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

All respirators will be cleaned, sanitized, inspected, assembled, and maintained ready for use on a daily basis. Each respirator will be stored in a clean and sanitary container. Prior to use, the wearer will inspect the respirator, including the valves, valve covers, nosepiece, straps, eyepiece (for full-face respirators), face piece and its snaps, cylinders, and canisters to insure that the respirator can be worn. The Subcontractor will provide initial training concerning the use of respirator equipment, but each employee will be responsible for cleaning, inspecting, maintaining, sanitizing, and storage of his/her respirator equipment.

If a respirator becomes chemically contaminated or malfunctions, the respirator will be replaced by the employer with a clean and sanitized respirator, and the contaminated/defective respirator shall be decontaminated and repaired before reuse, or tagged "out of service" and disposed of. The respirator wearer shall inspect the replacement respirator for defective parts and leaks and will be fit tested if the replacement respirator is of a different make, model or size than the original.

2.6.2 Medical Response Equipment

The following medical response equipment shall be available on-site for the duration of the site activities. The locations of these equipment stations shall be determined at the site and incorporated into this HASP upon initiation of each task. The Contractor CSO shall maintain responsibility for the incorporation of this information into this HASP.

- Eyewash Stations: The location of emergency eyewash stations shall be determined. Each station shall provide a continuous spray of a rate of 0.4 gallons per minute for at least 15 minutes. This station shall be inspected daily to ensure proper operation.

- First Aid Kits: The locations of fixed and/or portable kits shall be determined. As a general guideline, each Subcontractor shall provide, at minimum, one first aid kit for every 20 employees and shall station it within the work area (for Level D operations) or directly outside the decontamination area (contaminant reduction zone) (for Level C or Level B operations).

The locations of eyewashes and first aid kits and the procedures for using and reporting an incident shall be presented during the initial on-site training. The Contractor CSO shall make all personnel aware of the locations and use of this equipment prior to engaging in site work activities.

2.7 PERSONAL AIR MONITORING

Each Subcontractor and trade employer shall perform personnel air sampling for the following contaminants during Phase I of the project: particulates as TSP, metals as TSP, asbestos, PAHs, D/Fs, PCBs, mercury, lead and silica. Additionally, daily personnel sampling for lead, cadmium, chromium and mercury shall be performed during all cutting and torching operations as required by 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(iv) and the Cadmium in construction standard [29 CFR 1926.112]. The results of personnel monitoring will be reviewed on a daily basis by the Subcontractor Safety Officer to determine if current levels of respiratory protection are adequate. The subcontractor

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