Asbestos air sampling results, Sep 26 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document 1

EmUcott Associates, Inc. Prellniiflary Report- K&S Evjilualloft i NYPD - Fresh Kills Landflli Paged

8. The FBI has an Incident Safety Plan dated 25 September 2001 that covers £/iJV ! personnel. When asked if Ibis covered NYPD personnel, the answer by the FBI safety representative was ‘"No”. The plan covers only FBI and personnel working for the FBI on this project.

9. There was no other site-specific health and safety plan that we found that would cover the health and safety issues and procedures for the NYPD personnel working at this operation. —

10. NYPD field personnel have been receiving inconsistent infonnation on the health and safely hazards associated with this project. No one, from our evaluation, has taken any ownership of the decision to have mandatory respirator use in some areas, while not requiring respirator usage in others. There is no consistent, quality information being provided to the workers in the field that explain to them what the health and saftty hazards might be and what controls are being I implemented to reduce tliesc hazards. II 11. NYPD personnel, as well as many other personnel on site, arc wearing their normal work clothes underneath the disposable coveralls (Tyvclc). These Tyvek or similar type disposable coveralls are not generally effcciive in protecting street clothes ftom getting contaminated. This is especially true if the coveralls are tom an/or improperly wont. Personnel dEcontamination and cleanup was inconsistent i and totally voluntary.

I IX It was noted by Bmileott that many work practices performed by contractors and i other non-NYPD personnel were in direct violation to basic safety good practices, such as the site respirator and PPE requirements and/or OSHA rules and regulations. The inconsistent and poor safety practice of these personnel directly impacts the health and safety environment Of NYPD personnel and does little to aid in improving the overall health and safety conditions of the whole operation. I

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i These recommendations are made based on our assessment on what is reasonable in a long-term disaster recovery operation such as this, what is considered to be best safety and health management practice (BMP) and what OSHA regulations would require for 1 similar operations. i 1) Develop a site specific Health and Safety Plan (HASP) to address how the NYPD is managing health and safety issues at this location. Preparation of a written NYPD HASP would be a BMP that is in line with what other agencies (i.e. FBI, EPA) have I done OR this site. A written HASP would assist in managing and communicating to ! I I I

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