Emergency action

Stopping acid corrosion requires the following prevention and emergency action steps ... 

A railroad tank car has derailed and overturned, and some material is leaking out and apparently evaporating. The car is labeled "Toxic." In order to take appropriate emergency action, which meteorological factors would you consider and how would you assess them In addition to air pollutants, what meteorological factor has a profound effect on decreasing visibility, and what is the approximate threshold of its influence ... 

The use of appropriate instruments to monitor equipment operation and relevant process variables will detect, and provide warning of, undesirable excursions. Otherwise tliese can result in equipment failure or escape of chemicals, e.g. due to atmospheric venting, leakage or spillage. Instruments may facilitate automatic control, emergency action such as coolant or pressure relief or emergency shutdown, or the operation of water deluge systems. 

Space 1 Emergency action codes specified for that substance in Column 3 of Part 1 of the approved list Space 2 Substance identification number and name as specified for that substance in Part 1 of the approved list... 

EMERGENCY ACTiON - Notify poiice and tire brigade immediateiy... 

Accidental pollution incidents arise from spillages, gas emissions, and liquid discharges sometimes in transportation. The main considerations are prevention, containment, and effective mitigatory and emergency action according to the principles outlined in earlier chapters. Effective clean-up and decontamination are then needed. 

Getting to gups with manual handling pharmaceutical a abort guide for employers Health surveillance in the pharmaceutical industry (COSHHj Emergency action for burns Eive steps to risk assessment... 

Areas where emergency actions lasting up to 1 minute may be required by personnel without shielding. 

The community HAZMAT emergency response plan can be a valuable source of information in developing site-specific emergency response plans and emergency action plans as required by HAZWOPER. 

Employers, at a minimum, must have an emergency action plan that will facilitate the prompt evacuation of employees when there is an unwanted release of a highly hazardous chemical. This means that the employer s plan will be activated by an alarm system to alert employees when to evacuate, and that employees who are physically impaired will have the necessary support and assistance to get them to a safe zone. The intent of these requirements is to alert and move employees quickly to a safe zone. The use of process control centers or buildings as safe areas is discouraged. Recent catastrophes indicate that lives are lost in these structures because of their location and because they are not necessarily designed to withstand over-pressures from shock waves resulting from explosions in the process area. 

Wlien there are unwanted incidental releases of highly hazardous chemicals in the process area, the employer must inform employees of the actions/procedures to take. If the employer wants employees to evacuate the area, then the emergency action plan will be activated. Eor outdoor processes, where wind direction is important for selecting the safe route to a refuge area, the employers should place a wind direction indicator, such as a wind sock or pennant, at the highest point visible... 

An emergency action plan is established and implemented for the entire plant in accordance with the provisions of 29 CFR 1910.38(a) and may be subject to the hazardous waste and emergency response provisions contained in 29 CFR 1910.120 (a), (p) and (q). 

All employees, working with highly hazardous chemicals must understand the safety and health hazards (29CFR1910.1200 - the Hazard Communication Standard) by knowing the properties of the chemicals with which they work, safe operating procedures, work practices, and emergency action. 

The emergency action plan facilitates prompt evacuation of employees. Upon an alarm pcrsoimel evacuate to safe areas, cross or up wind if possible, assisting physically impaired people as necessary. Process buildings are not suitable refuges. 

The low-power-density, low enrichment reactor core uses soluble boron and burnable poisons for shutdown and fuel bumup reactivity control. Low worth grey rods provide load following. A heavy uranium flywheel extends the pump coastdown to allow for emergency action during loss-of-flow transients. 

Emergency Action If it appears that the public will be affected by a radioactive release, people may evacuate from the expected area, remain indoors, or use iodineblocking prophylaxis. 

Demography has a large effect. At Bhopal, the surrounding population was dense, considering the hazardousness of the operation, and impeded emergency action. 

An Emergency Action Plan should be established, assigning an emergency control center and appropriate personnel for emergency response. Drills should be carried out to assure all personnel are familiar with these plans. 

PROBLEM DEFINITION. This is achieved through plant visits and discussions with risk analysts. In the usual application of THERP, the scenarios of interest are defined by the hardware orientated risk analyst, who would specify critical tasks (such as performing emergency actions) in scenarios such as major fires or gas releases. Thus, the analysis is usually driven by the needs of the hardware assessment to consider specific human errors in predefined, potentially high-risk scenarios. This is in contrast to the qualitative error prediction methodology described in Section 5.5, where all interactions by the operator with critical systems are considered from the point of view of their risk potential. 

Will die emergency action contain die incident (e g., reduce a toxic cloud, contain a spill) ... 

International Chemical Safety Cards on the relevant chemical(s) are attached at the end of the CICAD, to provide the reader with concise information on the protection of human health and on emergency action. They are produced in a separate peer-reviewed procedure at IPCS. They may be complemented by information from IPCS Poison Information Monographs (PIM), similarly produced separately from the CICAD process. 

Preparedness for first-aid treatment of anaphylaxis in the community involves not only a prescription for epinephrine autoinjectors, but also an Anaphylaxis Emergency Action Plan, appropriate medical identification, and anaphylaxis education. 

Epinephrine autoinjectors should be prescribed in the context of a written Anaphylaxis Emergency Action Plan that is developed with the input of the person at risk for anaphylaxis, or the caregiver(s) of the child at risk [45]. The Plan should remind the person at risk about the common symptoms and signs of anaphylaxis, stress the importance of prompt epinephrine injection, and clearly state that Hj-antihistamines... 

Sicherer SH, Simons FER Quandaries in prescribing an emergency action plan and self-injectable epinephrine for first-aid management of anaphylaxis in the community J Allergy Chn Immunol 2005 115 575-583. 

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