PRCS Fatalities, 1 entrant and 1 would-be rescuer (H2S inside Tanker Truck)

19100132 D02 – The employer shall verify that the required

workplace hazard assessment has been performed through

a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated;

the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed;

the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the

document as a certification of hazard assessment.

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 E02 I – The employer shall identify a physician or other

licensed health care professional (PLHCP) to perform medical

evaluations using a medical questionnaire or an initial medical

examination that obtains the same information as the medical

questionnaire.

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 K – This paragraph requires the employer to provide

effective training to employees who are required to use

respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable,

and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph

also requires the employer to provide the basic information

on respirators in appendix D of this section to employees who

wear respirators when not required by this section or by the

employer to do so.

19100146 C05 II H – The employer shall verify that the space

is safe for entry and that the pre-entry measures required by

paragraph (c)(5)(ii) of this section have been taken, through a

written certification that contains the date, the location of the

space, and the signature of the person providing the certification.

The certification shall be made before entry and shall be made

available to each employee entering the space or to that

employee’s authorized representative.

19100146 D01 – Implement the measures necessary to prevent

unauthorized entry;

19100146 K02 IV – Ensure that affected employees practice

making permit space rescues at least once every 12 months,

by means of simulated rescue operations in which they remove

dummies, manikins, or actual persons from the actual permit

spaces or from representative permit spaces. Representative

permit spaces shall, with respect to opening size, configuration,

and accessibility, simulate the types of permit spaces from which

rescue is to be performed.

19101200 H01 – Employers shall provide employees with effective

information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area

at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical

hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is

introduced into their work area. Information and training may be

designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability,

carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information

must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.