VPP OSHA Star Proven Road Map for VPP Compliance of Best Practice Execution

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VPP OSHA Star Proven Road Map for VPP
Compliance of Best Practice Execution

• Certified Environmental Management, Ltd.
• A VPP STAR WORKSITE

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Industrial Hygiene Vision Statement and
Purposeall Starts with an AIHA, OSHA, and ACGIH
Occupational Exposure Assessment Model

• Your organizations need to be devoted to the
  anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and
  control of industrial hygiene factors arising in,
  or from the workplace, which may cause sickness,
  impaired health and well-being, or significant
  discomfort among workers and team members.
• Your organizations will need to evaluate on an
  annual basis, jobs, tasks, activities and
  products to determine the extent of employee
  exposure to hazards and decide what is needed to
  control these hazards to protect all team
  members.
• In 1989 AIHA/ACGIH/OSHA Published a Model that
  has since been updated four times to now include
  dermal hazards.
• The Model measures workplace hazards that can
  cause sickness, impaired health, or significant
  discomfort of workers through chemical, physical,
  ergonomic, or biological exposures. Our role as
  VPP Associates and Team Members is to identify,
  and quantify these conditions and help eliminate
  or control them through appropriate measures.
• You will need to use workplace industrial hygiene
  monitoring and analytical methods to detect and
  quantify the extent of worker chemical, physical,
  or biological exposures and recommend
  engineering, work practice controls, and other
  methods to control potential health hazards.

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Industrial Hygiene Goals and Objectives

• Maintain Industrial Hygiene Compliance under the
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  (OSHA), American Conference of Governmental
  Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) and National
  Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
  (NIOSH).
• Address strictly Company Employees for initial
  baseline.
• Comply with all OSHA/NIOSH/ACGIH Specific
  Standards and Regulations.
• Monitor and Document the Quantitative 95
  Statistical Confidence that measures the extent
  of worker exposure.
• Recommend and help employ engineering, work
  practice controls, and other methods to control
  potential health hazards.
• Implement numerous Best Practices in the Field
  of Industrial Hygiene
• So how do you implement all of this cost
  effectively?
• By understanding the current regulatory
  environment.

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How do you start? By Understanding GHS

• HCS 1983 Recognized the importance of an
  international standard in the preamble
• Build-up to current GHS
• Years of bilateral trade negotiations
• 1992 United Nations mandate adopted at the Earth
  Summit
• Negotiations over 10 years
• US supported the process and actively
  participated
• System available for adoption by competent
  authorities

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What is the GHS?

• A common, coherent approach to classifying and
  communicating chemical hazards
• Proposes
• Harmonized definitions of hazards
• Specific criteria for labels
• Harmonized format for safety data sheets

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What is the GHS?

• Sample Hazard Statements
• Fatal if in contact with skin
• May cause fire or explosion
• May cause cancer
• Two Signal Words
• Danger
• Warning

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Use the New Law to Implement a Comprehensive
Hygiene Program

• Conduct an Occupational Health Hazard Assessment.
  Take all SDSs
• Scan
• Link
• Enter into Database
• Document each of the following variables with
  each CAS
• Evaluate all Chemical Hazards that exist as
  concentrations of mists, vapors, gases, fumes, or
  solids. Some are toxic through inhalation and
  some of them irritate the skin on contact some
  can be toxic by absorption through the skin or
  through ingestion, and some are corrosive to
  living tissue.
• Need to evaluate on site every new product
  MSDSs/SDSs break down chemistry by CAS and
  percent. This Occupational Health Hazard
  Assessment update will include evaluations of all
  jobs, operations, process, task, volume on site,
  department, closed or open system, pressurized or
  not, skin contact or not, PPE worn, frequency of
  task, number of workers involved, and duration of
  exposure.
• Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.1200 Hazard
  Communication.

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Integrate Qualitative to Quantitative

• Quantitative Measurement of Air Contaminants.
• The most common particulate contaminants include
  dusts, fumes, mists, aerosols, and fibers. Dusts
  are solid particles that are formed or generated
  from solid organic or inorganic materials by
  reducing their size through mechanical processes
  such as crushing, grinding, drilling, abrading or
  blasting.
• Fumes are formed when material from a volatilized
  solid condenses in cool air. In most cases, the
  solid particles resulting form the condensation
  react with air to form an oxide.
• Mists are finely divided liquids suspended in the
  atmosphere. Mists are generated by liquids.
• Fibers are solid particles whose length is
  several times greater than their diameter.
• Gases are formless fluids that expand to occupy
  the space or enclosure in which they are confined
  (carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon
  dioxide).
• Liquids change into vapors and mix with the
  surrounding atmosphere through evaporation.
  Vapors are the gaseous form of substances which
  are normally in the solid or liquid state at room
  temperature and pressure (paints, parts cleaning
  solvents).

