EPA Emergency Responder Health and Safety Manual & Program

1. EPAEmergency Responder Health and Safety Manual & Program

2. Presentation Content… • Brief recap of what is “driving” this effort • Current Chapters • Future Chapters • Health and Safety Point of Contact Duties • National Safety Efforts, Workgroups and Resources

3. Why Is this Manual Being Developed? • Protect the Agency’s: • OSCs • ERT • Establish national minimum standards • Create a nationally-consistent, interchangeable emergency response workforce • Provide the tools needed to write solid site-specific HASPs

4. Building the Agency's H&S "House"... One Brick at a Time Site-specific HASP HASP Guidance Document Respiratory Protection Radiation Safety Medical Surveillance Biowarfare Agents Bloodborne Pathogens Physical Stress Confined Spaces Other Chapters

5. Topics Covered in Each of the “Brick” Chapters Procedures for: • Implementing H&S programs • Delegating responsibilities • Training personnel • Keeping records • Auditing H&S programs • Evaluating H&S program effectiveness

6. Completed Chapters • Radiation Health and Safety • Medical Surveillance • Respiratory Protection Program • Physical Stress • Bloodborne Pathogens

7. Chapters Under Development • Biowarfare Agents • Chemical Warfare Agents • Confined Spaces • Personal Protective Equipment • Transportation

8. Customizable Task Charts Removal Manager (Name) SHEMP Manager/RSO (Name) Health and Safety Program Contact (Name) Emergency Responder (Name) Allot time and travel money for radiation-safety courses. X Develop radiation-safety training courses. X X Attend radiation-safety refresher course at least once every 2 years. X

9. National HealtH&Safety Program Implementation Strategy Working Group: H&S OSC’s, SHEMPs, HQ Counterparts Steering Group: Select Managers Representing Working Group Members

10. National Coordinating Effort • EPA Responder National Tier 1 group • CORE NAR—EPA Audit program • National Response Team Worker Safety and Health Subcommittee

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