Personal protective equipment responsibilities/procedures

Under this program, we identify permit-required spaces in our facihty and provide training for our employees according to their responsibilities in the permit space. These employees receive instructions for safe entry into our specific type of confined spaces, including testing and monitoring, appropriate personal protective equipment, rescue procedures, and attendant responsibilities. 

Emergency response On-site communications Emergency shutdown equipment and procedures Site evacuation Safe havens Personal protective equipment Medical treatment On-site emergency plans, procedures, training, aud drills... 

Use personal protective equipment Provide sufficient bottled air/SCBA Develop emergency response procedures Develop appropriate evacuation plans... 

Any procedures they may need to follow to respond to or otherwise protect themselves in response to an emergency such training should include the use of any personal protective equipment, special tools, or equipment required for these actions. 

All methods should be carried out only by competent persons and with adequate supervision when necessary. All obligations under The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (COSHH), should be observed, and risk-assessment documentation completed. Appropriate personal protective equipment should be provided and worn whenever recommended. Persons carrying out the procedures in this manual do so entirely at their own risk, and neither the author, publishers, or anyone mentioned in, or connected with this publication can be held in any way responsible for any accidents no matter how caused. 

CERS Computerized Emergency Response Series Advanced Systems Laboratories, Inc. 7137 West Main St. Uma, NY 14485 (716) 624-3276 Determines response procedures for incidents based on data from CMSDS and CHIMS. Includes firenghting information, personal protective equipment, emer ncy first aid procedures, spill and containment procedures, waste disposal procedures, and physical and health hazards. Requires 640K memory and hard disk. 

Chemical safety is inherently linked to other safety issues, including laboratory procedures, personal protective equipment, electrical safety, fire safety, and hazardous waste disposal. Specific chemical substances, uses, and possible health effects are discussed in different chapters of this book. The responsibility of workers as well... 

Knowledge, equipment, and procedures needed to work safely with hazardous chemicals in the lab. Detecting chemical releases in the work area, physical and health hazards, chemical forms, routes of entry, personal protective equipment and clothing, emergency response, label checking, MSDSs, and environmental and medical monitoring. 

Emergency recognition and prevention Safe distances Places of refuge Evacuation routes Site security and control Decontamination procedures Emergency medical treatment and first aid Emergency alerting and response procedures Personal protective equipment (PPE)... 

A typical petrochemical plant or a refinery has hundreds of chemical hazards. Lack of care in handling or storage of the chemicals can cause bodily harm that can vary in intensity from minor to severe or even death. However, due to effective standard operating procedures, engineering controls, and personal protective equipment these risks have been controlled relatively effectively. Training, procedures, engineering controls, and administrative procedures are collectively responsible for this success. 

Workers do have important responsibilities regarding health and safety. These include the responsibility to report all injuries and near misses no matter how many prizes and bonuses are offered for non-reporting. Workers have an obligation to question inadequate work permits, procedures and training and to demand that these are done properly. Workers have a responsibility to not be pressured to eut corners when management is in a hurry to get a job completed. They are responsible to demand that engineering controls are used whenever possible rather than PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), (pp. 18-19)... 

Know how to implement the employer s emergency response plan Possess the ability to function in an assigned role in the incident command system Know how to select and use proper specialized chemical personal protective equipment Understand hazard and risk assessment techniques Perform advance control, containment, and/or confinement operations Understand and implement decontamination Understand termination procedures... 

The Coast Guards of Canada and the United States, each with its own added requirements, regulate barge transport of chlorine (P79). There is not yet a Coast Guard-defined procedure for emergency response plans, but training is covered in 29 CFR 1910.120. This also covers procedures, clean-up activities, and the use of personal protective equipment. Protective equipment is also the subject of Cl Pamphlet 65 and 29 CFR 1910.132-134. 

B) Employee members of TSD facility emergency response organizations shall be trained to a level of competence in the recognition of health and safety hazards to protect themselves and other employees. This would include training in the methods used to minimize the risk from safety and health hazards in the safe use of control equipment in the selection and use of appropriate personal protective equipment in the safe operating procedures to be used at the incident scene in the techniques of coordination with other employees to minimize risks in the appropriate response to over exposure from health hazards or injury to themselves and other employees and in the recognition of subsequent symptoms which may result from over exposures. 

Safety, Health, and Environment courses for process technicians deal with items such as personal protective equipment, hazard communication, permit systems, fire extinguishers, hazardous materials and emergency response, following procedures, general safety rules, and equipment and operation hazards. Safety training is designed to keep employees safe and productive, protect the community and environment, and protect equipment and physical facilities. 

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