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MARICOPA COUNTY INTERNAL POLICY Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: Current Adoption INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PLAN: MM-DD-YYYY Date: GLOSSARY Current MM-DD-YYYY Implementation Date: Approved by: Board Agenda C-##-##-###-#-## Number: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Original Adoption 5-20-2015 Date: Accepted Engineering Practices Aluminum Hydraulic Shoring Requirements that are compatible with A pre-engineered shoring system comprised of standards of practice required by a registered aluminum hydraulic cylinders (cross braces) professional engineer used in conjunction with vertical rails (uprights) or horizontal rails (wales). Such a system is Accident designed specifically to support the sidewalls of Any unexpected event that interrupts or an excavation and prevent cave-ins interferes with the orderly progress of the production activity or process ANSI American National Safety Institute Acute Exposure Exposure to a toxic substance that results in Appointing Authority severe biological harm or death An elected official, the single administrative or executive head of a Department/Special District, ADOSH or the designated representative authorized to Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and act in this capacity Health (the state’s equivalent to OSHA) Approved Affected Employee When used in connection with methods, tools or A person whose job includes activities such as equipment, refers to the methods and equipment erecting, installing, constructing, repairing, approved by the company through committee adjusting, inspecting, operating or maintaining departmental action or in relation to a safety rule the equipment/process Asbestos Airborne Pathogens A mineral fiber that can pollute air or water and Microorganisms that may be present in the air cause cancer or asbestosis when inhaled and can cause diseases in exposed humans. These include, but are not limited to, Atmosphere-Supplying Respirator mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), influenza, A respirator that supplies the user with breathing measles and the aspergillus fungus air from a source independent of the ambient atmosphere and includes supplied-air Air-Purifying Respirator respirators (SARs) and self-contained breathing A respirator with an air-purifying filter, cartridge apparatus (SCBA) units or canister that removes specific air contaminants bypassing ambient air through the Authorized Individual air-purifying element A knowledgeable individual to whom the authority and responsibility to perform a specific assignment has been given by the County Page 1 of 12 Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: GLOSSARY Current Adoption MM-DD-YYYY Date: Barrier Cave-in A physical obstruction that is intended to prevent The separation of a mass of soil or rock material contact with energized lines or equipment from the side of an excavation, or the loss of soil from under a trench shield or support system, Bell-Bottom Pier Hole and its sudden movement into the excavation, A type of shaft or footing excavation, the bottom either by falling or sliding, in sufficient quantity of which is made larger than the cross section so that it could entrap, bury or otherwise injure a above to form a bell-shape person Benching (Benching system) CDL A method of protecting employees from cave-ins Commercial Driver License by excavating the sides of an excavation to form one or a series of horizontal levels or steps, Center of Gravity usually with vertical or near-vertical surfaces The point of an object at which all of its weight between levels can be considered concentrated Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Chargeable Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in The action or lack of action by the employee that human blood and can cause disease in humans. contributed to the accident or abuse These pathogens include, but are not limited to, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immune Chemical deficiency virus (HIV) Any element, chemical compound or mixture of elements and/or compounds Bodily Injury or Illness Injury or illness to any employee or other party Chemical Manufacturer An employer with a workplace where chemicals that requires treatment by a medical are produced for use or distribution professional Canister or Cartridge Chemical Name A container with a filter, sorbent or catalyst, or The scientific designation of a chemical in combination of these items, which removes accordance with the nomenclature system specific contaminants from the air passed developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry or a name that will through the container clearly identify the chemical for the purpose of Casually Transmitted conducting a hazard evaluation Capable of being spread from one person to another, by merely being in close proximity to Circuit the infected individual, without requiring physical A conductor or system of conductors through which an electric current is intended to flow contact to occur Caustic