hazardous waste compliance [electronic resource] 2000 and beyond

Hazardous Waste Compliance [...]... Corps of Engineer sites Therefore, 1 2 Hazardous Waste Compliance the DOE has adopted OSHA’s Health and Safety Standards Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.120 and 29 CFR 1926.65 and developed its own version which can be found in the DOE document O 440.1, Worker Protection Management for DOE Federal and Contractor Employees In addition,... Encourage a high standard for health and safety in concert with optimum productivity, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency • Share lessons learned and help provide approaches that have been implemented on hazardous waste and other sites Anytime hazardous materials are encountered, the potential for a mishap to occur increases Should the hazardous materials be considered waste products, compliance issues... particular, we will refer to Occupational Safety and Health Guidance Manual for Hazardous Waste Sites Activities, and the U.S Introduction Department of Energy Office of Environment Safety and Health Office of Environmental Management, Handbook for Occupational Health and Safety During Hazardous Waste Activities The text from the public domain documents has been condensed and has been coupled with reallife examples...Chapter 1 Introduction Workers involved in hazardous waste cleanup, handling hazardous materials or other hazardous substances, face a more serious safety and health risk than do most construction or manufacturing operations In addition to the typical slips, trips, and falls found in other construction or manufacturing operations, employees handling hazardous waste or chemicals may encounter a variety... Engineers, private industry, and personal experience After reading this book the reader should have a better understanding of how to interpret the hazardous waste requirements to make sure compliance is maintained at a high level for each sitespecific activity Over and above compliance, the authors encourage the development of health and safety programs to help build a sound and workable safety culture... map and site preparation Site work zones Stay times Buddy system Security, barriers, and posting Communications Safe work plans and permits Limits scope and application of health and safety standards Reduces specialized training requirements Eliminates PPE use Expedites work by reducing delays from decreased worker efficiency Standardizes and optimizes work procedures May impose additional health and. .. recognized, uncontrolled cleanup site? To A RCRA TSD facility with operations that involve hazardous wastes or substances? An emergency response operation involving the release (or substantial threat of release) of hazardous wastes or substances? Hazardous wastes or substances? Safety and health hazards resulting from hazardous waste operations? No No Operation not under scope of HAZWOPER FIGURE 2-1 Determining... the requirements, take the safe rather than sorry stance REFERENCES 1 Handbook for Occupational Health and Safety During Hazardous Waste Activities Office of Environmental, Safety and Health Office of Environmental Management, 1996, pp 2-1, 2-3–2-9, 5-5 25 26 Hazardous Waste Compliance 2 Hazards Ahead: Managing Cleanup Worker Health and Safety at the Nuclear Weapons Complex U.S Congress Office of Technology... Protection During DOE Hazardous Waste Activities U.S Department of Energy, June 1996, p 4 3 Webster’s II New Riverside University Dictionary Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988 4 Handbook for Occupational Health and Safety During Hazardous Waste Activities Office of Environmental, Safety and Health Office of Environmental Management, 1996, pp ES-3, ES-4, 1-1, 1-5, 1-6, 2-3, 2-7, 3-1 11 Chapter 2 Compliance Issues... pose a reasonable possibility for exposure? or • Does the activity inherently expose workers to hazardous substances, or to health and safety hazards from a hazardous waste operation? HAZWOPER applies only where exposure to hazardous substances or to health and safety hazards resulting from a hazardous waste operation is likely (see Figure 2-1) This can be determined by analysis of exposure monitoring . Occupational Safety and Health Guidance Manual for Hazardous Waste Sites Activities, and the U.S. 2 Hazardous Waste Compliance Department of Energy Office of Environment Safety and Health Office of. adopted OSHA’s Health and Safety Standards Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.120 and 29 CFR 1926.65 and developed its own. Hazardous Waste Compliance