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OSHA Compliance for Temp Agencies and Host Employers

Compliance with osha health standards: Overview Georgia Tech’s Safety and Health Consultation Program. OSHA Compliance for Temp Agencies and Host Employers. Basic Scope of IH Compliance. Hazard Communication (Chemical) Hearing Conservation Air Contaminants Permit-Required Confined Spaces

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OSHA Compliance for Temp Agencies and Host Employers

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  1. Compliance with osha health standards:OverviewGeorgia Tech’s Safety and Health Consultation Program OSHA Compliance for Temp Agencies and Host Employers

  2. Basic Scope of IH Compliance • Hazard Communication (Chemical) • Hearing Conservation • Air Contaminants • Permit-Required Confined Spaces • Respiratory Protection • Personal Protective Equipment • First Aid & Bloodborne Pathogens

  3. Hazard CommunicationStandard Compliance with OSHA Health Standards

  4. “CHEMICAL” Hazard CommunicationStandard HCP MSDS LABEL

  5. Purpose • To insure that the hazards of all chemical produced in or imported into the U.S. are evaluated • Hazards transmitted to • employers • employees

  6. Basic Program Elements • Chemical Hazard Inventory • MSDS’s • Labeling • Employee Training • Contractor Training • Written Program HazardCommunication Program

  7. Temp Workers and HazCom: Shared Responsibility • Staffing Agency • Generic Policies • Host Company • Specific Chemicals

  8. Global Harmonization System (GHS) • Final Standard: March 2012 • Implementation Period: December 2013 through June 2016 • Hazard Communication Changes • Labels, Pictograms • Safety Data Sheets • Employee Training

  9. Four Major Changes in GHS • Hazard Classification (changed from hazard determination) • Labels • Safety Data Sheets (changed from MSDS) • Information and Training Will affect nearly 40 million workers and 5 million workplaces.

  10. Principles Of Harmonization • Consistent Classification (both intra- and inter-nationally) • Harmonized across agencies: • OSHA, Consumer Protection Agency, EPA, DOT • Both code Words and Pictograms • Warnings are based on intrinsic hazards of chemicals • Identify the Severity of exposure

  11. Hearing Conservation Compliance with OSHA Health Standards

  12. Monitoring Requirements(Dosimetry) • Initial Monitoring • required if employer has indications of full-shift exposure at or above 85 dBA (Action Level) • Rule of Thumb for estimating 85 dBA • Host and Staffing Agency Duties • Who will conduct noise monitoring? • Default assumption of 85 dBA • What are high range exposures?

  13. Hearing Conservation Program:Who Implements Basic Elements? • Provide hearing protection • Train workers on noise effects (annual) • Provide baseline and annual audiometric testing • Retain exposure and audiometric measurements

  14. Hearing Conservation Documentation • Copy of Written Guidelines and Policies (Recommended) • Noise Measurement Data and Annual Audiograms • Standard Threshold Shifts Documentation and Notification Letters • OSHA 300 Hearing Loss Records • Which employer records an incident?

  15. Air Contaminants Compliance with OSHA Health Standards

  16. Evaluating Host Companies for Air Contaminants • GASES: low density molecules, rapid diffusion • VAPORS: liquids with high vapor pressure • DUSTS: solid particles • FUMES: recondensation of vaporized solids • MISTS: liquid droplets, (aerosols) • SMOKE: complex combustion products • FIBERS: 3 to 1 length to width ratio

  17. Chemical Mixtures

  18. Anticipate Potential Air Hazards • Review plant layout and chemical flow • Observe air flow patterns • Identify existing controls • Temp Workers and high hazard work • Restrictions on job assignments?

