Office Safety

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Division 2 AO 3-2019 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (5) The measures employees can take to help protect themselves from worksite hazards, including specific procedures the employer has implemented. - (6) An explanation of the labeling system and safety data sheets and how employees can obtain and use appropriate hazard information. - (7) The elements of the confined space program including special PPE, permits, monitoring requirements, communication procedures, emergency response, and applicable lockout procedures. - b. The employer should provide hazardous waste employees information and training and should provide a review and access to the site safety and plan as follows: - (1) Names of personnel and alternate responsible for site safety and health. - (2) Safety and health hazards present on the site. - (3) Selection, use, maintenance, and limitations of personal protective equipment specific to the site. - (4) Work practices by which the employee can minimize risks from hazards. - (5) Safe use of engineering controls and equipment available on site. - (6) Safe decontamination procedures established to minimize employee contact with hazardous substances, including: - (A) Employee decontamination, - (B) Clothing decontamination, and - (C) Equipment decontamination. - (7) Elements of the site emergency response plan, including: - (A) Pre-emergency planning. - (B) Personnel roles and lines of authority and communication. - (C) Emergency recognition and prevention. - (D) Safe distances and places of refuge. - (E) Site security and control. - (F) Evacuation routes and procedures.

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## Part 12 General Safety Precautions ## Housekeeping 185 An employer must ensure that a work site is kept clean and free from materials or equipment that could cause workers to slip or trip. ## Lighting 186 (1) An employer must ensure that lighting at a work site is sufficient to enable work to be done safely. 186 (2) An employer must ensure that a light source above a working or walking surface is protected against damage. - 186 (3) An employer must ensure that there is emergency lighting at a work site if workers are in danger if the normal lighting system fails. - 186 (4) Emergency lighting must generate enough light so that workers can - (a) leave the work site safely, - (b) start the necessary emergency shut-down procedures, and - (c) restore normal lighting. ## Pallets and storage racks 187 (1) An employer must ensure that pallets used to transport or store materials or containers are loaded, moved, stacked, arranged and stored in a manner that does not create a danger to workers. - 187 (2) An employer must ensure that racks used to store materials or equipment - (a) are designed, constructed and maintained to support the load placed on them, and - (b) are placed on firm foundations that can support the load. - 187 (3) A worker must report any damage to a storage rack to an employer as quickly as practicable. - 187 (4) The employer and the workers at a work site must take all reasonable steps to prevent storage racks from being damaged to the extent that their integrity as structures is compromised. ## Placement of roofing materials - 187.1 (1) An employer must ensure that supplies and roofing materials stored on the roof of a residential building under construction are located not less than 2 metres from a roof edge. - 187.1 (2) An employer must ensure that the weight of supplies and roofing materials referred to in subsection (1) is uniformly distributed.

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division Oregon Administrative Rules AO 6-2017 Division 2 - (C) NFPA Code for Prevention of Sulfur Fires and Explosions, NFPA 6551993. - (D) Safety in the Transportation, Storage, Handling and Use of Explosives, IME Pamphlet No. 17, March 1987, Institute of Makers of Explosives. - (2) Employee Training. - (a) Employees shall not be permitted to operate any machine or equipment until they have received proper training and are familiar with safe operating procedures. - (b) Employees shall be trained in proper lifting or moving techniques and methods. Mechanical devices should be used or employees should ask for assistance in lifting or moving heavy objects. - (c) In each area where hazardous substances may be encountered, personnel shall be trained to cope with emergencies arising from breaks, ruptures, or spills which would create a hazardous condition. - (d) Any faulty equipment or hazardous condition shall be promptly reported to the person in charge. - (e) When an employee is assigned to work alone in a remote or isolated area, a system shall be instituted whereby such employee reports to someone or a designated person shall check on his or her safety. The procedure shall designate the method of contact and the frequency. All persons will be trained on the procedures. - (3) Safe Practices. - (a) Guards. All driving mechanisms, power transmission apparatus, and prime movers shall be constructed, guarded, and used in conformity with Subdivision O, Machinery and Machine Guarding. - (b) Inspection of controls and safety devices. Brakes, back stops, antirunaway devices, overload releases, and other safety devices shall be inspected and tested frequently to insure that all are operative and maintained in good repair. - (c) Personal protective clothing and equipment. Personal protective clothing and equipment shall be provided and worn in accordance with Subdivision I, Personal Protective Equipment. Respiratory protection must co…

