessed with the nuclear threat. Most world leaders likewise seem less preoccupied with the idea that radioactive weapons of mass destraction still pose an imminent danger, although countries such as Iran and North Korea continue to evoke considerable anxiety. Indeed, some unstable nations have stolen or bought the secrets of nuclear bomb making and even brag about their atomic capabilities, hinting darkly that, if provoked, they would not hesitate to use them. 

If a youth is imminently dangerous, health professionals are obligated to protect the individual from acting. Either psychiatric hospitalization or one-to-one close supervision, while optimizing community support, is indicated. All dangerous items (e.g., weapons, medications, etc.) should be removed from the home or locked out of reach. Efforts should be made to decrease stimuli likely to agitate the youth. If a youth is homicidal, psychiatric hospitalization is usually the only course of action. The health professional team has... 

Many small tanks and wastewater treatment plant tanks have been exempt from these rules. Penalties for noncompliance with the UST guidelines can be up to 10,000 per day. All other violations of the RCRA can carry similar penalties, including steep fines and jail time. Civil penalties can be assessed up to 25,000 per day per violation of the RCRA. Criminal penalties up to 250,000 and 15 years in jail can be imposed for knowingly putting someone in imminent danger by violating the RCRA. Similar to other environmental laws, the RCRA authorizes citizen suits in the event that the USEPA fails to implement the RCRA. 

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This is an attempt to deal with the many waste sites that exist across the nation. It covers remedial action, including the establishment of a National Priorities List to identify those sites that should have a high priority for remediation. This act authorizes the cleanup of hazardous waste sites, including those containing pesticides, that threaten human health or the environment. If they can be identified, the US EPA is authorized to recover cleanup costs from those parties responsible for the contamination. CERCLA provides a fund to pay for the cleanup of contaminated sites when no other parties are able to conduct the cleanup. The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) (1986) is an amendment to CERCLA that enables the US EPA to identify and cleanup inactive hazardous waste sites and to recover reimbursement of cleanup costs. One section of CERCLA authorizes the EPA to act whenever there is a release or substantial threat of release of a hazardous substance or any pollutant or contaminant that may present an imminent or substantial danger to the public health or welfare into the environment. 

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