Clearance Capable of destroying or eating away by Specific permission to work on equipment chemical action; corrosive including identification for specific person(s) receiving permission, granting permission from proper authority, safety precautions taken to render equipment safe for work and any other related information necessary for the safety of equipment or personnel Page 2 of 12 Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: GLOSSARY Current Adoption MM-DD-YYYY Date: Competent person Counterweight A person who is capable of identifying existing The weight that is part of the basic structure of a and potential hazards in the surroundings or truck that is used to offset the weight of a load working conditions that are unsanitary, and minimize risk of tipping over hazardous or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective County Facility Any structure, or portion thereof, or land owned measures to eliminate them or leased by Maricopa County, including the Compliance location of any County-sponsored event Meeting all requirements of the law Covered Employee Conductive A worker who may be exposed to hazardous Having the ability to transmit electricity, heat, chemicals under normal operating conditions or sound or light in foreseeable emergencies; office workers who encounter hazardous chemicals in non-routine, Confined Space isolated instances are not covered Any area not intended for human occupancy and that has the potential for containing or Cross braces accumulating a hazardous atmosphere e.g., The horizontal members of a shoring system meter vaults, manholes, or lift stations installed perpendicular to the sides of the excavation, the ends of which bear against Container either uprights or wales Any bag, barrel, bottle, box, can, cylinder, drum, reaction vessel, storage tank etc. that contains a Decontamination hazardous chemical The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate or destroy contaminates on a Contaminate surface or item to the point where they are no To soil, corrupt or infect by contact or longer capable of transmitting infectious association particles and the surface or item is rendered Contaminated Sharps safe for handling, use or disposal Any contaminated object that can penetrate the Demand Respirator skin e.g., needles, scalpels, broken glass, An atmosphere- supplying respirator that admits broken capillary tubes and exposed ends of breathing air to the face piece only when a dental wires negative pressure is created inside the face Contaminated piece by inhalation The presence or the reasonably anticipated Driving Probation presence of blood or other potentially infectious A specified period of time for improvement materials on an item or surface Earmuffs Controlled Access Zone (CAZ) Padded cushions on a head band that cover the A work area designated and clearly marked in ears and are used to protect against excessive which certain types of work may take place noise without the use of conventional fall-protection systems: guardrail, personal fall-arrest or safety- Earplugs net to protect the workers working in the zone Foam or other molded plugs that fit into the ear canal to protect against excessive noise Page 3 of 12 Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: GLOSSARY Current Adoption MM-DD-YYYY Date: Emergency Situation Ergonomics Any occurrence, such as, but not limited to, A way of thinking about the design of tools and equipment failure, rupture of containers or failure equipment, the layout of work places, and the of control equipment. overall organization of work; the goal of ergonomics is to “fit the job to the person” Employee Exposure Exposure to a concentration of a contaminant Excavation that would occur if the employee were not using Any man-made cut, cavity, trench or depression PPE in an earth surface, formed by earth removal End-of-Service-Life Indicator (ESLI) Explosive A system that warns the respirator user of the A chemical that causes a sudden, almost approach of the end of adequate respiratory instantaneous release of pressure, gas and heat protection (for example that the sorbent is when subjected to sudden shock, pressure or approaching saturation or is no longer effective) high temperature Energized Exposure Incident Electrically connected to a source of potential A specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, difference, or electrically charged so as to have non-intact skin or parenteral contact with blood a potential difference, from that of the earth or other potentially infectious materials in difference of adjacent conductors or equipment performance of an employee’s job duties (also called live or alive) Exposure or Exposed Energy Source Situation in the course of employment, where an Any electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, employee is subjected to a hazardous chemical, nuclear, thermal or other energy contaminant through a route of entry (e.g., source that could cause injury to personnel inhalation, ingestion, skin contact or absorption) including potential exposure (accidental or Engineering Controls possible) Controls