Requirements for Chemical Emergency Management cont'd

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Consolidated Requirements

4.3.2

The senior emergency response official responding to an

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emergency shall become the Incident Commander (IC). All

sec. 3.c(1);

emergency responders and their communications shall be

coordinated and controlled through the IC assisted by the

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senior official present or by each employer.

4.3.3

The IC shall identify, to the extent possible, all hazardous

29CFR1910.120(q)(3)(ii) and

substances or conditions present and shall address as

(iii)

appropriate site analysis, use of engineering controls,

maximum exposure limits, hazardous substance handling

procedures, and use of any new technologies. The IC shall

also implement appropriate emergency operations and

assure that the personal protective equipment worn is

appropriate for the hazards encountered.

4.3.4 Employees engaged in emergency response and exposed to

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hazardous substances, which present an inhalation hazard

or potential inhalation hazard, shall wear positive pressure

self-contained breathing apparatus while engaged in

emergency response, until such time that the IC determines

through the use of air monitoring that a decreased level of

respiratory protection will not result in hazardous exposures

to employees.

4.3.5 All individuals involved in re-entry shall receive a

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hazards/safety briefing prior to emergency response

sec. 5.a (1)

activities consistent with Federal, State, and local laws and

regulations.

4.3.6 The IC shall limit the number of emergency response

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personnel at the emergency site, in those areas of potential

or actual exposure to incident or site hazards, to those who

are actively performing emergency operations. However,

operations in hazardous areas shall be performed using the

buddy system in groups of two or more.

4.3.7 Back-up personnel shall be standing by with equipment

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ready to provide assistance or rescue. Qualified basic life

support personnel, as a minimum, shall also be standing by

with medical equipment and transportation capability.

4.3.8 The IC shall designate a safety officer, who is

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knowledgeable in the operations being implemented at the

emergency response site, with specific responsibility to

identify and evaluate hazards and to provide direction with

respect to the safety of operations for the emergency at

hand.