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<br />General Safety Rules for Contractors
<br />Tarpaulins
<br />F When tarpaulins are required for the detection of: hot
<br />slag, dust, paint drippings, etc., or as security
<br />barriers, they shall be flame -resistant and in good
<br />condition.
<br />Tools
<br />Hand and power tools shall be kept in safe operating
<br />condition. Mushroomed heads on cold chisels; star
<br />drills, etc., are unsafe and should' not be used.
<br />Hammers should have handles which are not cracked,.
<br />split, or broken.
<br />Nonsparking tools may be necessary in certain areas
<br />where flammable materials are handled or where
<br />sparks could create an explosion. .
<br />Transporting Material and Equipment
<br />Extreme care must be taken while carrying sections
<br />of pi e, conduit, and other materials to assure safety
<br />to EARTH TECH, Contractor, and client personnel
<br />and property. This includes, but is not limited to,
<br />flagging and use of two people to carry pipe. of
<br />lengths greater than 10 feet.
<br />Tools, materials, and equipment must.not be
<br />left unattended in access ways.
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<br />- Tools, material, and equipment shall not be
<br />removed from the job site without
<br />permission of the EARTH TECH
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<br />Representative.
<br />Walking and Work Surfaces
<br />Workroom floors shall be clean and 'to the
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<br />extent possible, dry.
<br />- Drainage mats, platforms, or false floors
<br />should be used where wet processes are
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<br />performed.
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<br />- Floors shall be free from ..protruding. nails,
<br />splinters, holes, and loose boards or tiles.
<br />- Permanent aisles or passageways shall be
<br />marked.
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<br />- Floor holes shall be protected by covers that
<br />eave no openings of more than one inch
<br />wide.
<br />- Floor openings into which persons can
<br />accidentally walk shall be guarded by
<br />standard railing and toeboards.
<br />- Open -sided floors, and runways
<br />platforms,
<br />higher than four feet shall_ be guarded by
<br />standard. railings.
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<br />- Toeboards shall be used wherever people
<br />can pass below, or where hazardous
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<br />equipment or materials are located below':
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<br />Warning Signs
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<br />All posted warning, safety, and security signs and
<br />barriers shall be observed. Additionally, Contractor
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<br />shall provide warning signs, barriers, barricades, etc.
<br />wherever such protection is needed. Where signs and
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<br />barricades do not provide adequate protection,
<br />particularly along a road; flagmen shall be used.
<br />Contractors are expected to brief. their
<br />employees on these requirements and
<br />enforce these rules with their employees.
<br />EARTH TECH management may stop or
<br />suspend work at any time the Contractor
<br />fails to comply with EARTH TECH rules
<br />and regulations. .
<br />Regulatory References
<br />(a) Standard Operating Safety Guides, USEPA,
<br />November 1984
<br />(b) Occupational Safety and Health Guidance
<br />Manual for Hazardous Waste Site Activities,
<br />NIOSH 85-115,1995
<br />© Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
<br />Part 191.0 (29 CFR1910), Occupational
<br />Safety : - and .,' Health Standards
<br />(USDOLIOSHA), with special attention to
<br />.Section .120, Hazardous Waste Operations
<br />and Emergency Response
<br />(d) Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
<br />Part 1926 (29 CFR =1926), Safety and Health
<br />Regulations .for - Construction
<br />(USDOL/OSHA), with special attention to
<br />Section 1926.65, Hazardous Waste
<br />Operations and Emergency Response
<br />(e) Title -8 of the California Code of
<br />Regulations, Chapter 4; Subchapter 7,
<br />(commencing with, Seetion 3200) General
<br />Industry Safety Orders (Cal/OSHA),: with
<br />special attention to .Section 5192, Hazardous
<br />Waste Operations and Emergency Response
<br />(f) Title - 8 of the. California Code of
<br />Regulations, Chapter 4; Subchapter 4,
<br />(commencing With . Section, 1500)
<br />Construction Safety Orders (Cal/OSHA)
<br />(g) Title 22 of the California Code of
<br />Regulations, Division 4, Chapter 30
<br />(commencing with Section 66000)
<br />Environmental Health Standards for the
<br />Management of. Hazardous Waste
<br />(California Environmental Protection
<br />Agency, Department of Toxic Subsiances
<br />Control)
<br />(h) Title 22 of the.: California' Code of
<br />Regulations, Division 2, Chapter 3,
<br />(commencing with 'Section 12000) Safe
<br />Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement. Act
<br />Regulations (California Health and Welfare
<br />Agency)
<br />(1) National Oil and; Hazardous Substances
<br />.Contingency Plan
<br />GSRC-8 Revised - February 9, 1508
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