# Presentation: 330204

## DOC - NOAA

**OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND**
**HEALTH PROGRAM**

## PUBLIC LAW 91-596

- WILLIAM-STEIGER ACT OF 1970
- REQUIRES SAFE AND HEALTHFUL WORKING ENVIRONMENT
- REQUIRES EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW SAFETY PROCEDURES

## 29 CFR 1960

- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS ON FEDERAL EMPLOYEE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS
- APPLIES TO:
- 	ALL FEDERAL PERSONNEL

## 29 CFR 1960

**WHAT IT COVERS:**
- Supervisor and employee responsibilities
- Compliance with OSHA Standards
- Inspection and abatement procedures
- Training of all personnel (from top management to the employee)
- Record keeping and reporting requirements
- Evaluation of federal OSH program
- Field federal safety and health councils

## 29 CFR 1910

**DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)**
** ****GENERAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS**

## 29 CFR 1910

**WHAT IT COVERS:**
- Federal guidelines for the General Industry to include all federal personnel on various subjects such as hearing, asbestos, lead, hazardous materials, etc.

## DOC OSH MANUAL

**US DEPT OF COMMERCE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MANUAL**

## DOC OSH MANUAL

**WHO IT APPLIES TO:**
- All U.S. Dept of Commerce and NOAA personnel.

## DOC OSH MANUAL

**WHAT IT COVERS:**
- Instructions for administering OSH program
- Occupational Safety & Health Standards
- Councils and Committees
- Prevention and Control of Workplace Hazards
- Training
- Sight Conservation
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

## DOC OSH MANUAL

**WHAT IT COVERS:**
- OSH Inspection
- Employee Reports of Unsafe/Unhealthy Working conditions
- Accident Investigation, Reports and Recordkeeping
- Organization and Staffing
- Asbestos
- Respiratory Protection

## DOC OSH MANUAL

**WHAT IT COVERS:**
- Hearing Conservation and Noise Abatement
- Confined Space Entry Program
- Infectious Waste

## NC INSTRUCTION 5100.1B

**SAFETY STANDARDS FOR SHIPS OF THE NOAA FLEET**

## NC INSTRUCTION 5100.1B

**PROVIDES POLICY, ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY AND ESTABLISHES INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NOAA FLEET SAFETY PROGRAM**

## NC INSTRUCTION 5100.1B

**WHAT IT COVERS:**
- General Provisions for NOAA vessels
- Tests, Inspections, Certifications and Drills
- Vessel Hull, Machinery and Electrical Requirements
- Lifesaving and Safety Equipment
- Fire Protection Equipment
- Small Boat Requirements

## NC INSTRUCTION 5100.1B

**WHAT IT COVERS:**
- Communications and Electronic Navigation Equipment
- Sanitation, Health and General Safety
- Pollution Control

## COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES(Chapter 4 of DOC OSH Manual)

- At field locations or at each ASC OSH councils should be established:
- Members appointed in writing
- Meetings held quarterly
- Minutes maintained by ASR or RSM

## SIGHT PROTECTION PROGRAM (Chapter 7 of DOC OSH Manual)

- PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE EYE PROTECTION AND EYE CORRECTION WHEN NECESSARY
- 		AND

## SIGHT PROTECTION PROGRAM

- ELIMINATE EYE INJURIES
- ELIMINATE ACCIDENTS RESULTING FROM FAULTY VISION
- INCREASE PRODUCTION

- ELIMINATE WASTE CAUSED BY FAULTY VISION
- IMPROVE MORALE

## HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM (Chapter 15 of DOC OSH Manual)

- GOAL IS TO PREVENT EMPLOYEES FROM SUFFERING HEARING LOSS DUE TO NOISE EXPOSURE

## HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM

- HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:
- Monitoring noise hazardous areas
- Abatement of noise hazards by engineering controls
- Use of hearing protection as an interim measure until engineering controls are in place
- Periodic hearing tests of all  personnel at risk
- Training

## HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM

- AREAS DEFINED AS NOISE HAZARDOUS
*85 dBA or 140 dBP (impact noise)*
- SHALL BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED/POSTED WITH SIGNS LOCATED AT THEIR ENTRANCES OR BOUNDARIES
- POSTING AN ENTIRE BUILDING IS NOT RECOMMENDED UNLESS NEARLY ALL AREAS INSIDE ARE DESIGNATED AS NOISE HAZARDOUS

## HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM

- _CONTROL MEASURES_
- Engineering controls
- New equipment should have the lowest noise emission levels
- Acoustics shall be included in new facility plans
- Administrative controls
- Training

## HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM 

- RECORDKEEPING
- Audiometric test data and employee exposure measurements - Duration of employment plus 20 years

## PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (Chapter 8 of DOC OSH Manual) 

- PERTAINS TO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OR CLOTHING WORN FOR OCCUPATIONAL PROTECTION AGAINST BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL HAZARDS.