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OSHA Horizontal Chemical Laws

• Compliance with 29 CFR

• 1910.1000 Air Contaminants Horizontal Regulatory
  Laws
• 1910.1001    Asbestos.1910.1002    Coal tar
  pitch volatiles interpretation of
  term.1910.1003    13 Carcinogens
  (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.).1910.1004   
  alpha-Naphthylamine.1910.1006    Methyl
  chloromethyl ether.1910.1007   
  3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine (and its
  salts).1910.1008    bis-Chloromethyl
  ether.1910.1009    beta-Naphthylamine.1910.1010 
    Benzidine.1910.1011    4-Aminodiphenyl.1910.1
  023    Ethyleneimine.1910.1013   
  beta-Propiolactone.1910.1014   
  2-Acetylaminofluorene.1910.1015   
  4-Dimethylaminoazobenzene.1910.1016   
  N-Nitrosodimethylamine.1910.1017    Vinyl
  chloride.1910.1018    Inorganic
  arsenic.1910.1025    Lead.1910.1026    Chromium
  (VI).1910.1027    Cadmium.1910.1028   
  Benzene.1910.1029    Coke oven
  emissions.1910.1043    Cotton dust.1910.1044   
  1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane.1910.1045   
  Acrylonitrile.1910.1047    Ethylene
  oxide.1910.1048    Formaldehyde.1910.1050   
  Methylenedianiline.1910.1051   
  1,3-Butadiene.1910.1052    Methylene Chloride.

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Build from Data Collection JHAs/JSAs

• Recommendations of PPE when effective work
  practices and/or engineering controls are not
  feasible to achieve the permissible exposure
  limit.
• Personal Protective Equipment such as gloves,
  safety goggles, helmets, safety shoes, and
  protective clothing.
• Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.132 Personal
  Protective Equipment General Requirements.
• Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.133 Eye and Face
  Protection.
• Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.134 Personal
  Protective Equipment Respiratory Protection.
• Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.135 Personal
  Protective Head Protection.
• Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.136 Personal
  Protective Equipment Foot Protection.
• Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.137 Personal
  Protective Equipment Electrical Protective
  Devices.
• Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.138 Personal
  Protective Equipment Hand Protection.
• Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.95 Hearing Protection
  (OSHA and Also Address ACGIH 3 dbA)

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Integrate all Data into an Electronic System

• Medical Surveillance Records and Personal
  Exposure Records for Every Sample Collected.
• Special OSHA Form Documentation for Air
  Contaminant Sampling.
• Chain of Custody Documentation.
• Executive Summary Reporting.
• Statistical Reporting.
• Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.1020 Access to
  Employee Exposure and Medical Records.

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User-Friendly System to Manage Data

• Add, edit, search, and view your Quantitative and
  Qualitative data from the easy-to-use Web Site
  interface.
• This means
• Only one interface to learn and use for all your
  data.
• All your data resides on one secured system,
  giving better security, data integrity, and
  searching capability.
• User friendly interface allows anyone to be able
  to start using the database quickly.

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Integration with Chemical Information

• Access database of Chemical Information for the
  chemicals used in your organization.
• This means
• See toxicology data including Health Effects,
  Carcinogenicity, Symptoms, etc.
• See recommended Personal Protective Equipment.
• See worldwide and historical Regulatory Limits.

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Unlimited Perspectives with Reports

• Data is only as useful as your ability to search
  and view it. The Online Database allows you to
  generate reports in print and be electronically
  transmitted via pdf files allowing you to see
  your data from multiple perspectives.
• This means
• Unlimited reports for Chemical Exposure Sampling
  Data.
• Unlimited reports for Noise Exposure Sampling
  Data.
• Unlimited reports for Hazard Assessment Data.
• Requested custom reports design and creation.

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Historical Quantitative Data Graph

• Executive Presentation Data Generation
  Capabilities
• Ability to generate graphs to show exposure
  levels and historical regulatory limits.
• Ability to generate graphs to show modification
  in regulatory trends across multiple years .
• Ability to show limits prior to engineering
  controls and post installed engineering controls
  or administrative controls.

