American Glass Guild Studio Safety

OSHA WRITTEN PROGRAMS & DOCUMENTATION WRITTEN PROGRAMS & RECORDS IMPLIED RECORDKEEPING REQUIRMENTS HAZARD COMMUNICATION (29 CFR ) OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO SPECIFIC HAZARDS(29 CFR ) LEAD

WRITTEN PROGRAMS & DOCUMENTATAION (CONT’D) FALL PROTECTION SCAFFOLDING LOCK OUT – TAG OUT (29 CFR ) RESPIRATORY PROTECTION (29 CFR ) MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE

HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE CHEMICALS NOISE BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS RADIATION HEAT STRESS LASERS VIBRATION

HAZARD RECOGNITION, COMMUNICATION, EVALUATION & CONTROL HAZARD COMMUNICATION JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND SAFETY SURVEYS EMPLOYEE ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND EXPOSURE RECORDS CONTROL OF OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS

HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD ( ) “ TO ENSURE THAT THE HAZARDS OF ALL CHEMICALS PRODUCED OR IMPORTED ARE EVALUATED, AND THAT INFORMATION CONCERNING THEIR HAZARD IS TRANSMITTED TO EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYESS.” HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS > 1% CARCINOGENS > 0.1%

HAZARD DOES NOT APPLY TO: HAZARDOUS WASTE TOBACCO WOOD MARINE FOOD/DRUGS/COSMETICS CONSUMER PRODUCTS

MAJOR HAZCOM REQUIRMENTS WRITTEN PROGRAM MSDS's CONTAINER LABELLING INFORMATION AND TRAINING

HAZCOM WRITTEN PROGRAM CHEMICAL INVENTORY PROCEDURES FOR MSDS’s, LABELLING & TRAINING ROUTINE AND NON-ROUTINE TASKS

CONTROL OF CCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES HIERARCHY OF EXPOSURE CONTROLS –Administrative –Engineering –PPE APPLICABLE TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURES APPLICABLE TO PHYSICAL HAZARDS

WORK PRACTICES SUBSTITUTION WITH A LESS TOXIC SUBSTANCE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES WORK PRACTICES AND TRAINING

LEAD 29 CFR CFR  Lead Compliance Program  Action Level - 30ug/m3  8Hr-TWA - PEL - 50ug/m3

LEAD CONTROL  Info – Training  Hazards  Work Practices  Housekeeping  General order  HEPA Vacuum  Tack Mats

Lead Safety Hygiene –  Work Clothing  Hand Wash  Showers Posting of Areas  Studio  Installation Sites

Lead Safety Medical Surveillance  Blood Lead  Respiratory Protection Controls to Reduce Exposure  Work Practices  Ventilation

Lead Safety Respiratory Protection  Newest Standard  Sample program available at  OSHA revised Protection factors  Make sure up to date on Fit Testing

Lead Safety Monitoring  Each employee yearly  Each job task yearly  High levels require additional sampling  Ambient air in studio  Wipe samples

EPA Rules Right To Know Reporting –EPA Lowered Lead Threshold to 100 lbs –Do You Need to Report? Primary business is manufacture of products containing lead by business within designated SIC Codes. Is It your studio???? NO You should Use SIC Code 3231 Glass Products Made of Purchased Glass

EPA Rules EPA 402 Building and Structures Training & Certification –Work practices for Lead disturbance in public and commercial buildings

EPA Rules What Is the Future For Lead Use? –Most likely will have to start reporting on use –Has been proposed to ban all lead use. Currently banned in fuel and paint

EPA Rules What Can the AGG Members Do? –Participate in monitoring program –Proper Waste disposal –Recycle, Reuse –Stay InformedWWW.EPA.GOV –Lobby –National Lead Center LEAD

STAIRS, LADDERS, etc. STAIRS – FIXED INDUSTRIAL LADDERS PORTABLE LADDERS FIXED SCAFFOLDS MOBILE LADDER STANDS AND SCAFFOLDS

