The document provides an overview and objectives of a training course for hazardous materials safety officers. It outlines the roles and responsibilities of hazmat safety officers, including understanding regulations, health and safety risks, and how to create and implement site safety plans. It also discusses OSHA requirements for safety officers, issues like secondary hazards at weapons of mass destruction sites, and monitoring combustible gas levels with colorimetric tubes and other reagents.

1. PREVIEW OF
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
SAFETY OFFICER
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2. OBJECTIVES
Understand the roles & responsibilities of the
Hazmat Safety Sector Officer
Understand the regulations that affect safety at
a Hazmat incident
Understand the health & safety risks at a
Hazmat incident
Understand how to create & implement a site
safety plan

3. OBJECTIVES
Understand the post exposure health effects of
a Hazmat exposure
Understand the components of a rehabilitation
sector
Understand the hazards of a clandestine drug
lab or a WMD incident

4. OSHA REQUIREMENT
1910.120 (q)(3)(vii)
The individual in charge of ICS shall designate a
SAFETY OFFICER, who is knowledgeable in the
operations being implemented at the
emergency response site, with specific
responsibility to identify and evaluate
hazards and to provide direction with respect
to the safety of operations for the emergency
at hand

5. WMD SAFETY ISSUES
WMD Involved
Secondary WMD’s
Long term effects of exposure
Large amount of patients & their isolation
May cross boundaries & cover large areas
Hot zone may be measured in square miles

6. Parts per million (ppm) 1/1,000,000
Parts per billion (ppb) 1/1,000,000,000
Commonly used fractional units of
measurement
In some areas is used in fractions of a
percentage point

7. EXAMPLE LC50’s
Acetone- 44000mg/m3 4 hours (mouse)
Benzene vapor- 10,000 ppm 7 hours (rat)
Vinyl Chloride- 316 mg/m3 4 hours (rat)

8. COLORIMETRIC TUBES

9. OSHA/EPA COMBUSTIBLE GAS
MONITORING ACTION LEVELS
LEVEL AGENCY ACTION
<10% EPA Continue to monitor with caution
10-25% EPA Continue to monitor, but use
extreme caution especially as
higher levels are found
>10% OSHA Requires evacuation of confined
space
>25% EPA Explosion hazard, evacuate the
area

10. REAGENTS
Gas
Liquid
Solid

11. REAGENTS
Gas-Yes
Liquid-Yes
Solid-Yes
Reagents are a component of colorimetric
tubes, be mixed with liquids, or applied to
solids

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