EAP Categories
List 3 categories of emergencies in your EAP
Evacuation, fire, storm, oil spill, chemical spill, trailer spill, vapor cloud/inert, vapor cloud/O2, NH3 spill, active shooter, pipeline emergency, plant shut down, injury, security, fall, etc.
What is another name for Bleach
Sodium Hypochlorite
What PPE is required when working with corrosive materials?
Safety gloves, safety glasses with face shield or goggles, protective apron, in high concentrations or during spill appropriate respiratory protection.
Corrosives have similar hazards associated with them. For cooling tower chemicals, list three hazards.
Corrosive, corrosive to metals, causes serious eye damage, causes skin irritation, toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects.
Enclosed pallets or concrete barriers that surround a chemical container to prevent spills from escaping are considered what.
What is secondary Containment
What information will be found on the EAP's Resource page
Phone numbers, EAP assignments, critical resource phone numbers
When exposed to a corrosive chemical, what first-aid treatment should be given?
Skin: Flush with copious amounts of water/emergency shower.
Respiratory: Get into fresh air
Eyes: Flush eyes with fresh water for 15-20 minutes
General: Call 911
Yes or No , when you have a chemical spill of a corrosive nature, can you add water to the spill to dilute it?
No, do not add water to a corrosive chemical. Many corrosive materials, both liquid and solid, generate large amounts of heat when they are mixed with water. This can cause the solution to froth and boil or even to erupt violently from the container.
When corrosive chemicals enter the waterways and are toxic enough to kill the fish they are considered.
What are environmental hazards
Spills that are larger than 25 gallons, involve life safety, are larger than you are capable of handling safely, require trained Hazmat personnel to clean up are considered what type of spill per the EAP.
What is a Large chemical spill.
How often are you supposed to review the EAP?
Annually or whenever you perform an EAP Drill
Containers of cooling tower chemicals must be stored in what type of environment?
Store in cool, dry, location. Keep away from extreme heat, Store away from food stuff, keep away from oxidizing agents, store in well ventilated location, store in sealed containers.
When responding to an emergency or evacuating from a spill you should always stay, Up....
Up hill, Up wind, Up stream
Metals, ammonia, strong reducing agents, methanol, strong acids, formic acid, ammonium salts are what in reference to Cooling Tower Chemicals.
Incompatible materials with Corrosives
When you provide emergency eyewash and showers and make them available in the immediate vicinity of use/handling or corrosives. Provide exhaust ventilation, this is what type of control.
What is Engineering Controls
Each EAP category is set up in the same fashion. What are the three sections listed in each category?
Pre Emergency Planning
Emergency Response
Post Emergency Actions
Sodium hypochlorite is classified as what type of substance?
Corrosive, irritant
For Large chemical spills of a corrosive nature what is the best response?
Notify your manager. Call 911 if there is a life threatening emergency. Evacuate the area and keep unnecessary people out.
No action shall be taken for large spills without suitable hazmat training. Do not walk through spilled material, do not breath vapor or mist. Provide adequate ventilation.
incompatible materials, excess heat, light, combustible materials are what in reference to Cooling Tower Chemicals.
Conditions to avoid
The relative weight of a gas or vapor compared to air, which has an arbitrary value of one. Chlorine has a value of >1 therefor it sinks in air because it is heavier than air.
Vapor Density
There are two new categories to the EAP, what are they.
Corrosive/Chemical spill
Oil Spill
What does ! mean in a red diamond?
Irritant, skin irritant, category 2 (aquatic acute)
If you ingest a poison, you would call poison control, what is their number?
Poison control 800-222-1222
Do not allow product to reach sewage system or open water. It is the responsibility of the waste generator to properly characterize all waste materials according to regulation. This falls under what section of the SDS
Waste Disposal Recommendations, Wast characterization.
Trained Hazmat personnel will utilize non-combustible, absorbing material such as what? They place the used absorbents in containers for disposal according to local regulations.
What is sand, earth, vermiculite, or diatomaceous earth