Injury Illness Prevention Plan - Flipbook - Page 127
Health and Safety Program Manual
Teamwrkx
Construction, Inc.
Hazardous Waste Operations
HAZWOPER
Issue Date: 10/16/23
Revision Date: 10/16/23
Reference: A-8
Engineering controls and work practices shall be instituted to reduce and maintain worker exposure to or below
the permissible exposure limits for substances regulated by 29 CFR Part 1910, to the extent required by Subpart
Z, except to the extent that such controls and practices are not feasible.
Engineering controls which may be feasible include the use of pressurized cabs or control booths on equipment,
and/or the use of remotely operated material handling equipment. Work practices which may be feasible are
removing all non-essential workers from potential exposure during opening of drums, wetting down dusty
operations and locating workers upwind of possible hazards.
Whenever engineering controls and work practices are not feasible, or not required, any reasonable
combination of engineering controls, work practices and PPE shall be used to reduce and maintain to or below
the permissible exposure limits or dose limits for substances regulated by 29 CFR Part 1910, Subpart Z.
The Company shall not implement a schedule of worker rotation as a means of compliance with permissible
exposure limits or dose limits except when there are no other feasible ways of complying with the airborne or
dermal dose limits for ionizing radiation.
Monitoring Requirements and Procedures
Monitoring shall be performed where there may be a question of worker exposure to hazardous concentrations
of hazardous substances in order to assure proper selection of engineering controls, work practices and personal
protective equipment so that workers are not exposed to levels which exceed permissible exposure limits, or
published exposure levels if there are no permissible exposure limits, for hazardous substances.
Air monitoring shall be used to identify and quantify airborne levels of hazardous substances and safety and
health hazards to determine the appropriate level of worker protection needed on site.
Upon initial entry, representative air monitoring shall be conducted to identify any IDLH condition, exposure
over permissible exposure limits or published exposure levels, exposure over a radioactive material's dose limits
or other dangerous condition such as the presence of flammable atmospheres, oxygen-deficient environments.
Periodic monitoring shall be conducted when the possibility of an IDLH condition or flammable atmosphere has
developed or when there is indication that exposures may have risen over permissible exposure limits or
published exposure levels since prior monitoring. Situations where it shall be considered whether the possibility
that exposures have risen are as follows:
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When work begins on a different portion of the site.
When contaminants other than those previously identified are being handled.
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