A2234Z - REDLINE.PDF

MARICOPA COUNTY INTERNAL POLICY
Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PLAN:
Date: YYYY
GLOSSARY Current 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Implementation Date: YYYY
Approved by: Board Agenda C-49-15-061-6-00C-
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
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Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
GLOSSARY Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Date: YYYY
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 physicianmedical
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
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Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
GLOSSARY Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Date: YYYY
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
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Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
GLOSSARY Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Date: YYYY
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
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Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
GLOSSARY Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Date: YYYY
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
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Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
GLOSSARY Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Date: YYYY
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
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Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
GLOSSARY Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Date: YYYY
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
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Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
GLOSSARY Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Date: YYYY
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
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Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
GLOSSARY Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Date: YYYY
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 Formatted: Font: Bold
ear
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
An atmosphere-supplying respirator for which
the breathing air source is designated to be
carried by the user
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Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
GLOSSARY Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Date: YYYY
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) Formatted: Font: Bold
Trench shield
See Shield (Shield System) Formatted: Font: Bold
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Policy Number: A2234z
Policy Title:
GLOSSARY Current Adoption 5-20-2015MM-DD-
Date: YYYY
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."
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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-##-##-###-
#-##).
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