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WaterWork <br /> Health and Safety Plan <br /> Underground Tank Investigation <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> PURPOSE AND SCOPE <br /> The Health and Safety Plan, for underground tank investigations, <br /> provides for the protection of on-site personnel and the <br /> surrounding community during site characterization actrvzties . <br /> x The requirements, 3pecifications and procedures presented with <br /> this plan will apply to all personnel on-s;.te, including <br /> employees, sub-contractors, site visitors and regulatory agency <br /> y personnel. <br /> KEY PERSONNEL <br /> WaterWork ' s Safety Coordinator/Project Manager will provide <br /> training to site personnel in the use of safety and personal <br /> protection equipment and will manage the on-site monitoring <br /> program. The Safety Coordinator/Project Manager will have the <br /> authority to deny access to any individual without the proper <br /> training or protective equipment required for the site conditions <br /> or those indiviuuals disregarding site safety procedures. All <br /> site personnel will be under the direction of the Safety <br /> Coordinator/Project Manager. <br /> HAZARD ANALYSIS <br /> The property previously operated a gasoline and/or diesel fuel <br /> distribution facility. Historic data and evaluation of <br /> subsurface indicate the presence or potential presence of <br /> rydrocarbon fuel contamination. <br /> The activities addressed by this safety plan include surface ana <br /> subsurface sort and groundwater sample collection. Althougn <br /> exposure at hazardous levels are unlikely, these activxtzes <br /> present the potential for exposure to toxic materials through <br /> both skin contact and inhalation. The subsurface sampling may <br /> also pose a Eire and explosion hazard from gases and vapors <br /> trapped beneath the ground surface. <br />