SUBPART M, FALL PROTECTION 29 CFR Revised in 1994 Performance Orientated Standard 6 FOOT RULE Requires written plan

Protection Methods GUARD RAIL SYSTEMS Top Rail 42” Mid Rail 21” or screens, mesh etc. Toe Boards 3.5” - <0.25” space 200 lb pressure

Personal Fall Arrest Systems Anchor points Full Body Harness Lanyards 6’ max Self Locking Snap Hooks 5,000 pound strength minimum Positioning devices

Safety Nets Within 30’ feet of surface Inspected weekly 5,000 pound strength minimum Extend out past edge, 8’ - 13’ 400 pound test bag

Warning Line Systems Flagged at no more than 6’ interval supported 5,000 pound minimum force All sides of the surface

§ SUBPART L SCAFFOLDS

§ Scope, Application Covers all scaffolds used in workplaces. Does not apply to crane or derrick suspended personnel platforms, which are covered by § (g). Aerial lifts are covered §

§ General Requirements For All Scaffolds (a) Capacity support own weight and 4 X the maximum intended load. suspension rope & hardware, 6 X the maximum intended load. stall load of scaffold hoist not to exceed 3 times its rated load. designed by a qualified person and built and loaded to design.

§ General Requirements For All Scaffolds (con’t) (b) Scaffold platform construction Platforms fully planked or decked – no more than 1” gaps – maximum openings of 9½” – scaffold platforms and walkways 18” wide – ladder jack, top plate bracket, roof bracket, and pump jack scaffold at least 12” wide – guardrails and/or personal fall arrest systems for platforms and runways not 18” wide

(b) Scaffold platform construction (con’t) Front edge of all platforms – No more than 14” from the face of the work – 3” from the face for outrigger scaffolds – 18” from the face for plastering and lathing operations Platforms 10’ and less to extend at least 6” but not more than 12” past support unless designed and installed and/or guarded properly Platforms greater than 10’ no more than 18” past support unless designed and installed and/or guarded properly § General Requirements For All Scaffolds (con’t)

(b) Scaffold platform construction (con’t) Each abutted end of plank shall rest on a separate support surface. Overlap platforms not less than 12” only over supports, unless restrained to prevent movement. On direction changes, any platform on a bearer at other than a right angle shall be laid first, and platforms which rest at right angles over the same bearer laid second. § General Requirements For All Scaffolds (con’t)

§ General Requirements For All Scaffolds (con’t) (b) Scaffold Platform Construction (con’t) – No paint on wood platforms, except edges that may be marked for identification – Fully planked between front upright and guardrail support – No mixed scaffold components used unless compatible and integrity maintained – No modification of mixed scaffold components unless a competent person approves – No components of dissimilar metals unless approved by competent person

§ General Requirements – Higher than 4:1 ratio restrained from tipping by guys, ties, or equivalent. – Guys, ties, installed per recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height – Bear on adequate foundations – Plumbed and braced (c) Criteria for supported scaffolds

§ General Requirements (con’t) Erected, moved, dismantled or altered only under supervision of competent person No work on snow, ice covered platforms Tag lines on swinging loads Protect suspension ropes from heat, acid No work during storms or high winds (f) Use (con’t)

(g) Fall protection (PFAS or guardrails) – Required at 10 foot – PFAS in lieu of guardrails on some scaffolds – PFAS & guardrails on suspension scaffolds – Toprails after , 38” to 45” high § General Requirements (con’t)

(h) falling object protection Hardhats required Protect employees below Barricades to exclude working below Toe boards at edges of platforms Allows panels and screens Canopies allowed

Other Topics to Consider Fire Extinguishers-Fire Protection Ergonomics Blood borne Pathogens Hazardous Waste Tuberculosis Prevention & Control Amendments Indoor Air Quality Act Worker Protection Act