Emergency Response
Chapter 296-824, WAC
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Date: 10/01/02 |
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Your responsibility:
To provide appropriate personal protective
equipment (PPE) and make sure it's used properly
You must
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Use appropriate personal protective equipment
(PPE).
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Note:
- Only properly trained employees should
select PPE. Hazardous materials technicians and hazardous
materials specialists can select PPE within the competencies
specified in Table 4.
- Selection requirements in other PPE
rules also apply, including:
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You must
- Provide employees with appropriate PPE and
make sure it's used if hazards could be present.
- - Select PPE (such as respirators, gloves,
protective suits and other PPE) based on:
- An evaluation of the performance characteristics
(such as breakthrough time and hazardous substance-specificity
of the material or item) relevant to the requirements and
limitations of the site.
- Task-specific conditions and durations.
- The hazards and potential hazards of the
site (see Table 9, Selecting PPE for Specific Hazards).
- - Select totally encapsulating chemical
protective (TECP) suits, as specified in Table 9, that:
- Maintain positive air pressure.
- Prevent inward test gas leakage of more
than 0.5%.
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Note:
Follow the manufacturer's recommended
procedure for testing a TECP suit's ability to maintain
positive air pressure and prevent inward gas leakage. Other
established test protocols for these suits, for example
NFPA 1991 and ASTM F1052-97, may also be used. |
Table 9
Selecting PPE for Specific Hazards
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Then... |
- Inhalation hazards could be present
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- Positive-pressure (pressure-demand)
self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
or
- A decreased level of respiratory
protection only when the incident commander determines,
from air monitoring results, that employees will be
adequately protected
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| Chemical exposure levels will create
a substantial possibility of
- Immediate death
- Immediate serious illness or injury
- Reduced ability to escape
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Either positive-pressure
(pressure-demand):
- SCBA
- Air-line respirators equipped with
an escape air supply
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| Skin absorption of a hazardous
substance may result in a substantial possibility of:
- Immediate death
- Immediate serious illness or injury
- Reduced ability to escape
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Protection equivalent
to Level A including a totally encapsulating chemical
protective (TECP) suit |
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Control hazards created by personal protective
equipment (PPE)
You must
- Control hazards created by the use of PPE,
including:
- - Heat stress due to extremely high temperatures.
- - Any other employee health hazard and consideration.
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Use personal protective equipment (PPE) properly
You must
(1) Make sure employees inspect PPE before, during and
after use, following your plan's
procedures.
(2) Make sure employees put on (don) and remove (doff)
PPE following your plan's procedures.
(3) Make sure employees don't interchange self-contained
breathing apparatus (SCBA) air cylinders from different manufacturers,
unless all of the following apply:
- There is a life-saving emergency.
- You need a supplemental air supply.
- The cylinders are of the same capacity and
pressure rating.
(4) Make sure compressed air cylinders used with SCBAs
meet the testing and service life requirements of the United States
Department of Transportation (USDOT). Search at:http://www.dot.gov.
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Note:
You can also check with the cylinder
manufacturers to obtain USDOT test and service life specifications. |
(5) Make sure PPE is maintained in a safe and reliable
condition using your plan's procedures.
PPE maintenance includes:
- Decontamination
- Cleaning
- Inspection
- Identification of damage or defects
- Parts repair or replacement
- Storage or disposal
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