HAZWOPER: Site Control Measures
Course Length: 60 minutes
Overview: HAZWOPER: Site Control Measures is designed to inform learners about the importance of maintaining site control and the tools available to help accomplish control, including site characterization, the site control program, and other control measures.
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Describe the measures that are taken to evaluate and prepare a hazardous waste site to be occupied by workers including the types of hazards that may be present and the phases of site characterization
- Discuss the purpose of a site control program and the significance of each element including the site map, work zones, the buddy system, site security, communications, and medical assistance
- Identify measures that contribute to site control within the hierarchy of controls, such as hazard elimination or substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, safe work practices, and personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Recognize other control measures including fire protection, sanitation, and the use of new technology
Outline:
HAZWOPER: Site Control Measures covers the following topics:
Site Hazards
- Uncontrolled Site
- Hazard Types
- Controlling Site Hazards
Site Characterization
- Purpose
- Preliminary Evaluation
- Initial Site Entry
- Ongoing Evaluation
Site Control Program
- Purpose
- Program Elements
- Site Map
- Site Preparation
- Site Work Zones
- Buddy System
- Site Security
- Communications
- Medical Assistance
Control Measures
- Hierarchy of Controls
- Other Site Control Measures
- New Technology
Intended Audience: Any worker who may be involved or expected to engage in hazardous waste cleanup operations where the worker may be exposed to hazardous substances, health hazards, or safety hazards. These cleanup workers include:
- General site workers, such as equipment operators, general laborers, and supervisory personnel;
- Workers on the site only occasionally for a specific limited task (such as, but not limited to, groundwater monitoring, land surveying, or geo-physical surveying) and who are unlikely to be exposed over permissible exposure limits; and
- Workers regularly on the site who work in areas which have been monitored and fully characterized indicating that exposures are under permissible exposure limits where respirators are not necessary, and the site characterization indicates that there are no health hazards or the possibility of an emergency developing.
Regs Covered:
- 29 CFR 1910.120
- 29 CFR 1926.65
Copyright Date: 2018
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