Suitable person

Where product is exposed at transitions or packing operations use containment devices such as gloveboxes provide airflow control (laminar flow booths) or as a last resort use the room as containment and provide suitable personal protective equipment for the operators... 

If for a eareinogen prevention of exposure is not reasonably praetieable by using an alternative substanee or proeess there is a requirement to apply all the measures listed in Table 5.21. If these measures do not provide adequate eontrol then suitable personal proteetive equipment as will adequately eontrol exposure must be provided. 

Requirements for every employer to provide equipment and facilities which are adequate and appropriate m the circumstances for administering first aid to employees. Adequate numbers of suitable persons are needed to administer first aid. 

Again when the measures in Table 5.22 do not prevent, or provide adequate control of exposure there is a requirement to provide suitable personal protective equipment to accomplish it. This includes respiratory protection, protective clothing generally, footwear and eye protection which, in the UK, complies with the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992. All routes of exposure, e.g. inhalation, ingestion, absorption through the skin or contact with the skin, must be considered. 

Preparing a scheme for preventing or minimizing the risk and applying precautions to control the risk. All persons involved in this aspect must be trained and competent. It may be necessary to engage consultants or other suitable persons. 

In all aspects of site investigations, health and safety considerations should take priority. Staff should be suitably trained and adequately supervised. Particular care should be taken with monitoring locations that pose particular difficulties for access or that are unsafe in any other way. Risk assessments should be prepared in advance and reviewed at regular intervals. Suitable personal protective equipment and emergency equipment and protocols should be available. 

Industry, Wiley, New York, 1987. t Legend M = proper maintenance procedures, W engineering design or modification, P = use of suitable personal protection. 

Suitable persons should be deputed to carry out the duties and functions of key personnel in their absence. 

In cases of accidents or incidents, it is likely that a situation of increased exposure wiU occur. If this happens, the employer has the duty to inform the workers about this event. As long as the situation has not been restored, the number of workers has to be limited to those necessary to do repair work. All other persons who are not needed have to leave the work area. For those who stay within the endangered zone, the employer has to provide suitable personal protective equipment (PPE), such as suits or respirators, which have to be worn by the workers. Because the use of PPE itself can cause special risks to health, it is not permitted to use it longer than absolutely necessary. Of course, unprotected workers are not allowed to enter the zone of risk. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) normally specifies protective requirements. However, they have not become involved with ordnance work therefore, some interpolation is necessary. For chemical shells that also contain an explosive filler, there is no suitable personal protective equipment (PPE). 

These Regulations require that every employer shall ensure that suitable personal protective equipment (PPE) is provided to his employees who may be exposed to the risk to their health and safety while at work. 

Conduct in-house inspections of the facility, conduct, or have conducted, inventories of the chemical holdings of the laboratoiy, and make sure that suitable personal protective equipment is available and employed as needed. 

Employers are under a duty to provide such numbers of suitable persons as is adequate and appropriate in the circumstances for rendering first aid to his employees if they are injured or become ill at work. For this purpose a person shall not be suitable unless he or she has undergone such training and has such qualifications as the Health and Safety Executive may approve. This is typical of the way in which the Health and Safety Regulations are written. The regulations and codes of practice do not specify numbers, but set out guidelines in respect of the number of first aiders needed, dependent upon the type of company, the hazards present and the number of people employed. 

There should be an adequate number of suitable persons (first aiders) -one per fifty employees for low-risk work, with the number of employees per suitable person reducing as the risks increase. 

Separation Separating hazardous operations from non-hazardous ones is another form of isolation. Workers who must enter the hazardous area must have suitable personal protective equipment. Those who work in the non-hazardous areas may not need personal protective equipment. 

Obviously there is (still) no major problem evolving from non-occupational temporary use of these substances, although several reports on sensitisation from an adhesive in an electrosurgical grounding plate were reported recently (Kanerva and Alanko 1999)- In occupational medicine, acrylates are important sen-sitisers to keep in mind. Sometimes it may be hard to find suitable personal protective equipment for sensitised people because most acrylates do penetrate gloves easily. 

A suitable person will have undergone such training and have such qualifications as the HSE may approve. The temporary or exceptional absence of this person can be covered by appointing someone else to take charge if any injury or illness emergency occurs. In deciding what facilities and type of first aid services to provide the employer must consider the number of employees, the nature of the undertaking, the size and location of the establishment and the distribution and location of employees in the course of their work. 

If demolition or refurbishment is to be undertaken, then hazards associated with structural collapse, fire, working at height, lifting and carrying and electricity must be considered together with health hazards from lead, asbestos, vermin and insects. As mentioned in Chapter 10, a structural survey before work commenced should reduce the risk of unintentional structural collapse. The issue of hot work permits, provision of fire-fighting equipment and suitable storage facilities for flammable substances should control the fire risk. Health risks can be controlled, for example, by the use of licensed contractors for the removal of asbestos, specialist contractors to eradicate vermin and the provision of suitable personal protective equipment. 

Immediate steps should be taken to find and stop chlorine leaks as soon as there is any indication of chlorine in the air. Chlorine leaks never get better they always get worse, unless promptly corrected. Authorized, trained personnel equipped with suitable personal respiratory protection should investigate whenever a chlorine leak occurs. All other persons should be kept away from the affected area until the cause of the leak has been found and remedied. 

In Chapter III, I recommended that you find a suitable person to be employed full-time for value analysis and the tuning of the supply chain. Such a person and others more will certainly be freed for this important task when you implement y our target company organization structure (Chapter III, 15). 

Handling, Storage, and Precautions reagent is stable to normal temperatures and pressures. Causes skin irritation and serious eye irritation. May cause respiratory irritation. Wear suitable personal protective equipment and use in a fume hood. 

Handling, Storage, and Precautions (iodoethynyl)trimethyl-silane is harmful if swallowed, inhaled, or absorbed through skin use only in a fume hood with suitable personal protective equipment. 

Ultimately, as is the case with all hierarchies of control the provision of suitable personal protective equipment may be considered. 

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