Table 3. Sample Criteria for Determining Hazards Beyond Standard Industrial Hazard (SIH)

DOE-HDBK-1163-2003

Table 3.

Sample Criteria for Determining Hazards Beyond Standard Industrial

Hazards (SIH)

Type of Hazard

Thresholds Below Which SIHs can be defined

Any radioisotope meeting or exceeding the Table A1, DOE-STD-1027-92 TQ

Radioactive

criteria; or exceeding the Appendix B, 40 CFR 302 RQ criteria. The inventory/RQ

material

or Inventory/TQ ratios should be added when making this evaluation.

Measurements of fixed, removable, or both exceed values in 10 CFR835

Radioactive surface

contamination

>0.002Ci per gram of waste

Radioactive waste

Any toxic chemical or combustion products or any other known toxic material (e.g.,

Toxic material

NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazard lists an IDLH)

(including

combustion

products)

Any known carcinogen

Carcinogen

Any known biohazard where special controls are required

Biohazard

Any asphyxiant that could affect workers

Asphyxiant

> 5000lb. of a liquid with a flash point < 100o F or > 3000 standard ft3 of a gas with

Flammable Material

an established lower explosive limit (LEL)

> 10 lb of a substance with an NFPA reactivity hazard level > 2

Reactive Material

Any 49 CFR 173 Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3; or > 10 oz of Division 1.4

Explosive Material

Unusual application not adequately controlled by OSHA (e.g., soil vitrification); >

Electrical Energy

800 volts and 24 ma output; or stored energy > 50 joules at 600 volts

High energy (e.g., flywheel or centrifuge-type equipment)

Kinetic Energy

3,000 psig or 0.1 lb TNT (1.4 x 105 ft-lbf) equivalent energy

High Pressure

Any Class IV, any Class III with non-enclosed beam

Lasers

per American National Standards Institute Z-136.1

Elevated mass with "high" potential energy

Potential Energy

Keep (Classify based on DOE Order 420.2A)

Accelerators

Any not meeting ANSI N537/NBS123 requirements

X-ray Machines