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Division 2 AO 3-2019 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - e. The employees will review and discuss the site safety plan as part of the training program. The location of the site safety plan and all written programs should be discussed with employees including a discussion of the mechanisms for access, review, and references described. - B. RCRA Operations Training for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities. - 1. As a minimum, the training course required in 29 CFR 1910.120(p) should include the following topics: - a. Review of the applicable paragraphs of 29 CFR 1910.120 and the elements of the employer's occupational safety and health plan. - b. Review of relevant hazards such as, but not limited to, chemical, biological, and radiological exposures; fire and explosion hazards; thermal extremes; and physical hazards. - c. General safety hazards including those associated with electrical hazards, powered equipment hazards, lockout/tagout procedures, motor vehicle hazards and walking-working surface hazards. - d. Confined-space hazards and procedures. - e. Work practices to minimize employee risk from workplace hazards. - f. Emergency response plan and procedures including first aid meeting the requirements of paragraph (p)(8). - g. A review of procedures to minimize exposure to hazardous waste and various type of waste streams, including the materials handling program and spill containment program. - h. A review of hazard communication programs meeting the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1200. - i. A review of medical surveillance programs meeting the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120(p)(3) including the recognition of signs and symptoms of overexposure to hazardous substance including known synergistic interactions. - j. A review of decontamination programs and procedures meeting the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120(p)(4). - k. A review of an employer's requirements to implement a training program and its elements. - l. A rev…

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Division 2 AO 2-2023 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (e) Sources of light radiation, i.e., welding, brazing, cutting, furnaces, heat treating, high intensity lights, etc; - (f) Sources of falling objects or potential for dropping objects; - (g) Sources of sharp objects which might pierce the feet or cut the hands; - (h) Sources of rolling or pinching objects which could crush the feet; - (i) Layout of workplace and location of co-workers; and - (j) Any electrical hazards. In addition, injury/accident data should be reviewed to help identify problem areas. - c. Organize data. Following the walk-through survey, it is necessary to organize the data and information for use in the assessment of hazards. The objective is to prepare for an analysis of the hazards in the environment to enable proper selection of protective equipment. - d. Analyze data. Having gathered and organized data on a workplace, an estimate of the potential for injuries should be made. Each of the basic hazards (paragraph 3.a) should be reviewed and a determination made as to the type, level of risk, and seriousness of potential injury from each of the hazards found in the area. The possibility of exposure to several hazards simultaneously should be considered. - 4. Selection guidelines. After completion of the procedures in paragraph 3, the general procedure for selection of protective equipment is to: a) Become familiar with the potential hazards and the type of protective equipment that is available, and what it can do; i.e., splash protection, impact protection, etc.; b) compare the hazards associated with the environment; i.e., impact velocities, masses, projectile shape, radiation intensities, with the capabilities of the available protective equipment; c) select the protective equipment which ensures a level of protection greater than the minimum required to protect employees from the hazards; and d) fit the user with the protective device and…

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (i) Eye protection devices which provide side as well as frontal eye protection for employees shall be provided when measuring storage battery specific gravity or handling electrolyte, and the employer shall ensure that such devices are used by the employees. The employer shall also ensure that acid resistant gloves and aprons shall be worn for protection against spattering. Facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided unless the storage batteries are of the enclosed type and equipped with explosion proof vents, in which case sealed water rinse or neutralizing packs may be substituted for the quick drenching or flushing facilities. Employees assigned to work with storage batteries shall be instructed in emergency procedures such as dealing with accidental acid spills. - (ii) Electrolyte (acid or base, and distilled water) for battery cells shall be mixed in a well ventilated room. Acid or base shall be poured gradually, while stirring, into the water. Water shall never be poured into concentrated (greater than 75 percent) acid solutions. Electrolyte shall never be placed in metal containers nor stirred with metal objects. - (iii) When taking specific gravity readings, the open end of the hydrometer shall be covered with an acid resistant material while moving it from cell to cell to avoid splashing or throwing the electrolyte. Note: Federal rule 1910.268(b)(3), was NOT adopted by OR-OSHA. Instead, OAR 437, Division 2/K, OAR [redacted phone], Medical Services and First Aid, applies. - (4) Hazardous materials. Highway mobile vehicles and trailers stored in garages in accordance with 1910.110 may be equipped to carry more than one LP-gas container, but the total capacity of LP-gas containers per work vehicle stored in garages shall not exceed 100 pounds of LP-gas. All container valves shall be closed when not in use. - (5) Compressed gas. When using or transporting nitrogen cylinde…

