Written programs: Hazardous health

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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. 

A written program should include critical elements such as management leadership and employee involvement, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, and safety and health training. Sub-elements of a basic safety and health program should also be part of the written program. 

This written safety and health program establishes procedures and responsibilities for the identification and correction of workplace hazards. The following activities will be used by this company to identify and control woikplace hazards ... 

Sampling Strategy The written program must address sampling protocols and methods implemented to accurately assess employees exposure to health hazards. Sampling should be conducted when ... 

General. ( ) Employers shall develop and implement a written safety and health program for their employees involved In hazardous waste operations. The program shall be designed to identify, evaluate, and control safety and health hazards, and provide for emergency response for hazardous waste operations. 

Companies need to make sure their safety and health management program addresses the hazards faced by workers on oil and gas sites. As mentioned above, the most effective programs are comprehensive written programs that are clearly communicated to all employees and rigorously enforced. 

All employees or their designated representatives can obtain further information on this written program, the hazard communication standard, applicable MSDSs, and chemical information lists at the safety and health office. 

Health Plan. A written plan describing how project specific safety and health issues such as complex tasks and potentially hazardous tasks will be addressed. The plan is based on the most current operational plans, company safety and health programs, hazard identification... 

Although federal regulations do not currently require employers to have a written safety and health program, the best way to satisfy OSHA requirements and reduce accidents is for employers to produce one. In addition, distributing a written safety and health program to employees can increase employee awareness of safety and health hazards while, at the same time, reducing the costs and risks associated with workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. 

Effective implementation requires a written program for job safety, health, and security, which is endorsed and advocated by the highest level of management. This program should outline the employer s goals and objectives. The written program should be suitable for the size, type, and complexity of the workplace and its operations and should permit these guidelines to be applied to the specific hazardous situation of each operation. 

These state consultants may do a safety and health walk-through of your jobsite, conduct an industrial evaluation, provide training, advise you on abatement actions that you can take, provide examples of written programs, and provide other helpful information. When you use this service, it will not result in your receiving any citations for the deficiencies that are found, unless you have a hazardous situation which could result in serious injury, illness, or death and you have refused to take corrective action to rid your worksite of these hazards. In this case the consultant would be obligated to contact federal OSHA in order to protect the workers from serious harm. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration s (OSHA s) r ulation for Occupational Exposures to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories, 29 CFR 1910.1450 (the standard), requires that each facUity engaged in the laboratory use of hazardous chemicals develop and implement a written program known as a Chemical Hygiene Plan, which sets forth procedures, equipment, personal protective equipment, and safe work practices that will ... 

A properly written HASP should contain worker health and safety program information, guidance, and alternatives. The HASP should quickly answer the following questions What hazards are present and How can we make sure that the tasks will be performed safely The following general guidelines will help to answer these questions ... 

The contractors SSAHPs at Sites I and K required that safety and health program inspections be conducted however, these requirements were not effectively implemented at either of these sites. Both Site K contractors required the HSO to conduct daily inspections, and both stated in their written plans that hazards would be immediately corrected. Neither contractor, however, had established hazard abatement procedures to ensure the prompt correction of hazards, and site records for both contractors indicated that hazard abatement activities were either not documented or not completed. For example, the subcontractor s daily safety log contained several notations of safety hazards, including an unstable concrete well and storage of diesel cans near the propane tank however, later log entries and site records did not track the abatement of these hazards. 

Complete and accurate written documentation of chemicals properties, process teclinology, and process equipment is essential to the PSM program and to a process hazards analysis (PrHA). This information serves many users including the PrHA team. The needed chemical information includes fire and explosion characteristics, reactivity hazards, safety and health hazards and the corrosion and erosion effects. Current material safety data sheet (MSDS ) information helps meet this requirement, but must be supplemented with process chemistry information regarding runaway reactions, and over-pressure hazards. 

According to Section 1910.134(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards in Title 29 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, an acceptable respiratory program must be instigated whenever respiratory health hazards are present in the work environment. The employer must develop formal written operational procedures covering every aspect of the program, including, for example, how contaminants are controlled, how contaminant concentration is measured, and how respirators are selected, used, cleaned, inspected, repaired, and stored. 

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