that isolate or remove hazards from the workplace Faces or Sides The vertical or inclined earth surfaces formed as EPA a result of excavation work Environmental Protection Agency Failure Equipment Abuse The breakage, displacement or permanent Damage done to any vehicles or mechanized deformation of a structural member or equipment that is caused by deliberate or connection so as to reduce its structural integrity negligent actions involving operation or and its supportive capabilities placement of the vehicles or equipment Fall Arrest System Equipment/Vehicle Accident A system used to arrest an employee in a fall Any unplanned occurrence involving damage to from a working level. It consists of an County mechanized equipment or vehicles, anchorage, connectors, a body belt or body private or public property or involving injury harness and may include a lanyard, deceleration (apparent or non-apparent) to persons involved device, lifeline, or suitable combinations of these Page 4 of 12 Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: GLOSSARY Current Adoption MM-DD-YYYY Date: Filter or Air Purifying Element Hazard Warning A component used in respirators to remove solid Any words, pictures, symbols or combination or liquid aerosols from the air appearing on a label or other appropriate forms of warning that conveys the presence or Filtering Face Piece (dust mask) potential of hazards A negative pressure particulate respirator with a filter as an integral part of the face piece or with Hazardous atmosphere the entire face piece composed of the filtering An atmosphere which may cause death, illness medium or injury by being explosive, flammable, poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritating, oxygen Fit Factor deficient, toxic or otherwise harmful A quantitative estimate of the fit of a particular respirator to a specified individual; it typically Hazardous Chemical estimates the ratio of the concentration of a Any chemical that is a physical hazard or a substance in ambient air to its concentration health hazard inside the respirator when worn HBV Fit Test Hepatitis B virus The use of a protocol to qualitatively or quantitatively evaluate the fit of a respirator on Health Hazard an individual A label given to a chemical for which there is statistically significant evidence based on at Fulcrum least one study conducted in accordance with The axis of rotation of the truck when it tips over established scientific principles that acute or chronic health effects may occur in employees Grade exposed to this chemical; the term health hazard The slope of any surface that is usually includes chemicals which are carcinogens, toxic measured as the number of feet of rise or fall or highly toxic agents, reproductive toxins, over a hundred foot horizontal distance (this irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, hepatotoxins, measurement is designated as a percent) nephrotoxins, agents which act on the Hand Washing Facilities hematopoietic system and agents which A facility providing an adequate supply of damage the skin, lungs, eyes or mucous running potable water, soap and single use membranes towels or hot air drying machines Helmet Hard Hat A rigid respiratory inlet covering that also A protective hat made of rigid material that provides head protection against impact and protects the head from injury penetration Hazard Communication High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filter The process of informing workers about work A filter that is 99.97% efficient in removing place hazards, accurate labeling of hazards and monodisperse particles of 0.3 micrometers in effective training about proper handling and use diameter; the equivalent NIOSH 42 CFR 84 of those hazardous materials particulate filters are the N100, R100 and P100 filters HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus Page 5 of 12 Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: GLOSSARY Current Adoption MM-DD-YYYY Date: Hood Load Center A respiratory inlet covering that completely The horizontal distance from the edge of the covers the head and neck and may cover load (or the vertical face of the forks or other portions of the shoulders and torso attachment) to the line of action through the center of gravity of the load Identity Any chemical or common name that is indicated Lockout Device on the SDS for the chemical; the identity used A device which uses a lock and key to hold an shall permit cross-references to be made among energy isolating device in a safe position for the the required list of hazardous chemicals, the purpose of protecting personnel label and the SDS Longitudinal Stability Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health The resistance of a truck to overturning forward (IDLH) or backward An atmosphere that poses an immediate threat to life, would cause irreversible adverse health Loose-Fitting Face Piece effects or would impair an individual’s ability to A respiratory inlet covering that is designed to escape from a dangerous atmosphere form a partial seal with the face JSA Machine Guards Job Safety