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<br />45 <br /> <br />6.0 PERSONNEL PROTECTION <br /> <br />Protection of personnel shall be implemented using Hierarchy of Controls. <br /> <br />https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/hazardoustoxicsubstances/control.html <br /> <br />Protection of personnel shall first be implemented by eliminating or substitution that eliminates <br />hazard exposure before it can occur; control of hazards shall next be implemented using <br />Engineering Controls. If said controls cannot remove a hazard, then Work Practice Controls <br />shall be utilized to minimize the likelihood and severity of the potential for hazard exposure to <br />workers. The least desirable method of hazard control is Personal protective equipment (PPE). <br />PPE shall be used by employees for each of the site tasks and operations being conducted as <br />required by the PPE program found within 8 CCR §5192(g). <br /> <br />6.1 ELIMINATION/SUBSTITUTION AND ENGINEERING AND WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS: <br />ICS will use elimination or substitution to minimize or remove a hazard. ICS will then apply <br />engineering and/or work practice controls to protect personnel in the performance of site- <br />specific tasks. <br />Examples include: <br /> <br />o Wetting soil to limit the emission of fugitive particulate matter. <br />o Covering soil stockpiles. <br />o Stopping work during high-wind conditions. <br />o Erecting portable sunshades near work areas. <br /> <br /> <br />6.1.1 ENGINEERING CONTROLS <br />Engineering controls must be implemented to reduce and maintain employee exposure to or <br />below safe levels for those tasks demonstrating known or suspected hazards. <br /> <br /> <br />6.1.2 WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS <br />Work practice controls shall be applied when engineering controls are impractical and <br />incorporated as site-specific standard operating procedures (SOP) for personal precautions and <br />routine operations. <br />Examples of easy-to-implement work practice controls include: <br /> <br />• Instructing employees to avoid walking through, kneeling on, touching, or placing <br />equipment and/or supplies on potentially contaminated surfaces.