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trained in the safe use of hazardous chemicals and
materials?
2. Employees knowledgeable of
potential workplace chemical hazards?
3. Eye wash fountains and
safety showers provided in areas where corrosive chemicals
are handled?
4. Containers labeled?
5. Employees required to use
personal protective clothing and equipment when handling
chemicals?
6. Flammable and toxic
chemicals kept in closed containers when not in use?
7. Chemical piping systems
clearly marked as to their content?
8. Adequate means readily
available for containing spills or overflows properly and
safely?
9. Standard operating
procedures been established and are they being followed when
cleaning up chemical spills?
10. Respirators stored in a
convenient, clean, and sanitary location?
11. Respirators intended for
emergency use adequate for the various uses for which they
may be needed?
12. Employees prohibited from
eating in areas where hazardous chemicals are present?
13. Personal protective
equipment provided, used and maintained where needed?
14. Written standard
operating procedures for the selection and use of
respirators where needed?
15. If you have a respirator
protection program, are your employees instructed on the
correct usage and limitations of the respirators?
16. Regularly inspected and
cleaned, sanitized and maintained?
17. If hazardous substances
are used in your processes, do you have a medical or
biological monitoring system in operation?
18. Control procedures
instituted for hazardous materials, where appropriate, such
as respirators, ventilation systems, handling practices,
etc.?
19. Hazardous substances
handled in properly designed and exhausted booth locations?
20. If internal combustion
engines are used, is carbon monoxide kept within acceptable
levels?
21. Whenever possible, is
vacuuming used, rather than blowing or sweeping dusts for
clean-up?
22. Materials which give off
toxic asphyxiant, suffocating or anesthetic fumes, stored in
remote or isolated locations when not in use?
23. Annual spirometry and
medical examinations maintained for personnel using
respirators?
24. Areas that use cryogenic
nitrogen or carbon dioxide equipped with oxygen level
monitors and warning devices?
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