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Safety Updates - 2020

FEBRUARY 2020

Emergency Response Team (ERT)

  • new formatting, clarified expectations for ERT members, and application process

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  • new formatting, clarified training for maintenance personnel, new field guide, new appendices for definitions and roles & responsibilities.

JANUARY 2020

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

  • Foot protection requirements changed from specified 6 inch lace up safety shoes / boots to a requirement of safety shoes / boots that rise to a height above the ankle and either lace up OR slip on

Safety Updates - 2019

DECEMBER 2019

Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP)

  • Updated Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Program: format update, reorganization for better understanding, detailed training requirements
  • Added one-page Field Guide as quick reference ... NOT a replacement for the program
  • New appendices 

NOVEMBER 2019

Safety Notice - Crosby Shackles

EHS&S Hotline

Respiratory Protection Program

  • Updated Respiratory Protection Program (RPP): facial hair policy, use of respirators, requirements for PAPR, APR, and Emergency Escape respirators
  • New appendices 

APRIL 2019

Lockout / Tagout Program

  • Updated LOTO Program: Clarify expectations on independent verification, variance requirements, and archived LOTO procedures
  • New appendix I: Non-routine Equipment Specific Lockout Checklist (to document independent verification when a routine/standard LOTO procedure does not exist)
  • New appendix J: Routine / Non-Routine LOTO Variance Flowchart (clarify process for variances)

FEBRUARY 2019

Phosphates' Life-Saving Rules

Confined Space Program

  • Program updated: removed reference to Class B, Watchman, periodic testing requirements, and incorporated Roles & Responsibilities (previously Appendix A)
  • Appendix A: Replaced with "Confined Space Identification"
  • Appendix B: Removed class B reference
  • Appendix C: Removed class B, periodic atmospheric testing, and reorgranized
  • Appendix D: Removed periodic testing requirement