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Informationen zum Autor BRIAN J. GALLANT is the Vice President of Contingency Management Associates, where he is responsible for marketing, delivering, and coordination of field services. With more than twenty years of experience as an environmental and safety manager and consultant, he is a member of the National Association of Fire Investigators, the American Society of Safety Engineers, and the International Association of Firefighters, and is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager. Klappentext THE DEFINITIVE TRAINING RESOURCE FOR HAZMAT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL Field technicians and emergency response personnel are often faced with the dangers of flammable, combustible, and chemically unstable materials. Although there are numerous procedures set forth by regulatory agencies like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for effectively and safely dealing with such environmental hazards, up until now there has been no single resource for training in this area. Based on the author's twenty-plus years of field experience, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Manual is a comprehensive text that covers the complete curriculum requirements set forth by OSHA and HAZWOPER. Highly accessible and broad in focus, the book is equally useful as a technical resource for training, a hands-on reference for field operations, and a textbook for environmental courses in a variety of areas. Coverage includes: Methods recommended by professional societies and regulatory agencies including the National Fire Protection Association, OSHA, EPA, and NIOSH Practical examples and assignments in each chapter to supplement the text and enhance usefulness to students Zusammenfassung Field technicians and emergency response personnel are often faced with the dangers of flammable! combustible! and chemically unstable materials. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Regulations, Agencies, and Resources 1 Introduction-History of Employee Health and Safety Regulations 1 Regulations 2 The Environmental Protection Agency 2 Hazardous Waste Numbers 3 EPA Identification Numbers 4 Clean Water Act 4 Clean Air Act 5 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 5 Toxic Substance Control Act 6 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) 7 Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) 7 Department of Labor-Occupational Safety and Health Administration 8 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 9 Department of Transportation (DOT) 9 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 10 NFPA 704 Labeling 10 Hazard Communication Standard 12 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) 13 Hazwoper Training 13 Incident Command System (ICS) 15 Resources 16 Materia] Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) 16 NIOSII Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards 19 Emergency Response Guidebook 19 Summary 20 2 Hazard Classification 21 Chemical Exposure 24 Explosion and Fire 27 Oxygen Deficiency 28 Ionizing Radiation 28 Biological Hazards 29 General Safety Hazards 29 Electrical Hazards 31 Heat Stress 32 Cold Exposure 32 Noise 33 Poisonous Snakes Insects and Plants 33 Weather 34 Heavy Equipment 34 Tools 37 Definition of Hazardous Materials vs. Hazardous Waste 38 Classification of Hazardous Materials 40 Physical Properties of Hazardous Materials 41 Vapor Density and Specific Gravity 41 Flammability 43 Explosive Limits 43 Hash Point 43 Hammable Solids 44 Fi...
