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There are different decontamination procedures required depending on the nature of the incident. The method, size and type of decontamination operation will be determined by the nature of the incident, weather, temperature, type of oil and the number of people to be decontaminated and again the number of trained personnel who are available. Before entering the site, the response personnel must be briefed on the procedures. The decontaminated zone must be kept organized and clean as possible to ensure the operations go well and keep all personnel safe. The below steps are some of the basic decontamination procedures and it basically is indicated for most oil spill incidents. The oil spill response incidents may involve high viscous oils and a more sophisticated operation may be required to perform as well as more trained personnel should be available at the site. The Decontamination Corridor must be established and clearly identified. The best location for establishing a decontamination...

There have been many reports of OSHA sending out letters to those companies with high injury rates. These letters contain suggestions and warnings on how and why these companies should take immediate steps to protect their workers. These letters are probably a good warning that OSHA may target these companies for an inspection. These organizations that receive such letters have been found to have an extremely high injury and illness rate at the workplace, resulting in their workers skipping work for days, job transfers or even restricted work activities. Each year, more than 200 of the biggest establishments receive these letters from OSHA, and the list contains a large number of small companies as well. In the past years, many companies have been inspected by OSHA and due to their work records, they received wall-to-wall inspections and we were thus subsequently fined. There have been many cases were the fines run into the thousands and even millions of dollars. Unless you prefer to r...