WTC emergency safety plan draft, Sept 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

World Trade Center Emergency Project Environmental, Safety, and Health Plan Draft - Revision A 30 September 2001

The JHA will focus on only those job steps of any task that present a hazard to personnel health and safety. A properly completed JHA for a particular work task will provide mitigation measures for each listed hazard or hazardous condition. The JHA is typically written as a stand­ alone document that provides the user (i.e., the worker) with the necessary information to properly understand each potential hazard and the measures required to control exposure to those hazards. In this regard, the hazard control measures in the JHA must be specific, clear, and concise.

Appendixs to the JHA will include any permits or documents necessary to control the hazards specified within the JHA (for example. Confined Space Entry Permit, when required).

2.3 RISK ASSESSMENT

2.3.1 Risk Control Measures

Hazard exposure risk reduction at the WTC project shall be achieved using proven administrative/management controls and, where appropriate and feasible, engineering controls. These include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

2.3.1.1 Administrative Controls: 1. The use of Job Hazard Analyses to identify, discuss, and resolve specific hazard exposure potential. 2. Implementation and enforcement of approved contractor operating procedures and directives for specific work activities. 3. The use of personal protective equipment (PPE), when required. 4. Employee safety training requirements (prior to work assignment). 5. The use of barriers, warning devices (signs/lights), and other measures to control employee access to hazardous locations. 6. Employee rotation.

2.3.1.2 Engineering Controls: 1. Removal/elimination (where possible) of hazards and hazardous conditions. 2. Personnel exposure monitoring (chemical, noise, temperature, etc.). 3. Substituting, wherever possible, the use of hazardous materials and/or processes with those that pose less hazards to personnel. 4. Ventilation. 5. Substitution of specialty tools where appropriate.

2.4 EXPOSURE MONITORING

General Site monitoring shall be performed as necessary for site demolition and construction work. This section covers general site monitoring for physical and chemical hazards including air

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