Bloodborne Pathogens
Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee's duties.
What is Occupational Exposure?
A Safe Work Permit is valid for only this amount of time.
What is one shift?
This federal agency was created to improve worker safety and health protection and officially came into being on April 28, 1971.
What is OSHA?
This procedure is to ensure that hazardous substances used or stored at GRP Georgia Biomass sites are properly managed and that information concerning their hazards is communicated to employees and contractors.
What is the Hazard Communication Procedure.
Electrical, chemical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, thermal, and stored energy are all examples of this.
What are hazardous energy sources?
The approach to infection control that all human blood and human body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious for HIV, HBV, and other bloodborne pathogens
What is Universal Precautions?
These are the three major steps in the Safe Work Permit process.
What are Initiation, Review and Concurrence, and Closing?
Under OSHA, employees have this right when they believe a safety or health violation or an imminent danger exists in their workplace.
What is the right to file a confidential complaint with OSHA?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is written or printed material concerning a hazardous chemical that is prepared in accordance with 29 C.F.R. 1910.1200, the Hazard Communication Standard.
What is an SDS (Safety Data Sheet)
These employees are permitted to perform Lockout/Tagout on equipment or machinery while servicing it.
Who are Authorized Employees?
These kits are located in the Admin Building Breezeway and in the control room.
What are Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Kits.
Maintenance or repair on piping or vessels containing gas or liquid above this pressure requires a Safe Work Permit.
What is 100 psi?
Employers must report a workplace fatality to OSHA within this amount of time.
What is 8 hours?
What the abbreviation GHS stands for.
What is Global Harmonization System
This type of stored energy hazard may remain inside piping even after equipment has been shut down.
What is residual pressure?
Contaminated absorbent, towels, rags, clothing are put in one of these
What is a "BIOHAZARD BAG"
Safe Work Permits must be closed out and retained for this length of time.
What is one year?
Employees who raise safety concerns to their employer or OSHA are protected from this type of employer action.
What is retaliation, discharge, or discrimination?
This allows a hazardous chemical that will be under the control of the person who transfers it from a labeled container into an unlabeled one and used only within their work shift.
What is Immediate Control
Tags may be used by themselves only under this condition.
What is when lockout is not possible?
The ratio of the bleach solution for clean up and decontamination of a blood or bodily fluids
What is a 10% bleach solution.
This person initiates the Safe Work Permit, inspects the work area, identifies required safety equipment, and meets with the Control Room Operator for review and approval.
Who is the Requester?
During an OSHA inspection, workers may participate in the walk-through, speak privately with the inspector, and do this regarding workplace dangers.
What is notify the inspector of hazards, injuries, near misses, or other safety and health concerns?
These people are are required to complete Hazard Communication training and understand the written Hazard Communication Program.
Who are all employees?
Manually operated circuit breakers and line or pipe valves are examples of these devices.
What are energy isolation devices?