COMPLIANCE INFO_PRE 2019 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

The emergency response contractors will utilize properly trained employees to clean up and remove hazardous wastes at the facility. In the event of an emergency, the fire department will be contacted to respond to and mitigate the emergency. E) Termination and Follow-Up Actions: The emergency response contractor utilized will be responsible for the demobilization of any resources they may have used to mitigate the spill. Any hazardous waste generated as a result of the clean-up process will be handled in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations. Costco personnel and/or the Verisk 3E (on Costco's behalf) will conduct accident investigations, and submit all required applicable written reports to federal, tat agencies. r Section IV: Annexes ,IM(IN A) Response Management System �=i�!VIR(�N��iV i_ As previously stated, in the event of an emergency incident at Costco, a licensed emergency responseENT be called to mitigate the incident. Costco store management employees will inform responders as to th o tion o the release, and assist all fire department and emergency response contractors during an incident at the facility. 1) Command: The command post will be determined according the location and type of incident that is occurring. The manager on duty will disseminate information at the facility. The designated Costco representative on-site (Manager on duty) will inform all responders on the specific products involved in the incident, as well as notify them as to the location of emergency response equipment located in the facility. Costco employees will remain under the guidance of outside emergency responders, and corporate personnel. 2) Information: Local officials will be contacted as required, and may include any release that results in evacuation, threatens injury, or threatens to migrate off property. If further notification is required, the fire department, in conjunction with the police department, will contact neighboring facilities. Corporate personnel will conduct any press conferences, press releases, or community relations. 3) Safety: Upon discovery of a release, customers and employees will be evacuated from the area as needed. If the release is significant, such as unconfined volatile hazards or immediate danger to life or health, the facility will be evacuated. Evacuation will be initiated via verbal means by shouting or bullhorn, cell phones, and/or fire alarm when appropriate. Costco will assist customers in locating the closest emergency exits, which are illuminated. Once their department is clear of customers, Costco employees will proceed to the pre -determined evacuation and staging area for a head count and further instruction. Emergency responders and clean up contractors will be summoned for assistance. For larger spills, only licensed contractors utilizing HAZWOPER trained personnel will be used. 4) Liaison, Staff Mobilization: Costco does not have an intern al emergency response team, and will follow the guidance of local responding officials and the emergency response contractors dispatched to the incident. The designated ER Captain is responsible for informing the incident commander and local officials about the incident that has occurred. 5) Operations: Costco has limited hazards that consist of prepackaged consumer general merchandise products packaged in relatively small containers, waste photo solutions containing silver generated from the 1 -Hour Photo Center processes, and lead -acid batteries utilized for the operation of forklifts, pallet jacks, and floor scrubbers, system refrigerant, and pharmaceutical waste from the pharmacy and gas station waste from incidental spills. Materials that may be involved in an incident include: flammable and combustible liquids, flammable gases, aerosol products, corrosive liquids, water reactive liquids, liquid and solid oxidizers, and liquids classified as irritating, toxic or as having other health hazards. The first step in responding to an incident would be to determine which of these types of products were involved in the incident, and what their characteristics are. This information may be obtained by calling (800) 451-8346, and speaking to 3E January 2019