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Site Health and Safety Plan 19133 East Liberty Road, Clements, California August 16, 2022 Page 28 Sharp Environmental Technologies, Inc. • Safety shoes/boots with protective overboots or knee-high PVC polyblend boots when direct contact with chemically affected soils is anticipated. 8.3 Respiratory Protection The standard respirator assigned to SET employees for level C work involving gasoline and/or chlorinated solvents consists of a half-face air-purifying respirator. The standard issue cartridge consists of the organic vapor cartridge in combination with a P100 filter. All personnel under the direction and control of SET who have been assigned a respirator will comply with the written requirements of SET’s written respiratory protection program. It is the responsibility of the SHSS to ensure compliance with SET’s respiratory protection program. This written program which meets the minimum requirements of Title 8 CCR section 5144 includes but is not limited to the following: • Individuals required to wear respiratory protection are responsible for inspecting and maintaining their own respirator. • Procedures for cleaning, inspecting, maintenance, and storage of respirators. • Individuals required to wear respiratory protection must have medical clearance from a physician or other licensed health care professional. • Individuals required and approved to wear respiratory protection must be fit-tested at least annually. • Individuals required to wear respiratory protection must be trained and must conduct a positive and negative pressure check each time they don the respirator. 9. INJURY ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM SET maintains a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) in addition to this site-specific SHSP. The IIPP addresses procedures for identifying, preventing and correcting workplace hazards. Although the IIPP is not site-specific, appropriate information that is applicable to this SHSP should be referred and used as supplemental information. Some of the information found in the IIPP that may apply to this SHSP includes but is not limited to the following: • General safe work practices; • Safety inspections; • Tailgate safety meetings; and • Methods for communicating safety concerns and complaints. 9.1 Medical Clearance and Monitoring Access inside the specified work area will be limited to authorized personnel. Only personnel under the direction and control of SET and other subcontractors and individuals designated and authorized by the client, will be admitted to the work site. Only those workers possessing evidence of physician’s authorization to conduct hazardous waste activities will be permitted in the work area designated as the exclusion zone. All project personnel who may be required to wear respirators must provide evidence that they have been cleared by a physician to wear respirators. Other medical surveillance