VA Safety and Health Program Occupational Safety and Health

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VA Safety and Health ProgramOccupational Safety
and Health

• Basic Safety for Supervisors

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Basic Safety for SupervisorsObjectives of the
Course

• Establish VA Safety Health Program
• Communicate
• Identify, Recognize, Abate

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VA Safety and Health Program

• Purpose
• Goals
• Total Quality Improvement (TQI)
• Responsibilities - Public Law 91-596
• Regulations and Standards

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Purpose

• Implementation of safety program
• Training in safety methods and practices

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Goals

• Present VA Occupational Safety and Health Program
• Specify the requirements of OSHA and JCAHO
  standards
• Instruct in record keeping and documentation
  procedures
• Instill an attitude to do job safely
• Create a safe work place

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Total Quality Improvement (TQI)

• What is TQI?
• TQI Goals

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Responsibilities -Public Law 91-596

• Employer and Employees
• Employee Rights and Duties

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Regulations and Standards

• VA
• Directives and Guidelines
• Regulatory Agencies
• OSHA 29 CFR 1960, 1926, 1910
• EPA 40 CFR and DOT 49 CFR,
• NRC 10 CFR
• JCAHO
• Environment of Care Standards

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Program Structure

• Staff and Support Functions
• Facility Safety Committees
• Hazard Surveillance Program

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Staff and Support Functions

• Safety Officer
• Service/Phone
• Industrial Hygienist
• Service/Phone
• Safety Specialist
• Service/Phone
• Safety Technician Trainee
• Service/Phone

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Facility Safety Committee

• Hazard and/or Accident Report(s)
• Safety Subcommittees
• Safety Subcommittee Minutes on Agenda

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Hazard Surveillance Program

• Participate in Hazard Surveillance Reviews
• Be Proactive and Motivated Towards Abatement
• Participate and Cooperate in Monthly
  Administrative Grand Rounds

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Accident Prevention Program

• Causation Factors and Abatement Measures
• Reporting

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Causation Factors and Abatement Measures

• Unsafe Act and/or Unsafe Condition
• Contributing and Immediate Causes
• Corrective Action(s) and Follow Up

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Reporting

• Accidents, Illnesses, and/or Incidents
• VA Form 2162
• OSHA Forms CA-1 or CA-2
• Hazards
• Notification

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Employee Training

• Site Specific Safe Work Practices
• Training Based on Compliance and Work Site Needs
• Training Records
• Safety Staff Support

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Site Specific Safe Work Practices

• Workplace Hazards
• Need for PPE

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Training Based on Compliance and Work Site Needs

• 29 CFR 1910
• Additional Training Requirements
• may appear in certain other standards (ANSI,
  NFPA, etc.)adopted by reference in Part 1910 and
  therefore mandatory

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Training Records

• Compliance
• Documentation

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Safety Staff Support

• Consultation
• Services
• Training Aids

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Inspection, Evaluation, and Abatement

• Area Inspections and Evaluations
• Hazard Recognition Concepts
• OSHA Checklist Review

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Area Inspections and Evaluations

• Inspection Criteria Report
• Abatement and Follow Up

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Hazard Recognition Concepts

• System Analysis Approach to Safety
• In a task oriented system man, machine and
  environment are the three components involved to
  perform the task.

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OSHA Checklist Review

• OSHA Checklist for General IndustryPrepared by
  The Department of LaborDivision of Education,
  Training Consultation

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Fire Prevention and Protection

• Fire Prevention
• Fire Protection
• Fire Plan

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Fire Prevention

• Attitude/Safe Practices
• Storage
• Hot Work Permits

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Fire Protection

• Detection
• Extinguishing Devices

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Fire Plan

• Evacuation Procedures
• Fire Drills

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Industrial Hygiene Program

• Right to Know Law
• Hazardous Chemicals and Waste Management
• Monitoring and Sampling
• Medical Surveillance
• Ergonomics

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Right to Know LawHazard Communication Standard

• MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)
• Labeling
• Training

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Hazardous Chemicals and Waste Management

• Cradle to Grave Concept
• Written Program
• Segregation of Waste
• Disposal

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Monitoring and Sampling

• Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)
• Time Weighted Average (TWA)
• Threshold Limit Value (TLV)

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Medical Surveillance

• Required by OSHA
• By Substance or Agent
• By Occupation
• For Respirator Use
• Required by VA
• By Substance or Agent
• Recommended By VA
• By Substance or Agent
• By Occupation

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Ergonomics

• The goal of ergonomics is to fit the job to the
  worker, not the worker to the job.

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Emergency Preparedness

• Emergency Preparedness Plans
• Emergency Notification Procedures

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Emergency Preparedness Plans

• Facility Involvement
• Internal and External Plans
• Annual Review
• Facility-wide Semi-annual Activation
• Critique
• Drill(s)

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Emergency Notification Procedures

• Notification
• Internal and External
• Executing and Updating

S 8.2