Worker protection

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Health and safety concerns in the stmctural composite lumber industry are similar to those in the other composite industries. Special care is required in worker awareness, worker protection equipment, dust and vapor control, and general housekeeping. 

Provisions must be made to ensure worker protection for a process located in a containment building. For example, the atmosphere in the containment structure should be monitored for hazardous vapors, operations should be remotely controlled from outside the containment structures, access should be restricted, and proper personal protective equipment should be used when entry into the containment structure becomes necessary. 

Management Perspectives on Worker Protection During DOE Hazardous Waste Activities. U.S. Department of Energy, June 1996, p. 4. 

Non-RCRA-permitted TSDs and waste treatment activities not covered by RCRA (e.g., wastewater treatment facilities permitted under the Clean Water Act) are not covered by HAZWOPER, except for emergency response and some limited waste management operations. Specific HAZWOPER elements are assimilated into the existing health and safety program based on hazard analyses. Worker protection requirements are met through existing health and safety plans [1]. 

Health and safety issues and worker protection should be integrated into project specifications, bid packages, contracts, and other appro-... 

Respirators are an important part of worker protection. We discussed a variety of pitfalls and disadvantages earlier in this chapter, for the disadvantages are similar to those found in level A and level B protection. Selling respiratory protection is very important. This selling of the program comes through communication, training, and experience. Experienced respirator users know that they work. This faith by workers can... 

A local controlled zone is an area where the air is controlled locally the control requirements may be for worker protection and comfort, for process control, or for production protection. 

LVHV nozzles can create problems that may be sufficiently severe as to prevent their use, usually in the form of ergonomic encumbrances and excessive noise. These problems can be dealt with, to limited extents, and LVHV applications can be effective. It must also be understood that dust control by 1..VHV systems is ultimately limited. No ventilation control measure can ensure sufficient worker protection down to extraordinatily low acceptable dust levels. Worker protection must always be confirmed by industrial hygiene monitoring and evaluation, and administrative control measures such as respiratory protection may be necessary. 

Certainly, some workplace operations involving highly toxic and/or valuable materials can be controlled more effectively by LVHV ventilation than by conventional local exhaust ventilation. These situations represent opportunities to improve worker protection, recover valuable materials, and to reduce replacement air requirements. Designers of local exhaust ventilation systems should be mindful of such opportunities and take advantage of LVHV control methods. 

Class I BSCs are, from the functional view, similar to a fume cupboard (Section 10.2.3). Class II cabinets are used for product and worker protection. Class III cabinets are used for work with very dangerous microbiological or radioactive agents and provide maximum protection to the environment and the worker. The class and type of BSC used is dependent on the demands for worker and product protection. 

Experimental variance Permission granted by OSHA for the use of an alternative method of worker protection during an approved experiment to demonstrate or validate new safety and health techniques. The variance terminates upon study com pletion unless another type of variance is issued by OSHA. 

The mission of the OSHA is to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of employees in the workplace.25 OSHA accomplishes these goals through several regulatory requirements including the hazard communication standard (HCS) and the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Worker Protection Standard (HAZWOPER). 

Hazardous waste operations and emergency response worker protection standard... 

In general, plant-protection products are biocidal active substances and are therefore by nature toxic to target organisms. At least some of them are also toxic to humans therefore, the safe use of plant-protection products presupposes, among other things, an evaluation of worker exposure during re-entry, an adequate risk assessment on the basis of the various practical scenarios in agriculture and horticulture, and, if necessary, specific instructions for worker protection on the product label. 

Popendorf, W.J. and Leffingwell, T. (1982) Regulating organophosphate residues for worker protection, Residue Rev., 82 125-201. 

Containment buildings are sometimes used to moderate the impact of a spill of an especially toxic material. When containment is used, special precautions are included to ensure worker protection, such as remote controls, continuous monitoring, and restricted access. 

The second difference pertains to the derivation of Dj to protect workers. Historically, it has been assumed that workers are normally healthier than the general population, and show less variability in response to chemical exposure. Worker protection standards are thus routinely less restrictive than those covering the general population. Elncertainty factors used to derive worker protective limits are normally smaller than those used for the general population. 

Some companies are already using substitution as a means of eliminating hazardous chemicals from their businesses, (see Annex I) A variety of reasons exist for why some companies are searching for safer substitutes and these include regulatory drivers (such as the recent Directive on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances), increased public awareness, demands from downstream users or clients, worker protection, liability issues, competitive advantage and company ethics. However, there are also barriers and the development and adoption of safer substitutes is happening only slowly, in a piecemeal fashion and in some sectors not at all. 

It has been suggested by producers of brominated flame retardants that the health risks related to the extrusion of plastics containing PBB and PBDE could be avoided by strengthened worker protection measures In the recycling installations. As an example It was recommended that workers carry protection masks. Clearly, the substitution of the concerned substances would provide the best protection of the concerned workers." European Parliament and Council, 2002. 

Worker protection medical and respiratory protection programs, as applicable. 

The OSHA standards generally cover private sector workers and public sector employees in states that have an OSHA state plan. Public sector employees, or certain school employees, who are not already subject to a state OSHA plan are covered by the USEPA Worker Protection Rule (Federal Register February 25, 1987 40 CFR 763, Subpart G, Abatement Projects Worker Protection, Final Rule). 

The OSHA standards and the USEPA Worker Protection Rule require employers to address a number of items, which are triggered by exposure of employees to asbestos fibers. Exposure is discussed in terms of fibers per cubic centimeter (cc) of air. A cc is a volume approximately equivalent to that of a sugar cube. 

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