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13.12 GENERAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
Taking the time to clean up after a day’s work is among the quickest and best ways to
prevent harm to our teammates and increase jobsite productivity.
Overall, waste management is the responsibility of the TEAMWRKX Construction
Superintendent on-site, and all teammates on-site are required to clean up after
themselves. General waste that any teammate may dispose of themselves include, but is
not limited to: food, food packages/bags, soda cans, water bottles, spills of potable
liquids, discarded/forgotten clothing, tools, project wastes, damaged construction
materials, discarded/forgotten PPE, papers, dust, standing water, and a myriad of used
construction materials like screws and nails. By mitigating sources of general waste like
those mentioned above and more, we make our jobsites and the greater environment
more productive and safer. Furthermore, recycling and hazardous material bins are to be
marked and used on all jobsites to further benefit the environment (and TXC teammates
will be trained to segregate wastes into the proper bins/dumpsters for disposal). Any
environmentally hazardous materials will be stored until they can be safely removed by a
certified hazardous removal service. This service should take the waste in question to a
location where the waste can be stored and not harm the greater environment.
To prevent the necessity of cleaning days, it is our practice to have several trash/waste
bins around each site, along with recycling bins, and biohazard containers. All waste will
be disposed of in the correct containers, then removed from the site.
If any hazardous substances are observed, such as asbestos, then General Waste
Management procedures do not apply and the specific subcontractor necessary for the
work will be contacted. TXC cannot risk any harm to teammates and the surrounding
environment, which can be impacted by dangerous materials.
13.13 GROUND-FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER (GFCI)
TEAMWRKX Construction’s teammates do not perform electrical work, however we have
qualified/certified subcontractor teammates on-site who perform such work, and interact
with GFCI’s. As for all other safety policies, the Chief Safety Officer is in charge of ensuring
the application of this GFCI Policy, manages the GFCI Program, and is the designated
competent person regarding GFCI’s.
According to OSHA, the Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupter, or GFCI, is a fast-acting circuit
breaker designed to shut off electric power in the event of a ground-fault within as little
as 1/40 of a second. It works by comparing the amount of current going to and returning
from equipment along the circuit conductors; if the amount going differs from the
amount returning by roughly 5 milliamperes, the GFCI interrupts the current. This
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