  19. Understanding Exposure Limits • PEL • TLV • REL • WEEL • EU Standards • MRG

  20. OSHA PEL(Regulatory in US) • Permissible Exposure Limit—PEL (Or) • “Impermissible” Exposure Limit

  21. Categories of OSHA PEL’s • 1. The PEL Lists (~400 chemicals) • Current PEL’s are based on 1968 ACGIH-TLV’s • 2. The “Substance Specific” Standard • E.g., lead, asbestos, cadmium, methylene chloride, etc. • Relatively few substance specific chemicals regulated

  22. Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs)(Non-Regulatory) • American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists—Threshold Limit Value (ACGIH –TLV) • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health —Recommended Exposure Limit (NIOSH REL) • American Industrial Hygiene Association—Workplace Environmental Exposure Limit (AIHA WEEL) • European Union standards • Manufacturer’s Recommended Guidelines

  23. Time-Weighted Average (TWA) Exposure Example: Acetone, PEL = 1000 PPM, TWA 800 700 600 500 PPM 400 TWA = 200 ppm 300 200 100 0 0 200 400 TIME (min)

  24. Evaluating Exposures • Pre-screening • Passive sampling • Active IH sampling • STEL Measurements (Short Term) • TWA Measurements (Full Shift) • Acute Exposures (Confined Space)

  25. Initial Screening of Exposure

  26. Passive Samplers Organic Vapor Sampler Inorganic Mercury Sampler

  27. Full Shift Breathing Zone Exposures

  28. Air Contaminants in Permit-Required Confined Spaces (Evaluate Acute Air Hazards)

  29. Host and Staffing Agency • Who conducts evaluations? • Who keeps records? • Who has access to records? • Medical surveillance (lead, cadmium, asbestos, methylene chloride, etc) • Who conducts biological monitoring? • Who keeps records?

  30. Respiratory Protection Compliance with OSHA Health Standards

  31. Organize the Program

  32. Respirator Program Elements • Selection of respirators • Define use and application • Medical evaluation • Fit testing • Training • Maintenance and care • Breathing air quality and use • Program evaluation

  33. Host and Staffing Agency • Will Temp Workers be assigned to use respirators? • Who will manage the Respirator Program? • Medical evaluation for use • Fit Testing • Training • Recordkeeping

  34. Personal Protective Equipment Compliance with OSHA Health Standards

  35. Personal Protective Equipment PPE HAZARD ASSESSMENT SURVEY • Job/Task Evaluated:________________________ • Date(s): _____________________ • Conducted By:_________________________________ (Name and Title)

  36. PPE Hazard Assessment

  37. PPE Hazard Assessment

  38. PPE: Host and Staffing Agency • Review the job hazards • Review the PPE requirements • Review work conditions for PPE use • When • Where • What processes • Paying for PPE

  39. Bloodborne Pathogens Compliance with OSHA Health Standards

  40. Applications • General Industry/Manufacturing • Designated First Aid responders • BBP standard does not cover “Good Samaritan” acts in which an employee voluntarily provides first aid to a fellow employee • Medical and Human Services Offices • Any employee whose job involves contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM)

  41. Universal Precautions • All human blood/OPIM are treated as if known to be infectious for bloodborne pathogens, regardless of the perceived “low risk” status of a patient or patient population

  42. Exposure Control Plan(Gradient of Complexity) • General Industry/Manufacturing • Relatively simple (First Aid): written policy, PPE, training • Medical Providers/Human Services • Relatively complex (Medical interventions): many program elements to manage; treatment procedures; cleaning schedules; compliance with changing guidance on Sharps; awareness and compliance with CDC infection control practices.

  43. Host and Staffing Agency • Review Exposure Control Plan (ECP) • Identify job positions included in ECP • Provide training for Bloodborne Pathogens • Restrict access to specific areas of facility • Identify special PPE requirements • Specify required vaccinations

  44. Summary(Host and Staffing Agency shared duties) • Hazard Communication (Chemical) • Hearing Conservation • Air Contaminants • Permit-Required Confined Spaces • Respiratory Protection • Personal Protective Equipment • First Aid & Bloodborne Pathogens

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