Site Safety Plan for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory CERCLA investigations

Abstract

This Site Safety Plan for the Environmental Restoration Division's environmental investigations has been prepared specifically for the Lawrence Livermore Nationai Laboratory (LLNL) Site in Livermore, California, on the basis of available data. This Health and Safety Plan was written to comply with applicable requirements of Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, including 29 CFR 1910.120, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. This document is intended as a gen',ral health and safety plan for LLNL and will be supplemented by Operational Safety Procedures for activities which are not sufficiently covered by this plan. As additional facts, monitoring data, or analytical data on hazards become available, this Plan will be modified. It is the responsibility of the co-Site Safety Officers (SSOs) to evaluate data that may impact health and safety dunng these act-vities and to modify the Plan as appropriate. Either of the co-SSO shall have the authority to institute any change that provides greater health and safety protection for workers at the LLNL Site. II Each time the term SSO or co-SSO is used, either the co-SSO or a designee should take responsibility or complete the action. Employees are encouraged to bring to the attention of their supervisor any unsafe or hazardous condition that they observe as they carry out their responsibilities. The supervisor shall then inform the SSO promptly so that the situation can be corrected and personnel can be advised of an improved procedure, lt is clearly impossible to anticipate 'ali specific safety and health hazards beforehand; therefore, ali personnel must exercise common sense and good judgment in their approach to a given situation. The Health and Safety Training described in Section 9 of this document will assist in preparing indi_ 2duals to recognize hazards. This document incorporates appropriate rules, guidelines, and recommended work practices contained in previously published material. Ali personnel potentially exposed to physical or chemical hazards as described in this Plan shall follow the safety and health procedures set forth herein. Any modifications to this Plan will be issued as attachments to this document.