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Standards for Safety
 OSHA
1910.120, Subpart Title, Hazardous
Materials
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Covering Hazardous waste operations and
emergency response will be the subject of this
training
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While Mangan is not in the business of
hazardous chemical response or clean up, our
work puts in the vicinity of chemicals which
could result in a spill or release.
 Responding to a spill involves many aspects
that go beyond our responsibilities or training.
A Mangan employee’s primary role is to seek
safety and report the event immediately.
Dangers of a Release
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Flammable liquids or gases
Toxic cloud
• stay upwind
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Reaction with
nearby chemicals
• fire, explosion, release, toxic fumes
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Irritants
• to eyes, skin, lungs
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Mild hazards or non-hazardous
• Could cause slip hazards or loss of
production
Identify the Chemical
If possible and from a
safe distance:
 Find out where the
chemical is coming from
 Look for labels, signs,
and placards
 Determine if it is liquid,
gas, or solid
 Determine its color
 Identify any odors
Evaluate Site Conditions
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As you evacuate, try to evaluate the site conditions
and pass the information on to the emergency
responders:
• Dispersion Pathways – Identify in which direction the
smoke or vapors, liquids, solids, or powders are flowing
• Smoke – could indicate there is a fire related to the release
• Injured persons – notify the responders if you see an
injured person that need to be rescued
• Environmental damage – Potential damage such as
contaminated soil, storm water, or regular waterways
Report the Spill
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After evacuating the area and seeing to your
safety:
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Contact the client’s emergency response contact
Share your observations
EXAMPLE:
Know the site’s
procedure for
reporting an
emergency
Protect Yourself and Others
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Report the release to
others in the immediate
area
Signal an alarm as per
the client’s procedure
Retreat evacuation
assembly area that is a
safe distance from the
spill or shelter-in-place
Secure the Area
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As per the client’s
procedure, qualified spill
response teams will:
• Keep people a safe distance
from the spill
• Use caution tape, rope, or
cones
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For small, non-hazardous
spills:
• Guard the spill scene until
trained responders arrive
Emergency Response Plan
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OSHA’s HAZWOPER
requirement’s require
sites to have a plan that
includes:
• Pre-emergency planning
and training
• Spill recognition
• Evacuation procedures
• Emergency response and
reporting
• PPE and emergency
equipment
• Decontamination
and medical treatment
Other Response Personnel
Trained first responders will…
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Analyze the incident
Use proper PPE and equipment
Contain and stop the spill
Clean up the spill
Decontaminate
Report the incident
Nonhazardous Spills
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Incidental or small spills
• Are usually in office setting
• Verify as non-hazardous
prior to attempting to clean
up
• Can be handled by the
employees in immediate
area
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Get help if you are unsure
Key Points to Remember
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Recognize the chemicals used at your facility, learn
about potential spill or release scenarios, and then
learn how to identify chemical spills or releases.
Evacuate from the spill area. Remember to stay
upwind of smoke and vapor clouds.
Notify the spill response team. Do not attempt to
control or contain the spill yourself because you are
not properly trained.
Secure the area around the spill to prevent
unauthorized personnel from getting close to the spill.
Continue with this training if your work
includes refinery site activities.
Gas Monitoring
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Gas monitoring instruments are designed to alert personnel
to unseen hazards that may exist in workplace
environments, including confined spaces.
 Continuous personal monitors come in a variety of shapes
and sizes. They can vary from a relatively simple single-gas
monitor to a complex datalogging four-gas monitor.
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Monitors make a quantitative analysis that is displayed
on a digital or analog readout. Some also have the
capabilities to store information, which can be
downloaded to a computer
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The readout is immediate - what is being read on the
display is what the gas concentration is at that time.
• Most hand-held monitors also have a visible or
audible alarm or both
Bump Testing
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The only way that you can
be certain that a portable
gas monitor will respond
appropriately to a
potentially threatening gas
hazard is to test it with a
known concentration of the
target gas.
Bump Testing
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What exactly is a bump test anyway?
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Very simply, it is a brief exposure, or bump, of the
monitor with a known concentration of the target gas
or gases which is used to verify that the sensor
responds accordingly and the instrument functions
properly.
A bump test is not intended to be a measure of the
accuracy of the instrument.
Do not use a monitor that does not pass a bump
test.
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If you hear a gas monitor alarm:
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Check the current wind direction
Move cross-wind out of the immediate area
Notify the unit operator and proceed to the evacuation
point for a head-count
Do not re-enter the area without operator permission
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