## PPE

- OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS SHALL BE CONTROLLED THROUGH ENGINEERING OR ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS
- PPE SHALL BE THE LAST CHOICE FOR CONTROL OF A HAZARD
- PPE SHALL BE PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEES AT THE GOVERNMENT EXPENSE

## PPE INCLUDES

- HAND PROTECTION
- EYE PROTECTION
- HEARING PROTECTION
- RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

- CLOTHING OR TYVEC COVERALLS
- SAFETY SHOES
- Toe guards are not acceptable

## EMPLOYEE REPORTS

**UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY WORKING CONDITIONS **
**(Possible Safety/Health Hazard) **
**Form CD-351**
**Chapter 10 of DOC OSH Manual**

## POSSIBLE UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY WORKING CONDITIONS

- PURPOSE:
- Reporting of an unsafe/unhealthy working condition at the earliest possible time to workplace supervisor

***ENCOURAGE***
***ORAL***
***NOTIFICATION***
***FIRST***

## UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY WORKING CONDITION

- Encourage oral notification to supervisor FIRST
- In lieu of oral notification, or an employee desiring anonymity, he/she may file a written report with the ASR or Regional Safety Manager
- Upon receipt of report the ASR or Safety Manager shall notify the supervisor
- Potentially serious conditions shall be investigated within 3 days

## UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY

- The originator of the report shall be notified in writing with 15 working days of action taken by the ASR or Reg. Safety Manager.
_**POSTING OF NOTICES:**_
- Ensure that notices advising employees of services, unsafe/unhealthy working conditions and interim protective measures are posted in the immediate vicinity of a hazard until it is abated.

## UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY

- RETENTION OF RECORDS
- Copies of reports and records of action shall be retained for 5 years following the end of the calendar year to which they relate

**Copies**
**of Unsafe/**
**Unhealthy**
**Working**
**Conditions**

## UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY

- BLANK FORMS FOR REPORTING UNSAFE/UNHEALTHY WORKING CONDITIONS MUST BE POSTED ON AN OFFICIAL SAFETY OR REQUIRED READING BOARD ALONG WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THIS FORM

## SAFETY INSPECTIONS DOC/NOAA WORKPLACES

- ALL WORKPLACES SHALL BE INSPECTED AT LEAST ANNUALLY.  HIGH HAZARD AREAS MORE FREQUENTLY BASED ON ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE (Chapter 9)

## WHY CONDUCT SAFETY INSPECTIONS?

***IDENTIFY POTENTIAL HAZARDS***
***ESTABLISH A GOOD ABATEMENT PLAN***
- Abatement is the elimination of a hazard

## SAFETY INSPECTIONS

- INSPECTORS SHALL OUT-BRIEF OFFICIAL IN CHARGE
- WRITTEN DEFICIENCY REPORTS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE OICs AND REG SAFETY MANAGERS
***IMMINENT DANGER SITUATIONS SHALL BE BROUGHT TO THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL FOR NECESSARY PROMPT ACTION***

## MOST FREQUENT VIOLATIONS

- Electrical :
- 		Receptacles
- 		Circuit breaker box
- 		Extension Cords (Gang Boxes)
- 		Energy Control (Lockout/Tagout)
- Emergency Lighting Inoperable
- Exits locked/Not Marked

- Eye wash Stations in need of servicing
- Hazmat (Improper storage, MSDS)
- Hilti Gun violations
- Housekeeping (Slips, Trips, Falls)

## MOST FREQUENT VIOLATIONS

- Ladders
- Machine Guarding
- Pesticide Spraying
- PPE
- Respirator Program

- Split Rim Servicing
- Training
- Warning Signs
- Weight Load Testing
- Welding Cables

## RISK ASSESSMENT CODES

_*	*__*	*__*	*__*	*__*MISHAP PROBABILITY *__**	**__**	**__**	**__**	**__**     A**__          __**B**__          __**C**__          __**D**__         _
-                        **I         **1           1          2          3
_*HAZARD*_*  *     **II**         1           2          3          4
_*SEVERITY*_   **III         **2           3          4          5
**	****	****	****   ****IV**        3           4          5          5

## RISK ASSESSMENT CODES

- _HAZARD SEVERITY_
**I**		Death or permanent total disability
**II**		Permanent partial disability or
- 		temporary total disability in excess
- 		of 3 months
**III****	**	Lost workday mishap/compensable mishap
**IV**	First aid or minor supportive medical
- 		treatment, or simply violation of standard

## RISK ASSESSMENT CODES

- _MISHAP PROBABILITY_
**A**		Likely to occur immediately
**B**		Probably will occur in time
**C**		Possibly to occur in time
**D**		Not likely to occur

## RISK ASSESSMENT CODES

_***RISK ASSESSMENT CODE***_
**1**		CRITICAL
**2**		SERIOUS
**3**		MODERATE
**4**		MINOR
**5**		NEGLIGIBLE