Health and safety review

Are there other environmental or health and safety reviews or approvals (for example, need for public hearings, notification, registrations) which need to be obtained If yes, how long will it take to secure these approvals If yes, explain. 

B. Process health and safety review preconstruction written occupational health assessment of each worksite or process or situation, prepared prior to final design... 

The president of Texaco stated in the Environment, Health, and Safety Review for 1992, The drive to lead is an intrinsic part of the Texaco way of life, and our work in the areas of environment, health and safety is no exception. In the corresponding report for 1996, the new chair man of the board said, Excellence in environmental, health and safety performance must be an integral part of all our business operations. ... 

Editorial. (2001). Prestart Health and Safety Review Guideline. Accident Prevention (Canada), July/August p. 5. 

Considerable emphasis must be placed on the systems for measuring performance against previously agreed standards. A number of formal systems of health and safety monitoring - safety audits, inspections, health and safety reviews - must be operated, with the appointed competent persons using such systems to assess performance on a continuing basis. 

In reviewing the fiiU range of health and safety issues associated with all alternative fuels, the California Advisory Board determined that there were no roadblocks that would prevent the near term deployment of either methanol or ethanol, assuming that adequate safety practices were foUowed appropriate to the specific nature of each fuel (14). 

California Energy Commission, Methanol as a MotorEuel Review of the Issues Related to Air Quality, Demand, Supply, Cost, Consumer Acceptance and Health and Safety, Pub. P500-89-002, Sacramento, Calif., April 1989. 

Health and Safety. The dermal toxicology of alkaline solutions of thioglycolic acid has been reviewed extensively (63—65). The reagent has been found harmless to normal skin when used under conditions adopted for cold waving. Some irritation is observed on abraded skin but this appears to be associated with the alkaline component of the waving solution (65). Hand protection is recommended for the professional hairdressers who routinely handle these products. 

Health and Safety Aspects. The U.S. EPA has significantly reduced the aHowed levels of antimony compounds in drinking water causing a toxicity cloud over the viabHity of this class of stabilizers. Presently, antimony products are no longer aHowed for use as potable water pipe stabilizers pending completion of NSE International s review (28). Eor these reasons, the future of this stabilizer technology appears limited. 

Oeeupational exposure limits for airborne eontaminants are reviewed annually in the UK by the Health and Safety Exeeutive. They are published as Guidanee Note EH 40/-. The two types of exposure limit are ... 

The motivation for ensuring good indoor air quality should be obvious. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 emphasizes the need for standards to protect the health and safety of workers. To fulfill this need, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has developed a strategy for disseminating information that assists employers to protect their workers from workplace hazards. This strategy includes the development of Special NIOSH Hazard Reviews, which support and complement the major standards development and hazard documentation activities of the Institute. These documents deal with... 

Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) on compact disc from the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (can buy at CCOHS web site). "The HSDB(R) (Hazardous Substances Data Bank(R)) database contains data profiles on 4,500 potentially toxic chemical substances. It is created and updated by specialists at the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Compiled from an extensive range of authoritative sources, HSDB is widely recognized as a reliable and practical source of health and safety information. Much of the data is peer reviewed. 

The HASP, on the other hand, foeuses on the site-speeifie aetivities and outlines the appropriate elements of the site s existing health and safety program to the related task. The existing programs are reviewed to identify those elements meeting the needs of the planned site aetivity. Program elements and proeedures are supplemented with worksite-speeifie detail and tailored to meet speeial or unique aspeets of the hazardous waste aetivity on an as-needed basis [1]. 

Both emergeney and aeute, nonemergeney medieal treatment should be available at the worksite. The plan should be integrated with the overall site plan and the surrounding eommunity emergeney and disaster plan. In addition, input from and review by the oeeupational medieine physi-eian and health and safety personnel is invaluable for developing the medieal and emergeney preparedness portions of the plan. 

Site conditions and work activities change constantly. Change, and what effects change have on health and safety, should be included in every health and safety plan. If not, the plan needs to be amended to reflect current site conditions. Individuals names for key on-site positions should be listed in each safety plan. If the personnel change, the plan should be amended. But prior to the amendment, a review of the replacement persons training and qualifications should take place to ensure that qualified persons are chosen. 

Establish the criteria for training the contractor/subcontractor. Review the completed contractor/subcontractor prequalification forms and provide an evaluation of the contractor/subcontractor s ability to meet the host organization s health and safety policies and procedures. Contractors/subcontractors must demonstrate their ability to meet established criteria, to the satisfaction of the health and safety professional, in order to be considered for prequalification. 

Subcontractor may be used in support zone or nonhazardous site activities. Eor limited activities at a hazardous waste site, the scope of work must be reviewed with the health and safety professional before work is started (examples landscape service, electricians, software development, training, etc.). The subcontractor must meet the following minimum requirements ... 

Initially PSAs were used, primarily, to evaluate risk imposed on the public or workers. This includes the use of PSA in licensing and/or review procedures to assure protection of public health and safety. Examples by user are ... 

More recently, in the middle 1990s, the UK s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also reviewed the push-pull system. Hollis and Fletcher offer a comprehensive literature review on push-pull ventilation and note that the main conclusions of previous work on push-pull ventilation of tanks are that the control is primarily supplied by the inlet jet, forming a wall jet along the surface of the tank, and that the main purpose of the exhaust hood is to remove the air and contaminant contained within the push jet. 

E. J. Hollis and B. Fletcher. A Literature Review of Push-Pull Ventilation. Report IRO, A7E/94/5. Sheffield, UK Health and Safety F.xecutives, 1994. 

Company X s Corporate Safety Director, who has acted as a consultant to the Task Force, will continue as an advisor during the pilot test. As the company s PSM champion, he will be actively involved in the monitoring, reviewing, and recommendations phases. The Safety Director reports to Company X s General Manager—Environmental, Health, and Safety. 

The remaining Sections e.xainine tluce important topics as tliey relate to the subject title of tliis book. Section 2.7 reviews the details of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency s (USEPA s) Risk Management Program while Section 2.8 provides information on the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). The chapter continues with a short Section (2.9) on potential environmental violations and then concludes with a Section (2.10) on tlic Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. 

Reference should be made to Threshold Limit Values, Guidance Note EHl7/78, issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), or Industrial Ventilation (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists). In all cases, proposals should be reviewed by and submitted to the relevant local authority agencies. 

APHs will be reviewed annually to ensure compliance with current plant and equipment, procedures and changes in health and safety recommendations. 

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