EHS Terms/Acronyms
This OSHA definition refers to any work-related injury or illness that results in loss of consciousness, days away from work, restricted work, or transfer to another job.
What is a recordable?
The science of fitting the job to the worker.
What is ergonomics?
This permit dictates how many tons of glass we can pull in a day.
What is our air permit (Renewable Operating Permit/ Title V Permit)?
The control that's most effective at reducing risk
What is elimination?
This stands for Powered Air Purifying Respirator.
What is a PAPR?
This acronym stands for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response.
What is HAZWOPER?
This regulations governs how we operate with highly hazardous chemicals, such as SO2.
What is Process Safety Management (PSM)?
Compliance with this regulation ensures that our manufacturing activities don't negatively impact storm water.
What is Storm Water Pollution Prevention (SWPP)?
Machine guarding is an example of this type of control
PASS is an acronym related to this activity.
What is using a fire extinguisher?
This term is the standard for how chemicals should be labeled and the layout for Safety Data Sheets (SDS's).
What is the Globally Harmonized System (GHS)?
The second most common compound in the earth's crust can come in a fraction that is hazardous to human health. Due to our use of earthen materials in the glass making process, this regulation comes in to play.
This regulations tells us how to safely handle and dispose of hazardous waste, such as Line 2 ECS Dust.
What is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)?
Painting lanes on the ground showing where people should walk and where vehicles should drive is an example of this type of control.
What is an administrative control?
This type of respirator is required in the batch houses.
What is a half-face respirator or a PAPR?
SCBA is an acronym that stands for this.
What is Self Contained Breathing Apparatus?
Under the respiratory protection standard, fit testing of tight-fitting respirators is required at this frequency.
What is annually?
Weekly and quarterly testing of the water discharged at locations such as the Jumbo Coater Konsolidator system and at Pump & Gear is a requirement of this environmental permit.
What is our NPDES permit (wastewater discharge permit)?
Using a less toxic version of a chemical is an example of this type of control.
What is substitution?
Line 2 Lehr, Line 2 Mass Air, Line 1 Mass Air, and Jumbo Coater Maintenance platform.
What are tornado shelters?
Risks that can be present in these spaces include oxygen enrichment, hazardous gases, and entrapment.
What is a confined space?
Regulatory limit expressed in 8-hour time-weighted averages on the amount or concentration of a substance in the air.
What is permissible exposure limit (PEL)?
This is a regulation we are subject to due to the amount of oil we store in large containers above ground and have a risk of spilling.
What is Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC)?
Ear plugs, high vis vests, and safety glasses are examples of this type of control.
What is PPE?
Government agency that promulgates the security regulation (Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard) we're subject to because of our use of SO2 and Sodium nitrate.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?