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OSHA Worker Safety Audit and Training
During completion of Phase I and Phase II site contamination
assessments, a historical fuel oil leakage problem was
identified. HRP supervised the delineation and removal of
contaminated soil. Working under a consent agreement with the
DEP, HRP designed and supervised construction of an underground
concrete vault containing a ground water treatment system to
treat contaminated groundwater from the former research
facility.
The vault is located completely below ground to aesthetically
conform with two new multi-million dollar office buildings which
have been constructed on the site. The 30'x 40' concrete vault
has a pre-cast concrete roof and grated openings to allow for
the operation of horizontal air strippers and an air compressor.
The air compressor is used to operate three deep bedrock
recovery wells by an ejection method to avoid the explosion
hazard and oil/water turbulence associated with submerged
centrifugal pumps. An oil/water separator was installed ahead of
the air strippers to handle free product. Carbon filters are
located remotely from the vault which perform final polishing of
the effluent prior to final discharge. A control panel with
remote alarms is used to monitor the system operation.
Semi-annual groundwater monitoring is performed to evaluate the
recovery of groundwater contamination. Future work will involve
the use of innovative technologies to maximize the recovery and
treatment of groundwater contamination.
Hearing Conservation Program and
Training
Under this project, HRP utilized five noise monitors to
determine the eight-hour time weighted average (TWA) sound level
of employee noise exposure at an airport. HRP engineers visited
the facility on two separate occasions to conduct the noise
monitoring. The purpose of the survey was to establish a noise
baseline (as an eight-hour TWA) throughout the facility, as
required under OSHA's Occupational Noise Exposure Standard
(1910.95).
Since the employee noise levels at the airport exceeded the
eight-hour TWA action level of 85 decibels, HRP prepared a
written Hearing Conservation Program for the facility. The
program included: a monitoring program, procedures for
administering the audiometric (hearing) testing program, a
description of the available hearing protection offered for
employee use, and an outline of the required recordkeeping. At
the completion of the program, HRP conducted a one-hour training
session which alerted employees to the hazards of over exposure
to noise, the purpose and procedures of audiometric testing, and
care and use of hearing protectors.
Crisis Management and Emergency Plan
HRP Associates, Inc. was retained to establish a corporate-wide
Crisis Management Plan to maintain and direct proper standard
operating procedures of assistance and response for confidential
manufacturing operations. Procedures included all situations
which actually or potentially could pose a threat to the health
or safety of either employees or the public, the environment,
and corporate interests.
Areas developed in the plan included crisis management
procedures for fire, power failure, gas up, extortion, hostages,
kidnapping, inclement weather, fatality or multiple injuries,
spills/releases of chemicals, labor unrest, product boycott,
product recall, harassing phone calls, allegations,
demonstrations, downsizing or change in manufacturing, data
destruction/computer manipulation, adverse news coverage, and
facility/community evacuation. Flow charts for responsibility
recognition were prepared. Specific details and standard
operating procedures were also presented for contacting
authorities and associated recordkeeping.
Hazard Communication Plan Update and
Training Program Development
HRP Associates, Inc. was responsible for updating a company's
Hazard Communication Plan (HCP), preparing a training program
for employees and providing training to their Safety Committee.
The HCP was updated to include the following elements:
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Hazardous
chemical lists for each department;
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Storage
locations for Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS);
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Procedures for
maintaining lists of hazardous chemicals and maintaining
MSDS, including who will be responsible for these tasks;
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Labeling and
warning systems used and who will be responsible for
labeling secondary containers;
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Training
requirements for non-routine tasks;
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Procedures for
informing contractors of the hazardous chemicals used
on-site and for obtaining information on hazardous chemicals
the contractor will bring on-site;
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Engineer and
facility controls located at the facility to minimize
exposure to hazardous chemicals;
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Personal
protective equipment maintained at the facility and their
capabilities; and
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Summary of
appropriate practices.
Based on the
information obtained when updating the HCP, HRP prepared a
PowerPoint training program. This training program included the
items listed above, plus detailed information on how-to-read an
MSDS, examples of the labels used at the facility to warn
employees of the chemical’s physical and health hazards, map
showing where the MSDS are stored, and examples of the hazardous
chemical lists.
Following the completion of this training program, HRP conducted
a 2-hour training seminar for Safety Committee members. The
Safety Committee members were responsible for training the
remaining facility employees.
For more
information, please contact
Jeffrey Sotek,
P.E., C.S.P., Richard McFee,
P.E. or Tad
Goetcheus, P.E. at 1-800-246-9021
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