Hazardous Waste - WAC 296-843-120 Health and Safety Plan (HASP)

Hazardous Waste Operations

Chapter 296-843, WAC

Effective Date: 05/01/04

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WAC 296-843-120

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Your responsibility:

To establish a written health and safety plan (HASP)

You must:

Develop and maintain a written site-specific health and safety plan (HASP)

WAC 296-843-12005

WAC 296-843-12005
Develop and maintain a written site-specific health and safety plan (HASP)

Reference

Reference:

If your overall program required under WAC 296-800-140, Accident Prevention Program (APP), meets requirements of this chapter, you don’t need to duplicate those portions of your APP in the site-specific health and safety plan (HASP).

You must

Develop a written HASP for each hazardous waste site, before beginning hazardous waste operations, that includes at least the following:

Hazard analysis:

– Identification and evaluation of on-site safety and health hazards

– A safety and health risk (hazard) analysis for each site task and operation that is identified in the comprehensive work plan.

Organization chart:

– An organizational structure that reflects current site operations, including the following:

Establish and identify the chain of command

Identify the site safety and health supervisor and other personnel responsible for employee safety and health

Specify the overall responsibilities of supervisors and employees

Include the name and title of the person with responsibility and authority to direct all hazardous waste operations

Include a site safety and health supervisor responsible for developing and implementing the HASP and verifying compliance

Identify the functions and responsibilities of all personnel needed for hazardous waste operations and emergency response

Identify site specific lines of authority, responsibility, and communication.

Comprehensive work plan:

– A written comprehensive work plan of tasks, objectives, logistics, and resources for site operations, including the following:

Addresses anticipated clean-up activities and normal operating procedures unless that information is already available in another document

Defines work tasks and objectives

Describes how the work tasks and objectives will be accomplished

Establishes the personnel requirements to implement the work plan

Provides for implementation of training, briefings, and information as required by WAC 296-843-200.

Site control plan:

– An up-to-date site control plan before clean-up operations begin to minimize employee exposure to hazardous substances and including the following (unless it's available in another document):

A site map

Establish site work zones

How the “buddy system” is used

The site communications plan, including how employees are alerted during emergencies

The site's standard operating procedures (SOPs) or safe work practices

Identification of the nearest medical assistance.

Personal protective equipment:

– A PPE plan that addresses all of the following:

Site hazards and activities

Methods to evaluate the effectiveness of the PPE plan

Criteria for selecting and fitting PPE, including work duration, use limitations of particular PPE, and medical considerations such as temperature extremes and heat stress

Training on PPE use

Procedures for putting on and taking off PPE

PPE inspection procedures prior to, during, and after use

Decontamination and disposal of PPE

Maintenance and storage of PPE

Additional elements:

– A sampling and monitoring plan (see WAC 296-843-130) that includes sampling of drums and containers

– Site control measures (see WAC 296-843-140)

– Decontamination procedures (see WAC 296-843-150)

– Spill containment plans (see WAC 296-843-180, Drum and container handling)

– Standard operating procedures for sampling, managing, and handling drums and containers (see WAC 296-843-180)

– Entry procedures for tanks or vaults (see chapter 296-809 WAC, Confined spaces).

– A training, briefings, and information plan (see WAC 296-843-200)

– A medical surveillance plan (see WAC 296-843-210), that includes site-specific medical surveillance requirements

– Sanitation (see WAC 296-155-140)

– Lighting (see WAC 296-800-210)

– Excavations (see chapter 296-155 WAC, Part N, Excavation, trenching and shoring)

– Any relationship or interaction between other programs and the site-specific program.

Note

Note:

The emergency response plan required by WAC 296-843-160, Emergency response for Hazardous Waste Sites, is also included as a separate section in the HASP.