Analysis Safety devices used on or around machinery to help prevent injury Kick out The accidental release or failure of a cross Mixture brace Any combination of two or more chemicals if the combination is not, in whole or in part, the result Knowledgeable Individual of a chemical reaction One who knows the effect of operating controls or equipment Moment The product of the weight of the object times the Label distance from a fixed point; in the case of a Any written, printed or graphic material powered industrial truck, the distance is displayed on or affixed to containers of measured from the point that the truck will tip hazardous chemicals or materials over to the line of action of the object; the distance is always measured perpendicular to Lateral Stability the line of action The resistance of a truck to tipping over sideways Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB) An airborne pathogen that can cause TB Licensed Healthcare Professional infection that, in turn, may lead to TB disease A person whose legally permitted scope of practice allows them to provide health care Negative Pressure Respirator (Tight Fitting) services A respirator in which the air pressure inside the face piece is negative during inhalation with Line of Action respect to the ambient air pressure outside the An imaginary vertical line through the center of respirator gravity of an object Page 6 of 12 Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: GLOSSARY Current Adoption MM-DD-YYYY Date: NIOSH Other Potentially Infectious Materials National Institute of Occupational Safety & (1) Human body fluids e.g., semen, vaginal Health, the entity that performs testing on a secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, variety of safety equipment pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any Occupational Exposure - Reasonably body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or and all body fluids in situations where it is parenteral contact with blood or other potentially difficult or impossible to differentiate between infectious materials that may result from the body fluids; (2) Any unfixed tissue or organ performance of an employee’s duties (e.g., (other than intact skin) from a human (living or sheriff officers or recreation staff providing first dead); and (3) HIV‑containing cell or tissue aid, a co-worker assisting with a nosebleed cultures, organ cultures, and HIV or HBV would not be considered occupational exposure) containing culture medium e.g., blood, organs or Offense other tissues from experimental animals infected An employee equipment accident or equipment with HIV or HBV abuse that has been determined to be Oxygen deficient atmosphere chargeable by the Review Board and upheld by An atmosphere with oxygen content below the employee's Director/General Manager 19.5% by volume Operator Qualification Parenteral Testing process used to provide reasonable Piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier assurance that an employee is qualified to by needle sticks, human bites, cuts or abrasions operate heavy equipment PEL OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal agency responsible for developing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and enforcing work place safety and health Specialized clothing or equipment worn by an regulations employee for protection against a hazard; general work clothes or uniforms are not OSHA 300 Logs considered PPE Log used by an employer to record and classify recordable injuries and illnesses and for noting PHA the extent and outcome of each case Process Hazard Analysis Physical Hazard A chemical for which there is scientifically valid evidence that it is a combustible liquid, a compressed gas, explosive, flammable, an organic peroxide, an oxidizer, pyrophoric, unstable (reactive) or water-reactive Page 7 of 12 Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: GLOSSARY Current Adoption MM-DD-YYYY Date: Physician Or Other Licensed Health Care Protective System Professional (PLHCP) A method of protecting employees from cave- An individual whose legally permitted scope of ins, from material that could fall or roll from an practice (e.g., license, registration or excavation face or into an excavation or from the certification) allows him or her to independently collapse of adjacent structures. Protective provide or be delegated the responsibility to systems include support systems, sloping and provide some or all of the health care services benching systems, shield systems and other required by the OSHA standard systems that provide the necessary protection Positive Pressure Respirator Qualitative Fit Test (QLFT) A respirator in which the pressure inside the A pass/fail fit test to assess the adequacy of respiratory inlet covering exceeds the ambient respirator fit that relies on the individual’s air pressure outside the respirator response to the test agent Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Quantitative Fit Test (QNFT) An air-purifying respirator that uses a blower to An assessment of the adequacy of respirator fit force the ambient air through