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Waste & RecyclingProtective gear cleaned or disposed of
Protective clothing and equipment are decontaminated, cleaned, laundered, maintained or replaced as needed to keep them effective. The equipment and solvents used for decontamination are themselves decontaminated or disposed of, and a commercial laundry that cleans the gear is told of the hazards. It follows paragraphs (k)(4), (k)(5)(i) and (k)(7) of the federal HAZWOPER rule.
Free to startScenarios
- Reusable suits after a shift in the hot zone.
- The brushes, tubs and solvents of the decontamination line at the end of the day.
- Protective clothing sent to a commercial laundry.
The steps
- For each item, decide whether it is decontaminated, cleaned, laundered, maintained or replaced, as needed to keep it effective.
- Follow the decontamination and disposal procedures of the site's protective equipment program.
- Inspect the equipment after use.
- Replace any item that can no longer keep its protection.
- Decontaminate or properly dispose of all the equipment and solvents used for decontamination.
- Tell the commercial laundry or cleaning establishment that decontaminates the gear about the potentially harmful effects of exposure to the hazardous substances.
- Store the gear by the maintenance and storage procedures of the protective equipment program.
Safety rules that stop the station
- Unauthorized employees do not take protective clothing or equipment out of the change rooms.
To pass
- Gear kept effective: decontaminated, cleaned, laundered, maintained or replaced as needed.
- The equipment and solvents of decontamination are decontaminated or disposed of properly.
- Decontamination methods are evaluated so no one is exposed by re-using protective equipment.
Official source
Federal · OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.120 (HAZWOPER)
29 CFR 1910.120, Hazardous waste operations and emergency response (HAZWOPER)
GovInfo publishes 29 CFR 1910.120 free: paragraph (k) sets how protective clothing, decontamination equipment and solvents are cleaned, laundered or disposed of.
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