EPA work plan review, 133-135 and 21-23 buildings, August 2005

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Part III — Health & Safety Plan 133-135 Greenwich Street/21-23 Thames Street Airtek Project 05-0701— Rev 1, August 11, 2005

as adding organic vapor cartridges based on their respiratory protection programs and chemicals they may be using. The following practices will be conveyed to all employees and enforced by the Contractor and the CSO respect to respiratory equipment for this project:

1. Subcontractors whose personnel ee44e wear respiratory protection on-this je , shall have a written respiratory protection program that meets the requirements of the OSHA Standard (29 CFR 1910.134) and has been developed by a Competent Person as defined by OSHA.

2. Personnel who may need to wear respiratory protection shall be fit-testing, medically qualified and trained, as required by the Standard, to use respiratory protection. The Subcontractor shall identify personnel who may use respiratory protection and documentation of fit-testing, medical qualification and training shall be provided for each person who may need to wear respiratory protection on the job.

3. The Subcontractor shall review with the Contractor CSO the procedures for the handling, storage and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment to be used on-site, including the process for reporting and repairing or replacing defective equipment and the locations where respiratory equipment will be stored.

4. Subcontractors will provide employees with adequate respiratory protection as required by each task.

5. A respirator of lesser protection than is required for the task/activity may not be used.

6. Each employee will change his/her respirator filter at the end of each work shift. The Subcontractor will provide an adequate supply of approved filters for daily replacement for each employee's respirator.

7. Each Subcontractor will ensure the adequacy of respiratory protection for his employees based upon the verified results of personal air sampling.

8.. If at any time air sampling data indicates airborne exposures exceeding one-half the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit, all affected employees' respiratory protection will be upgraded.

2.6.1.1 Respirator Testing

Each individual who must wear a respirator will be required to be clean-shaven where the sealing areas of the respirator face piece contacts the face. Each respirator user will be respirator fit- tested in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134 at least annually. Upon donning the respiratory device or before entering any restricted work area, each respirator wearer will be required to perform a manual negative and positive-pressure test. Subcontractor employees who fail the negative/positive pressure test because they are not clean shaven will be required to leave site for the day or to shave on-site immediately preceding entry into the work area.

2.6.1.2 Respirator Inspection, Sanitization, and Maintenance

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