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Best Practice Web-Based IH System Implemented to
Help Us Work Efficiently/Safely

• Industrial Hygiene Total Solution System
• Field Reference Guide - Regulated Chemicals
• Toxicology and Sampling Methods
• Reference Data Bases OSHA ACGIH Limits (since
  1987)
• International Limits for 50 Countries
• Material Data Sheet Internet Based Management
  and Retrieval
• Active and Archive Data Bases
• Selective Search by Name, Job Title, etc
• Prescreen New Chemicals By Requestor or by
  Vendor
• Chemical Hazard Assessment by Industrial
  Hygienist
• User Friendly Data Entry (Historical Data)
• Chemical Inventory
• Adjust Weighting of 17 Parameters in Model
• Exposure Ranking Model (prioritize exposures)
• Report Preparation
• - Workplace Characterization
• - Workforce Characterization
• - Chemical Agents
• - Chemical Exposure Ranking

• Industrial Hygiene Total Solution System
• Data Query Tools Hazard Assessment Reports by
  30 search topics
• Laboratory Analysis Quantitative Results Reports
  by 50 topics
• - AIHA Quantitative Results
• - Field Sampling Documentation
• - Report Writing Helper
• - Medical Surveillance/Personnel Records
• - Exposures as Per Cent of Limits
• - Respiratory Protection Factor (APF with
  PPE)
• Industrial Hygiene Query Tools -
• ACGIH BEI Limits
• ACGIH TLV Limits
• ACGIH Notice of Intended Changes
• ACGIH Carcinogenicity List
• Homeland Security Chemicals of Interest
• Chemical Inventory by multiple parameters
• Multiple Sampling Plans
• ACGIH Ototoxic Chemical List
• Chemicals with Horizontal Standards

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Updates and Upgrades

• Ensure that the system is up-to-date and
  fully-featured.
• This means
• You have access to new chemical information and
  regulatory limits from more than 52 worldwide
  agencies as soon as possible after it is
  published. This number of worldwide agencies can
  fluctuate based upon our clients business needs.
• -Notification of these updates with explanations
  given via e-mail to your requested e-mail
  address.
• Allows for full understanding of the impact to
  your facilities

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Accessible from Any Computer

• Any computer with Internet access and a current
  supported Web browser can access the Total IH
  System Databases.
• This means
• Access the Online Database anywhere in the North
  American Continent at any time.
• No need to upgrade Software or Hardware to meet
  the on going requirements of an installed
  Database system.

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Complete Data Integration

• Integrate all your Industrial Hygiene data into
  one database system and unlock your datas full
  potential.
• This means
• Easily share data between multiple users,
  locations and departments. Your data is always
  synchronized across your entire organization.
• Search and find trends in your data. Data is only
  as useful as your ability to query and organize
  into a professional format.
• Once new onsite data has been entered, a
  confirmation is required in writing from the
  designated user/manager to allow for permanent
  integration of data into database for query
  possibilities.

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List of Reports Available for Hazard Assessment
(Qualitative)
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List of Reports Available for Hazard Assessment
(Quantitative)
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Free Chemical List of World-Wide Regulatory
Limits with Technical Information to all
Registered Web-Based Users
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List of World-Wide Regulatory Bodies
ACGIH Global New Zealand
ACGIH (NIC) Germany - MAK Ontario
AIHA Germany - TRK Ontario (Draft)
Alberta Hong Kong Revised 2007 Ontario
Australia IARC OSHA
British Columbia Ireland Poland - MAC
Belgium Japan - JSOH Poland
Brazil Malaysia Quebec
CEC Manitoba South Africa - DOL CL
China Mexico South Africa - DOL RL
Czech Republic MSHA Spain
EPA MSHA (Pre-9/2000) Sweden
EU - BOELV Netherlands Tennessee OSHA
EU - IOELV NIOSH United Kingdom
EU - OEL NIOSH - IDLH UK MEL
Finland Norway UK OES
France - VL NTP US Military
France - VR    
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Example of Toxicological Data Availablewww.cemih.
com
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Comprehensive MSDS Search
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Examples of Technical Tools

• Audits
• IH Sampling Plan for Chemical Monitoring
• Execute Occupational Health Hazard Assessments
• Baseline Noise
• Glove Research
• JHA/JSA Evaluations
• Mixture Effects Calculation
• Prescreening of Chemicals
• Total IH Solution System Best Practice Solution
  Qualitative to Quantitative

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Web Based IH Solution System Not Just a Slice
The Whole Pie
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Conclusions and Recommendations

• Conduct Occupational Health Hazard Assessments
• Evaluate Mixture Effects of Chemistry
• Ensure Awareness of ACGIH NICs
• Integrate Safety Audit, JSA, JHA, Noise, IH
  Monitoring into One Campaign
• Provide Medical Surveillance Records and Archive
  On-Line
• Prescreen Chemical MSDS/SDSs before a Chemical
  Comes on Site.
• Continue to Look at Engineering Controls and
  Document Findings and Evaluations
• Establish an IH Monitoring Campaign Annually for
  Horizontal Chemicals
• Maximize Data Collected in Every Facet Possible!
• Establish JHAs or JSAs
• Prepare for GHS Impact
• Prepare I2P2 Impact
• Integrate all IH Sites into Web Based System
• Feel free to sign in to view toxicological data
  and DOT data on 1000s of chemicals at no cost
  through our www.cemih.com site.