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OSHA/EPA Occupational Chemical Database. OSHA and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), (2007).
Compiles information from several government
agencies and organizations. Available database reports include: "Physical
Properties," "Exposure Guidelines," "NIOSH Pocket Guide," and "Emergency
Response Information," including the US Department of Transportation
(DOT) "Emergency Response Guide". In
addition, an all-in-one report, "Full Report," is available.
- OSHA FAQs -
HAZWOPER. OSHA. Assists in determining who is covered by OSHA's
HAZWOPER
Standard.
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Fire and Explosive Hazards Associated with Biosolids Derived Fuel (BDF) and Waste Water Treatment Plants.
OSHA Hazard Information
Bulletin (HIB), (1995, December 5).
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Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. OSHA Fact Sheet,
355 KB
PDF*, 2 pages. Gives a brief overview of requirements
found in the HAZWOPER standard.
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Electronic Health and Safety Program (eHASP)2. OSHA Expert
System. Created in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
the updated eHASP Guide uses modern (Windows-based) software, site-specific
text, and expanded decision logic to assist the user in determining the
appropriate controls of health and safety hazards for their sites.
- Applicability
of OSHA Standards to Transporters of Hazardous Waste Materials. OSHA
Slide Presentation,
(1999, April 19), 3 MB
PPT*,
23 slides.
Provides a presentation prepared for the Association of Waste Hazardous Materials Transporters conference in Salt Lake
City, UT addressing OSHA's jurisdiction pertaining to hazardous waste transportation in the railroad and
trucking industries, and discusses the application of key OSHA standards.
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page.
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Process Safety Management (PSM). OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page.
OSHA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Superfund Audits
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Summary
Report: Hazardous Waste Site Safety Hazards Study. (2002, November
12). Also available as a 61 KB PDF,
13 pages.
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EPA
Labor Superfund Health and Safety Task Force: OSHA Audits of Superfund Sites From 1993-1996. (1997,
August 25). Summarizes the findings of OSHA site audits and
site-specific safety and health plan (SSAHP) reviews performed on
eleven hazardous waste remediation sites between 1993 and 1996 and is an update of the 1993 Summary Report
listed above.
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Summary
Report on OSHA Inspections Conducted at Superfund Incinerator Sites. (1993,
September 16).
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Garrahan MA.
Seven steps to successful safety and health programs at superfund sites:
a compendium of lessons learned.
Job Safety & Health Quarterly (JSHQ). 1995 Winter;5(2). Lists the seven most frequent Safety and Health Program management problems
found by the OSHA/EPA audits of Superfund incinerator sites.
- Baird N, Cook E, et al.
Evaluating surface contamination at hazardous waste sites.
Occupational Health & Safety. 1996 Jan;65(1).
- Hazardous Waste Incinerators. US General
Accounting Office Publication GAO/RCED 95-17, (1995, January), 3 MB PDF,
41 pages.
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Hazardous Waste Incinerators. US General
Accounting Office (GAO), (1995, January), 3 MB
PDF, 41 pages.
Provides a report on EPA's and OSHA's actions to better protect health and
safety on hazardous waste incinerator sites.
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Fairfax R.
OSHA compliance issues: correcting common health and safety program
deficiencies at remediation sites. Applied Occupational and
Environmental Hygiene. 1996 Jun;11(6):525. Describes some common
deficiencies in Site Safety and Health Plans OSHA has found during plan review
at thermal treatment facilities, through the EPA-Labor Superfund Safety and
Health Task Force interagency agreement.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER). Provides policy, guidance, and direction for the
EPA's solid waste and emergency response programs.
- Superfund.
Cleans up abandoned, accidentally spilled, or illegally dumped hazardous
waste that poses a current or future threat to human health or the environment.
- Hazardous
Waste Clean-up Information. Technology Innovation Office (TIO). Advocates more effective, less costly approaches (i.e. "smarter solutions") by
government and industry to assess and clean up contaminated waste sites, soil, and groundwater.
- Radiation
Cleanup: Technologies and Tools. Uses the best available science
to develop risk assessment tools and guidance for cleaning up sites that are contaminated with radioactive
materials.
- Enviro Sense. Provides a single repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement
information and data bases.
- Major
Industry Sector Notebooks. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Contains a national industrial process description, a waste
release profile, a discussion of pollution prevention opportunities, a summary of statutes and regulations, a
compliance and enforcement profile, a list of compliance activities, and a contact directory.
- Multi-Agency
Radiation Surveys and Site Manual (MARSSIM).
Provides detailed guidance for
planning, implementing, and evaluating environmental and facility radiological surveys conducted to demonstrate
compliance with a dose- or risk-based regulation.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Occupational
Safety and Health Guidance Manual for Hazardous Waste Site Activities.
US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 85-115, (1985,
October). Also available as a 5 MB PDF,
142 pages. Provides guidance for managers responsible for
occupational safety and health programs at inactive hazardous waste sites.
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Model Medical Surveillance Program for Persons in Hazardous Waste Operations.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Also
available as a 175 KB PDF,
10 pages. Describes a standardized medical surveillance program
for a company engaged in hazardous waste operations at multiple locations in
North America.
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A
Comparison of Hazard Based Assignment with Administrative Assignment to
Medical Surveillance Programs at a Large Nuclear Weapons Clean-up Site. National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH). Also available as a 378 KB
PDF, 27 pages.
- Managing
Hazardous Materials Incidents Volume I, Emergency Medical Services. Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease
Registry (ATSDR), (1992, January
1). Helps emergency medical services plan for incidents that involve hazardous materials and
improve their ability to respond to these incidents appropriately.
- Managing
Hazardous Materials Incidents Volume II, Hospital Emergency Departments. Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
(ATSDR), (1992, January 1). Helps hospital emergency departments plan for incidents that involve hazardous materials and
improve their ability to respond to these incidents appropriately.
US Department of Energy (DOE)
- Chemical Management Archives
- Management
Perspectives on Worker Protection During DOE Hazardous Waste Activities. DOE/EH-0536, (1996, June), 418
KB
PDF, 40 pages.
Provides a written for the project manager, who has overall responsibility for directing
hazardous waste activities and ensuring that these activities protect the worker, the public, and the
environment.
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Safely During DOE Hazardous Waste Activities. DOE/EH-0537, (1996, June), 350 KB
PDF, 35 pages.
Improves worker protection by indicating ways to minimize radiological, physical, chemical,
and biological hazards and to reinforce the health, safety, and radiological training completed by hazardous
waste workers.
US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
*These files are provided for downloading.
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