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Division 2 AO 6-2017 Oregon Administrative Rules Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division ## [redacted phone] First Aid Requirements - (1) First aid care and supplies shall be provided as required by OAR 437-0020161, in Division 2/K, Medical Services and First Aid. - (2) Personnel shall be able to render cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and - (3) Be trained in tree top rescue. Stat. Auth.: ORS 654.025(2) and 656.726(4). Stats. Implemented: ORS 654.001 to 654.295. Hist: OR-OSHA Admin. Order 27-1990, f. 12/12/90, ef. 2/1/91. ## [redacted phone] Traffic Control Effective means for control of pedestrian and vehicular traffic shall be instituted on every job site on or adjacent to a highway, street or railway. Traffic controls shall conform to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) D6.1e-1989, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways. Stat. Auth.: ORS 654.025(2) and 656.726(4). Stats. Implemented: ORS 654.001 to 654.295. Hist: OR-OSHA Admin. Order 27-1990, f. 12/12/90, ef. 2/1/91. ## [redacted phone] Electrical Hazards - (1) General. The employer shall ensure that a close inspection is made by the employee and by the foreman or supervisor in charge before climbing, entering or working around any tree, to determine whether an electrical power conductor passes through the tree, or passes within reaching distance of an employee working in the tree. If any of these conditions exist either directly or indirectly, an electrical hazard shall be considered to exist unless the system operator/owner has caused the hazard to be removed by deenergerizing the lines, or installing protective equipment. - (2) Unqualified persons. When an unqualified person is working near overhead lines, the location shall be such that the person and the longest conductive object he or she may contact cannot come closer to any unguarded, energized overhead line than the following distances: - (a) For voltages to ground 50 kV or below - 10 fee…

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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (iv) Nonslip floors. Floors, footwalks, and passageways in the work area around machines or other places where a person is required to stand or walk shall be provided with effective means to minimize slipping. - (4) Walkways, docks, and platforms. - (i) Width. Walkways, docks, and platforms shall be of sufficient width to provide adequate passage and working areas. - (ii) Maintenance. Walkways shall be evenly floored and kept in good repair. - (iii) Docks. Docks and runways used for the operation of lift trucks and other vehicles shall have a substantial guard or shear timber except where loading and unloading are being performed. - (iv) Elevated walks. All elevated walks, runways, or platforms, if 4 feet or more from the floor level, shall be provided with a standard railing except on loading or unloading sides of platforms. If height exceeds 6 feet, a standard toeboard also shall be provided to prevent material from rolling or falling off. - (v) Elevated platforms. Where elevated platforms are used routinely on a daily basis they shall be equipped with stairways or fixed ladders that comply with Subpart D of this part. - (vi) Hazardous locations. Where required, walkways and stairways with standard handrails shall be provided in elevated and hazardous locations. Where such passageways are over walkways or work areas, standard toeboards shall be provided. - (5) Stairways. - (i) Construction. Stairways shall be constructed in accordance with Subpart D of this part. - (ii) Handrails. Stairways shall be provided with a standard handrail on at least one side or on any open side. Where stairs are more than 4 feet wide there shall be a standard handrail at each side, and where more than 8 feet wide, a third standard handrail shall be erected in the center of the stairway. - (iii) Lighting. All stairways shall be adequately lighted as prescribed in paragraph (c)(9) of this section. - (6) Emergency exits including doors and…