air-purifying by numerically measuring the amount of leakage elements to the inlet covering into the respirator Pressure Demand Respirator Ramp A positive-pressure atmosphere-supplying An inclined walking or working surface that is respirator that admits breathing air to the face used to gain access to one point from another, piece when the positive pressure is reduced and is constructed from earth or from structural inside the face piece by inhalation materials such as steel or wood Preventable Reactivity A way to describe an accident or abuse that A measure of the tendency of a substance to could have been avoided by the action or lack of undergo chemical reaction with the release of action of an employee energy Private Vehicle Registered Professional Engineer A Vehicle legally in the possession of an A person who is registered as a professional Employee engineer in the state where the work is to be performed. However, a professional engineer, Program Administrator registered in any state is deemed to be a" For each division, an employee who is registered professional engineer" within the designated to oversee County OSHA programs meaning of this standard when approving at their department level designs for "manufactured protective systems" Property Damage or "tabulated data" to be used in interstate Any tangible damage to property and/or commerce equipment Page 8 of 12 Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: GLOSSARY Current Adoption MM-DD-YYYY Date: Regulated Waste Service Life Potentially infectious materials in a liquid or The period of time that a respirator, filter, semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are sorbent or other respiratory equipment provides caked with dried blood or other potentially adequate protection to the wearer infectious materials and are capable of releasing these materials during handling; contaminated Shall The word "shall" denotes a mandatory sharps and pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or potentially infectious requirement materials Sharps Any contaminated object that can penetrate the Research Laboratory A laboratory producing or using research skin including e.g., needles, scalpels and broken glass laboratory‑scale amounts of HIV or HBV. Research laboratories may produce high Sheeting concentrations of HIV or HBV but not in the The members of a shoring system that retain the volume found in production facilities. earth in position and are supported, in turn, by other members of the shoring system Respirator Device designated to protect the wearer from Shield (Shield System) inhaling harmful contaminants A structure that is able to withstand the forces imposed on it by a cave-in and thereby protect Respiratory Inlet Covering employees within the structure. Shields can be That portion of a respirator that forms the permanent structures or can be designed to be protective barrier between the user’s respiratory portable and moved along as work progresses. tract and an air-purifying device or breathing air Additionally, shields can be either pre- source or both; it may be a face piece, helmet, manufactured or job-built in accordance with hood, suit or a mouthpiece respirator with a OSHA Standard 1926.652 (c) (3) or (c) (4). nose clamp Shields used in trenches are usually referred to Responsible Party as "trench boxes" or "trench shields." Someone who can provide additional Shoring (Shoring System) information and appropriate emergency A structure such as a metal hydraulic, procedures, if necessary mechanical or timber shoring system that Safety Data Sheet supports the sides of an excavation and which is Written or printed material concerning a designed to prevent cave-ins hazardous chemical that is prepared in Should accordance with OSHA Standard 29 CFR The word ‘should" denotes an advisory 1910.1200 (g) recommendation Safety Glasses Sides Eye protection with side pieces that fit over the See Faces or Sides ear Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) An atmosphere-supplying respirator for which the breathing air source is designated to be carried by the user Page 9 of 12 Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: GLOSSARY Current Adoption MM-DD-YYYY Date: Sloping (Sloping System) Support System A method of protecting employees from cave-ins A structure such as under pinning, bracing or by excavating to form sides of an excavation shoring that provides support to an adjacent that are inclined away from the excavation so as structure, underground installation or the sides to prevent cave-ins. The angle of incline of an excavation required to prevent a cave-in varies with differences such as the soil type, environmental Suspected Case conditions of exposure and application of A case in which an individual has been identified surcharge loads as having symptoms of an illness Tabulated Data SOP Standard Operating Procedure Tables and charts approved by a registered professional engineer and used to design and Source Individual construct a protective system Any individual, living or dead, who may be a source of infection to other employees Tagout Device