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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...

Hazardous wastes and materials form a part of many work situations across the globe, and can be found increasingly on many job sites. It is very important for employees to recognize and identify potentially dangerous substances, as well as know hoe to handle emergency situations and how to dispose of these substances carefully. OSHA mandates that anyone and everyone who works with these substances should receive in depth training with regards to safety. In 1976, the EPA or Environment Protection Agency in the United Stated issued the RCRA or Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to regulate and control the handling of hazardous waste substances at the workplace. The handling has to be regulated and monitored right from the start to its end. Since then, many other regulations have cropped up including the OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 standard or the HAZWOPER standard. AS a part of this regulation, there are different requirements that govern employee trainings, which depends entirely on the em...