Written Programs

Employers must develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace a written, comprehensive, hazard communication program. The program must include the following provisions  

29 CFR 1910.38 requires companies to have an emergency action plan in writing covering the following elements  

A written fire prevention plan is also required and should contain the following elements  

Training is critical. Employees need awareness of the alarm systems and appropriate response to an alarm. Where the possibility exists for different types of disasters, employees need awareness of the different types of alarms. For example, a continuous bell may indicate an evacuation of the building, as with a fire. An intermittent bell may indicate employees should seek appropriate shelter in the building, as with a tornado. 

Employees should also be trained in how and when to use fire extinguishers. Employees are to use extinguishers only if they have been properly trained to do otherwise would be a violation of OSHA regulations. This is so that employees do not attempt to fight fires beyond their capabilities or the capabilities of the available equipment. If training is not mandated for employees, they have no alternative but to evacuate when a fire occurs. 

Can you find any reference to NFPA in the OSHA Standards Where How are you affected by the NFPA and ANSI standards How are they the same or different from laws  

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Preparing a written respiratory protection program, if no written program exists, and appending the new or existing program to the HASP... 

No matter what type of respirator is used, it is of the utmost importance that the revised respiratory standard is adhered to. The revised standard stresses training, documentation, written programs, medical surveillance, fit testing, and a variety of other subjects pertinent to respirators. Of particular interest to the authors is the new approach toward action levels, protection factors, and fit testing. Another important change is OSHAs latest approach on voluntary respirator use. With the new standard in effect, those workers previously considered to be voluntarily wearing respirators should be much better protected. 

The employer should establish and maintain a respiratory proteetion program when respirators are required to proteet the health of the employee. The program should be in writing and eontain all of the elements speeified in the standard. If the written program has all of the required elements but the employer has not taken one or more of the aetions required, he or she ean be eited for eaeh element that has not been met. 

A written respiratory protection program is required when necessary to protect the health of the employee from workplace contaminants or when the employer requires the use of respirators. A limited written program is also required when respirators (other than dust masks) are being voluntarily worn by employees. This latest document states It is the intent of the standard that the employer would not be required to incur any costs associated with voluntary use of filtering facepieces other... 

Compliance with the written program can be verified during the walkaround by personal observation and employee interviews. If respirators are required to be worn in the workplace or respirators other than dust masks are worn by voluntary users, a written program is required. An overexposure is not required to cite. Discrepancies between the written program and implemented work practices at the worksite should be cited. Use of a elastomeric or supplied-air respirator, even when voluntary on the part of the employee, will require the employer to include all elements in a written program that will make sure that there is proper use of these respirators so that they do not create a hazard. 

Use of objective data (the employer should document the use of objective data as part of their written program)... 

The employer is required to address in its written program the type of regular surveillance of the workplace necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the respirator program. Other items discussed in the standard include ... 

Contractors at Sites E, H, and J had documented confined space programs but had not fully implemented these programs. The Site H contractor had established a permit-required confined space entry program consistent with HAZWOPER requirements however, onsite procedures were not completely consistent with the written program or OSHA requirements. For example, the confined space permit form used at Site H was not the form included in the written program. The audit team also found evidence that employee training was insufficient for safe... 

Has the written program been ineorporated as part of the SAHP ... 

Is PPE selected in accordance with the written program contained in the SAHP [OSHA Reference. 120(b)(4)(ii)(C)]... 

Written program documentation is spotty and incomplete, and there is little coordination or correlation between program areas. 

Written programs are complete and satisfy the regulatory requirements. 

Managing chemical reactivity hazards is not a one-time project, review, or audit. It is also not a written program document to put on the shelf and ignore. Managing chemical reactivity hazards is an ongoing effort to protect employees, contractors, customers, the public, environment, and property against the potential consequences of chemical reactivity incidents. 

Lacking a formal written program to validate an API validation process. 

The calibration of instruments, apparatus, gauges, and recording devices at suitable intervals in accordance with an established written program containing specific directions, schedules, limits for accuracy and precision, and provisions for remedial action in the event accuracy and/or precision limits are not met. Instruments, apparatus, gauges, and recording devices not meeting established specifications shall not be used. 

The cGMP requirements dictate that the calibration of instruments should be performed at suitable intervals in accordance with an established written program. Instruments not meeting established specifications must not be used. Each instrument should have a calibration sticker with information related to the status of the system, when the calibration was performed, who did the calibration, and the next calibration date. A systematic program is required to maintain the instruments in a state of calibration. The following points should be considered when setting up an instrument calibration and maintenance program. 

Be monitored according to a written program and scheduled for compliance with the requirements. 

There must be a written program detailing the maintenance of the computer system... 

Replacement of gate valves with ball valves (within the plant valve specifications or within regular usage for that service). (Depending on the level of maturity of your organization, and your written program, this valve substitution and the two examples that follow could require an MOC for this type of situation.)... 

That was part of the dream to which I woke the morning I was to write this welcome to readers. I connected the dream with the way my friend David Gingell came to learn about van der Waals forces 30 years ago. He began immediately by computing with previously written programs, then improved these programs to ask better questions, and finally worked back to foundations otherwise inaccessible to a zoologist. 

BASIC, or Beginners Algebraic Symbolic Instruction Code, was developed by Kemeny63 as a "baby FORTRAN" for simple computers (e.g., minicomputers). BASIC does not wait for the whole user-written program to be finished, but compiled each typed line as soon as typed. It was ideally suited for a simple learning environment. Microsoft VISUAL BASIC is a GUI-interfaced version. Microsoft QUICK BASIC 4.5 is much better than FORTRAN embodiments in accessing instruments for real-time data acquisition and control. 

No program covering the health and safety job requirements No written program... 

No written program to identify and evaluate hazardous practices and/or conditions... 

A written program developed and implemented by an employer designating proceedures, equipment, personal protective equipment, and work practices that are capable of protecting employees from the health hazards presented by hazardous chemicals usid in that particular workplace. 

Does a written programming standards guide or coding standards manual exist to define standards for programming ... 

Failure to assure [computer] equipment is routinely calibrated, inspected or checked according to a written program design to assure proper performance. [FDA Warning Letter, 2000]... 

Failure to exercise appropriate controls over and to routinely calibrate, impact, or check automatic, mechanical, or electronic equipment used in the manufacturing, processing, and packaging of a drug product according to the written program designed to ensure proper performance (21 CFR Part 211.68) in that the Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), or Performance Qualification (PQ) for the XXXXX was not performed. ... 

Tooikit. A collection of computer routines that each perform one or a small number of information management tasks. The routines are provided as a library and they can be incorporated into custom user-written application programs to carry out tasks that ordinary application programs may not perform. The interface between the toolkit routines and the user-written program is referred to as the Application Programming Interface, or API. 

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