1. Chapter 14 HAZWOPER

2. Fall Protection
Fall protection is a standard designed to reduce or eliminate injuries from falls.
The standard requires fall protection to be used when a technician needs access, movement, or works at an elevation of 6 feet or higher.

3. Figure 14-2 HAZWOPER

4. Hoisting Equipment
Hoisting systems are used to safely raise, lower, and move loads that are too heavy to moved manually.
The most difficult aspect of the job is estimating the load.
Loads should be suspended no longer than necessary.

5. HAZWOPER is categorized as follows:
Emergency Response – first responder awareness level, first responder operation level, and hazardous materials technicians and specialist level
Hazardous Waste Operations – Incident command system, scene safety and control, spill control and containment, decontamination procedures, emergency termination, or all clear
Hazard Protection, Prevention and Control – terms and definitions, PPE levels, identifying hazardous materials and hazards initiating an emergency response, avoiding hazards, entry of hazardous materials into the human body, and use of field monitors and field survey instruments

6. The HAZWOPER standard defines five levels for emergency responders
First responder – awareness level
First responder – operations level
Hazardous materials technician level
Hazardous material specialist
On-scene incident commander

7. First Responder – Awareness Level
The first responder – awareness level is directed at individuals who witness or discover a hazardous chemical release and who have received emergency response training.

8. First Responder – Operations Level
When a hazardous chemical release occurs, the process technicians working on the unit specific to the release will attempt to respond.
It is virtually impossible to pull a highly trained emergency response team who would know the unit a fraction as well as the technicians.

9. Emergency Response
Emergency response is defined as a loss of containment of a chemical or the potential for loss of containment that results in an emergency response situation requiring an immediate response.
Emergency response procedures are applied to every individual working for a company.

10. Hazardous Waste Operations
Hazardous waste operations in the CPI involve the use of a complex incident command system. The ICS coordinates all emergency response activity.
Hazardous waste operations are classified into three categories:
Small hazards
Medium-sized hazards
Large hazards

11. Scene Safety and Control
Hot zone - the area around the incident where contamination has occurred.
Warm zone – used to decontaminate technicians leaving the hot zone.
Cold zone – a staging area where the incident command post is established.

12. Figure 14-3 Scene Safety and Control

13. Spill Control and Containment
Absorbents, adsorbents, curbing and diking, segregated sewers, earthen dams, and fire monitors are devices used to control chemical spills and releases.

14. Decontamination Procedures
In a decontamination procedure, anything that comes into contact with a hazardous chemical is neutralized in the warm zone.

15. Hazard Identification
During a chemical release the identification of the material is important, the following procedures must be completed quickly and from a safe distance:
Determine the location of the release.
Analyze the composition of the material.
Identify other characteristics.
Report and discuss with area technicians and supervisors.

16. Unit Monitors and Field Survey Instruments
Draeger pumps are portable vacuum-type devices used to collect a representative gas or vapor sample to check for a known contaminant.
Explosimeters are used to determine whether there are sufficient concentrations of a combustible gas mixture to produce a fire or explosion.

17. Bunker Gear Includes the following:
Gloves – special heat-resistant gloves
Boots – special heat-resistant material
Coats – special heat-resistant material
Helmet – special heat-resistant material with a face shield

18. Cutting, Welding, and Brazing
Produce toxic fumes, generate ultraviolet radiation and electricity, and can easily start a fire.