33.F RCRA TSD Facilities.
Requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.120 and 29 CFR 1926.65(p), and the terms of the facility RCRA permit must be complied with for operations at TSD facilities.
33.G Facility or Construction Project Emergency Response.
Projects using, storing, or handling hazardous substances and whose employees will be engaged in emergency response operations must comply with 29 CFR 1910.120 (q) and 29 CFR 1926.65 (q) (a) (1) (v) when a hazardous substance release may result in exposure causing adverse affects to the health or safety of employees.
Exception: Projects that will evacuate their employees from the danger area when an emergency occurs, and do not permit any of their employees to assist in handling the emergency, (if they provide an Emergency Action Plan in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.38(a), and 29 CFR 1926.35).
Emergency Response Plan (ERP)
33.G.01 If applicable, the site manager must develop and implement an Emergency Response Plan that addresses the following items:
- Operations. Identify operations requiring use of hazardous substances;
- Pre-emergency planning with local emergency responders. Describe emergency response agreements, including roles and responsibilities, made with local emergency responders for hazardous material response, fire, rescue, emergency medical care, and security and law enforcement;
- Personnel roles, lines of authority, training, and communication. Describe key personnel roles, command structure/lines of authority and communications requirements for responding to site-specific hazardous substance releases;
- Emergency recognition and prevention. Identify the likely emergency scenarios for the project and how employees can expect to identify and recognize emergency scenarios;
- Safe distances and places of refuge. Select safe places of refuge to be used in emergency situations, identify these locations in the ERP, and require employees to report to selected places of refuge during emergencies;
- Site security and control. Describe how the facility will be secured and describe access to the site controlled during emergencies;
- Evacuation routes and procedures. Describe and map out evacuation routes to safe places of refuge and any special safety and health procedures employees must follow while evacuating the facility;
- Decontamination. Develop and describe plans and procedures for decontaminating personnel if/when they come in contact with leaking hazardous substances;
- Emergency medical treatment and first aid. Explain how emergency medical treatment and first aid will be provided in the event of a hazardous substance spill;
- Emergency alerting and response procedures. Describe how personnel will be alerted in the event of a hazardous substance spill, and how facility personnel must respond after emergency alerting procedures are initiated;
- Critique of response and follow-up. Describe how lessons learned from emergency response will be documented and used to improve future emergency response actions;
- PPE and emergency equipment. Describe the PPE and emergency response equipment that will be available for use by response personnel at the facility;
- Emergency Response Team. Designate a facility-specific Emergency Response Team. Describe the team's emergency responsibilities for interacting with local emergency response providers (i.e., where the facility team's responsibilities end and the local response providers begin);
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33-6. According to OSHA 1910.120(q), which document describes and maps out evacuation routes employees must follow while evacuating the facility?
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