It does not take 1,500 pounds of Chlorine to pose a serious hazard

19100120 Q01 – An emergency response plan shall be developed

and implemented to handle anticipated emergencies prior to the

commencement of emergency response operations. The plan shall be

in writing and available for inspection and copying by employees, their

representatives and OSHA personnel. Employers who will evacuate their

employees from the danger area when an emergency occurs, and who do

not permit any of their employees to assist in handling the emergency, are

exempt from the requirements of this paragraph if they provide an emergency

action plan in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.38. 

19100120 Q03 I – The senior emergency response official responding to an

emergency shall become the individual in charge of a site-specific Incident

Command System (ICS). All emergency responders and their communications

shall be coordinated and controlled through the individual in charge of the ICS

assisted by the senior official present for each employer.

19100120 Q06 III – Hazardous materials technicians are individuals who respond

to releases or potential releases for the purpose of stopping the release.

They assume a more aggressive role than a first responder at the operations

level in that they will approach the point of release in order to plug, patch or

otherwise stop the release of a hazardous substance. Hazardous materials

technicians shall have received at least 24 hours of training equal to the first

responder operations level and in addition have competency in the following

areas and the employer shall so certify: 

19100134 C01 – In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect

the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer,

the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program

with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary to

reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use. 

19100134 E01 – The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the

employee’s ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required

to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee’s

medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

19100134 F01 – The employer shall ensure that employees using a tight-fitting

facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative

fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph.

19100134 H02 II B – Stored in compartments or in covers that are clearly marked

as containing emergency respirators

19100134 H03 I B – All respirators maintained for use in emergency situations shall

be inspected at least monthly and in accordance with the manufacturer’s

recommendations, and shall be checked for proper function before and after

each use

19100134 H04 – The employer shall ensure that respirators that fail an inspection

or are otherwise found to be defective are removed from service, and are discarded

or repaired or adjusted in accordance with the following procedures: 

19101200 E01 – Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each

workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes

how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels

and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and

training will be met, and which also includes the following: 

19101200 F07 – The employer may use signs, placards, process sheets, batch

tickets, operating procedures, or other such written materials in lieu of affixing

labels to individual stationary process containers, as long as the alternative

method identifies the containers to which it is applicable and conveys the

information required by paragraph (f)(6) of this section to be on a label. The

employer shall ensure the written materials are readily accessible to the

employees in their work area throughout each work shift.