HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN

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HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN

• Importance
• 29 CFR 1910.120b (OSHA)
• Purpose to define requirements and to designate
  protocols for field work
• To be read/understood by ALL
• Working personnel
• Subcontractors
• Visitors
• ALL MUST BE INFORMED OF POTENTIAL FIRE,
  EXPLOSION, HEALTH OR SAFETY
• HAZARDS
• Reviewed and approved by project manager
• Signed compliance form by ALL

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• Major Sections
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. CONTACT INFORMATION
• As tech lead, safety officer, project manager,
  lab personnel (name, phone, hours available)
• 3. ENFORCEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
• As manager, supervisor, site health and safety
  officer
• 4. SITE BACKGROUND
• General information, e.g., location, topography,
  other building and grounds information
• 5. VISITORS
• Policies, restrictions

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• 6. SPECIFIC HAZARD EVALUATION
• Hazards identified, e.g., radiation, chemical
  (VOCs, SVOCs), physical (buildings, equipment),
  leachate-prevention steps needed, hazardous waste
  (collection / disposal protocol, record-keeping),
  climate issues
• 7. TRAINING
• --As required by 29 CFR
• 8. EXPOSURE PATHWAYS
• --Inhalation
• e.g., Monitored with PID
• e.g., Level D protection upgraded to level C when
  PID alert is given
• --Dermal
• Likelihood
• PPE to minimize possibilities
• --Ingestion
• Safe work practices (just in case!)

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• 9. HEALTH EFFECTS
• --Specific effects of known or likely contaminant
• --What to do if
• --Seek medical attention
• 10. PHYSICAL HAZARDS
• --Possible accident
• --Improper lifting
• --Moving/rotating equipment
• --Improperly maintained equipment
• --e.g., Safe Work Practices
• As FIRE (prevention steps)
• As MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, NOISE
• As UNSTABLE/UNEVEN TERRAIN
• As INCLEMENT WEATHER
• As HEAT STRESS
• As INSECT/ANIMAL STINGS / BITES

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• 11. PERSONAL PROTECTION
• --Level(s) required, when, where
• --Equipment and clothing special needs
• --Medical support (location of hospital / clinic,
  phone access, fire department, etc.)
• --Environmental surveillance (via Environmental
  Protection Officer, addressing responsibility for
  THIS SITE)
• 12. SITE CONTROL
• --Zones (restricted, unrestricted)
• --Safe Work Practices
• --As eating, drinking, smoking
• --As using wash facilities before eating,
  personal hygiene, etc.
• --Special PPE requirements
• --Complaints from personnel

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• 13. DECONTAMINATION
• --Personnel
• --Equipment
• 14. EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY (RESPONSE) PLANNING

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• EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY (RESPONSE) PLANNING
• Pre-emergency planning (Why?)
• PERSONNEL ROLES, LINES OF AUTHORITY,
  COMMUNICATION, AND REQUIRED TRAINING
• EMERGENCY RECOGNITION AND PREVENTION
• COMMUNICATIONS
• SITE MAPPING
• SAFE DISTANCES AND REFUGES
• EVACUATION ROUTES AND PROCEDURES
• DECONTAMINATION OF PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT
• MEDICAL TREATMENT AND FIRST AID