Attachment_0011_-_PWS_11_-_Occupational_Health_and_Industrial_Hygiene.pdf

Attachment 0011 June 20, 2018

PWS 11 – OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

1. OBJECTIVE: The Contractor will maintain and operate an Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene (IH), and safety program in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and Local regulations.

2. LEGAL APPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS: The Contractor and its employees must comply with the federal regulatory standards distributed by OSHA in Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations at all nonmilitary-unique operations and workplaces, and with regulatory requirements of part 20 of Title 10, CFR, part 1040 and sections 1040.10 and

1040.11 of Title 21, CFR. The Contractor shall submit an annual certification statement verifying they are complying with Federal, State, and local statutes and regulations, directives, and guidance governing Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH).

(CDRL A118)

3. EXPOSURE STANDARDS: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) will be used as exposure standards except where the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) are more stringent. Exposure standards and criteria will be used to determine the need for medical monitoring, occupational health screening and the need for protective equipment and/or reducing the exposure through design engineering (DA PAM 40-11, 5-2d). The Contractor will provide results of direct monitoring as described in paragraph 4 to the Medical Director who will establish the appropriate bio-surveillance program for affected employees of any discovered occupational or environmental exposure risk.

3.1. The goal is to protect workers from known and emerging hazards as determined from the best science available. The exposure standards, as defined above, define when an exposure is significant enough to warrant continued medical surveillance, appropriate medical monitoring, and worker protection methods. Elimination of the hazard through improved design engineering is always the preferred hazard reduction method, but it is recognized that this is not always feasible. When that is the case, approved personal protective measures must be used.

4. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE (IH): The services of an industrial hygienist shall be used to evaluate and monitor work place exposure hazards. The Industrial Hygienist must currently or actively be pursuing certification as a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) or Certified Associate Industrial Hygienist (CAIH) through the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. CIH/CAIH requirement will be obtained within 5 years of hiring/contracting an industrial hygienist.

4.1. Industrial hygienists will conduct comprehensive evaluations of all potential health hazards in each workplace and ancillary facilities NLT 6 months after operational control. Should working conditions change or a new process implemented, the Contractor will have 30 days to ensure that workers are not exposed to recognized physical, chemical, or biological hazards that could cause death or illness (29 CFR

Attachment 0011 June 20, 2018

1910). For each health hazard in each workplace, a professional judgment shall be made as to the health risk associated with its use. In many cases, this judgment can be made by reviewing the chemical and physical characteristics of a material and the manner in which it is being used. Material Safety Data Sheets, described in DoD Instruction 6050.05, DoD Hazard Communication Program, are valuable in this regard.

In certain instances, sampling may be necessary to ascertain potential exposures.

Regardless of the techniques used, the result shall be a definite determination as to the presence, absence, or degree of health hazard from the use of that chemical, biological, or physical agent. Only industrial hygienists, qualified occupational health personnel, or technicians under the supervision of industrial hygienists, shall perform those workplace evaluations. Monitoring shall meet the requirements of applicable OSHA standards or approved DoD alternate or supplemental standards. Affected DoD personnel or civilian employee representatives shall be advised of the monitoring procedures and have access to the results.

4.2. The results of those efforts should form the basis for an overall assessment of the health hazards in each workplace. This assessment can be used to assign priorities for abatement actions, to schedule future surveys, to require personal protective equipment, and to provide a basis for determining the requirement and scope of periodic medical surveillance of workers in collaboration with the Occupational Medicine Program Medical Director.