ASSIGNMENT | Environmental Controls, Hazardous Materials, and Personal Protective Equipment

Instructions

Examines Federal OSHA standards found in 29 CFR 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1910 regulations. Emphasizes the application of OSHA standards and the basic principles involved in federal regulatory compliance.

OSHA’s personal protective equipment (PPE) standard requires employers to assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, which may necessitate the use of PPE. Based on the assessment, appropriate PPE must be selected and provided to affected employees.

Using Subpart I Appendix B as a guide, develop a hazard assessment for your workplace or a workplace with which you are familiar with. If you work in an office, or if you work in another non-hazardous location, develop an assessment for an imagined industrial shop such as woodworking or metalworking.

Use the other sections of Subpart I to help determine the appropriate PPE for each hazard. You can also use online safety equipment catalogs to find examples of PPE that meet the OSHA requirements.

Your submission must be a minimum of two pages in length (double-spaced). Begin your case study with an engaging opening statement that connects the reader to the case study. References and citations in APA format should be provided to support the hazard determinations and PPE selection. The reference page does not count toward meeting the two-page minimum.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Workplace Assessment
The chosen workplace is a welding and fabrication workshop where I have worked before. The assessment of this setting is very complex as it has so many dimensions that have to be considered. The setting was always busy with myriads of metal cuttings, bending as well as assembling processes. There was a lot heat produced within the setting, noise and a lot of fumes which were unfortunately not controlled (McManus & Haddad, 2016). At one time, one of the employees had eye injuries emanating from the fragments that come with the welding. The workshop was also very congested with very many metallic instruments all over the place.
In terms of sensitization, when the employees were asked about the risks they are subjected to, they had little information about the risks associated with the excess heat, fragments, excess light as well as inadequate ventilation and space for their operation….