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00 <br /> SON <br /> KNSER <br /> lkz <br /> PER MEME <br /> MEDICAL CENTER - STOCKTON/MANTECA <br /> SAFETY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM <br /> POLICY/PROCEDURE MANUAL <br /> SUBJECT: HAZARDOUS MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM <br /> TITLE: HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTINGENCY EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/22/02 <br /> PLAN <br /> POLICY NUMBER: 5.06 <br /> DISTRIBUTION: Stockton/Manteca Medical Center PAGE 1 OF 14 <br /> 1.0 PURPOSE — <br /> 1.1 This contingency plan is designed to minimize hazards to human health or <br /> • the environment from fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non- <br /> sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, <br /> soil, or surface water. <br /> 2.0 POLICY <br /> 2.1 The provisions of this plan shall be carried out immediately whenever <br /> there is a fire, explosion, or release of hazardous waste or hazardous <br /> waste constituents which could threaten human health or the environment. <br /> 2.2 It is the Medical Center's policy that in those departments where the <br /> potential for significant hazardous material spills exist that those <br /> departments are properly trained and primarily responsible for "first <br /> response" at the awareness level. First response at the awareness level <br /> includes primary identification, isolation, containment, neutralization <br /> (when possible) and appropriate initial clean up procedures based on the <br /> type and amount of chemical, level of risk, time of day/week, and whether <br /> or not personal injury has occurred. <br /> 2.1.1 Department staff are required to have Department Specific <br /> • Hazard Communication and Hazardous Materials training <br /> Fresno Revision dates: 09/12/96, 6/25/98, 3/30/00, 8/1/01,Stockton revision date 07/22/02, <br /> 09/19/02, 3/20/03 <br />