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2.3 Health and Safety Manager (HSM) The Health and Safety Manager (HSM), which in this case will be the Project Manager, has responsibility for writing the HASP and ensuring that all employees designated to work at the site understand its content and application. The HSM ensures that all employees designated to work within the exclusion zone have participated in the 40 -hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training course, in accordance with 29§CFR§1910.120 and Title 8, CCR 5192, and have received medical clearance to work on a hazardous waste site. The HSM shall be responsible for the following: ♦ Advising the SSO on health and safety matters as well as monitoring compliance. The HSM shall serve as a source of information on safety and occupational health for the SSO. ♦ Recommending methods of minimizing work -site hazards to the degree necessary to create a safe and healthful work -site. ♦ The HSM has the authority to suspend work when the work -site contains hazards, which threatens the health and/or safety of field personnel or the public. The HSM may also remove individuals from the site for engaging in activities that jeopardize themselves or others. 2.4 Project Supervisor (PS) The PS, which will also be the Project Manager in this case, retains overall site authority. The PS conducts safety meetings in connection with the SSO, implements standard operating procedures for the site operations and works with the SSO, on site, to implement the HASP. The PS shall be responsible for the following: ♦ Inspect the work -site with the SSO before work begins and periodically throughout the workday to identify predictable hazards and safeguards necessary for employee protection. ♦ Instruct employees on their responsibilities in the area of safety and occupational health. ♦ _ Implement the Accident Prevention Program in their area of supervision, and is also responsible for the employees' actions at work. ♦ Instruct on hazards and safety precautions to new employees when they are first employed. The PS must instruct employees in recognizing the hazards of the job and in the methods and means to avoid injury and illness. ♦ Restrict employees from working in an unsafe place unless for the purpose of making it safe and then only after proper precautions has been taken to protect employees while doing the work. ♦ Require employees to use safety devices and personal protective equipment when necessary. ♦ Allow only those employees qualified by training or experience to operate equipment, machines, vehicles or tools. ♦ Report safety deficiencies and hazards to management and the SSO.