A prominent warning device that is capable of Stability being securely attached to an energy isolating The likelihood that a material is to remain device and that, for the purpose of protecting unchanged under normal conditions personnel, forbids the operation of an energy- isolating device and identifies the applier or Stable Rock authority who has control of the procedure Natural solid mineral material that can be excavated with vertical sides and will remain Tight-Fitting Face Piece intact while exposed. Unstable rock is A respiratory inlet covering that forms a considered to be stable when the rock material complete seal with the face on the side or sides of the excavation is secured against caving-in or movement by rock bolts or Track by another protective system that has been The distance between wheels on the same axle designed by a registered professional engineer of a vehicle Trench (Trench Excavation) Sterilize –The use of a physical or chemical A narrow excavation (in relation to its length) procedure to destroy all microbial life including made below the surface of the ground. In highly resistant bacterial endospores general, the depth is greater than the width, but Structural Ramp the width of a trench (measured at the bottom) is A ramp built of steel or wood, usually used for not greater than 15 feet (4.6m). If forms or other vehicle access. Ramps made of soil or rocks are structures are installed or constructed in an not considered structural ramps excavation so as to reduce the dimension measured from the forms or structure to the side Supplied-Air Respirator (SAR) or Airline of the excavation to 15 feet (4.6m) or less Respirator (measured at the bottom of the excavation), the An atmosphere-supplying respirator for which excavation is also considered to be a trench the source of breathing air is not designated to be carried by the user Trench box See Shield (Shield System) Trench shield See Shield (Shield System) Page 10 of 12 Policy Number: A2234z Policy Title: GLOSSARY Current Adoption MM-DD-YYYY Date: TSD User Seal Check Treatment Storage Disposal An action conducted by the respirator user to determine if the respirator is properly sealed to Tuberculosis organisms (M. tuberculosis, M. the face bovis, or M. africanum) Are present in the body, but no active disease is Vehicle Pre-Flight present Visual and physical inspections of powered industrial trucks required at the beginning of Tuberculosis Transmission each shift Spread of tuberculosis organisms from one person to another Vehicle Use Permit (VUP) An authorization granted pursuant to this Policy Type C Soil that allows an Employee to operate County Cohesive soil with an unconfined compressive Vehicles and Equipment and Private Vehicles strength of .5 tsf or less. Type C soils include used on County business granular soils such as gravel, sand, and loamy sand; submerged soil; soil from which water is VPP freely seeping; submerged rock that is not Voluntary Protection Program designed by stable; or material in a sloped, layered system OSHA to recognize organizations without where the layers dip into the excavation at a standing safety and health programs slope of four horizontal to one vertical or steeper VUP/WC Committee - Reviews accidents and Universal Precautions Workers’ Compensation claims to determine An approach to infection control in which all preventability and to determine if additional human blood and certain bodily fluids are practices, new or updated procedures and/or treated as if known to be infectious for HIV, HBV training need to be implemented to prevent and other bloodborne pathogens similar incidents. See also Section B, Incidents and Investigations Unsafe Condition Dangerous, hazardous, defective or unusual Wales conditions that could be conducive to accidents Horizontal members of a shoring system placed parallel to the excavation face whose sides bear Unstable (reactive) A chemical that is in the pure state or as against the vertical members of the shoring produced or transported will vigorously system or earth. polymerize, decompose, condense or will Work Practice Controls become self-reactive under conditions of shock, Controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure pressure or temperature by alternating the manner in which a task is performed Uprights The vertical members of a trench shoring Workers’ Compensation system placed in contact with the earth and A form of insurance providing wage replacement usually positioned so that individual members do and medical benefits to employees injured in the not contact each other. Uprights placed so that course of employment individual members are closely spaced, in contact with or interconnected to each other, are often called "sheeting." Page 11 of 12 Policy Title: Policy Number: A2234z INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PLAN: Current Adoption GLOSSARY 5-20-2015 Date: Revision History Version Revision Date Description of Revision 1 5-20-2015 Initial version. (C-49-15-061-6-00) 2 MM-DD-YYYY Updated to conform to Section A2234b and A2234q changes (C-##-##-###- #-##). Page 12 of 12