Safety Manual

• Protection measures utilized for the prevention of • Hazards related to exposure, • Appropriate work practices,

• Emergency procedures, • The use of proper PPE.

Multiple Work Sites Where employees must travel between work places during a work shift, the written HAZCOM section shall be kept at a primary job site and made readily available as needed in accordance with requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1020(e). Multiple Employer Job Sites • A pre-job briefing shall be conducted with the contractor before work commences on site. • During this pre-job briefing, contractors shall provide to company current copies of all Safety Data Sheets along with the label information for every hazardous substance broughton-site. • Must notify and provide required SDS and label information for all hazardous materials the contractor may encounter on the job, • Labeling systems and precautionary measures to be taken by the contractor during both normal conditions and emergencies shall be addressed, • By providing such information to other employers, company does not assume any obligations that other employers have for the safety of their employees, • In this regard, other employers working on company property, or for company on client’s property, remain fully responsible for developing and implementing their own compliant hazard communication section.

Hazard Warnings / NFPA 704 The NFPA 704 Diamond is a means of disseminating hazard warning and information for a specific material. The diamond is divided into four sections. Each of the first three colored sections has a number in it associated with a hazard. The higher the number is, the more hazardous a material is for that characteristic. The fourth section includes special hazard information. The four sections and an explanation of the numbers in them are provided as a reference.

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