Boilermakers Health & Safety Manual ihsa.ca Boilermakers Health & Safety Manual Infrastructure Health & Safety Association 5110 Creekbank Road, Suite 400 Mississauga, Ontario L4W 0A1 Canada 1-800-263-5024 ihsa.ca 1 Boilermakers Health & Safety Manual IHSA has additional information on this and other topics. Visit ihsa.ca or call Customer Service at 1-800-263-5024. The contents of this publication are for general information only. This publication should not be regarded or relied upon as a definitive guide to government regulations or to safety practices and procedures. The contents of this publication were, to the best of our knowledge, current at the time of printing. However, no representations of any kind are made with regard to the accuracy, completeness, or sufficiency of the contents. The appropriate regulations and statutes should be consulted. Readers should not act on the information contained herein without seeking specific independent legal advice on their specific circumstance. The Infrastructure Health & Safety Association is pleased to answer individual requests for counselling and advice. This manual was developed, reviewed, and endorsed by the Boilermakers Labour-Management Health and Safety Committee in association with IHSA. Manual IHSA editor: Lori-Lynn Bonnell, design and illustrations: Philippa Giancontieri; project manager: Mike Russo. The Infrastructure Health & Safety Association would like to thank the members of the working group for contributing their knowledge, experience, and time to produce a health and safety manual that will benefit both labour and management in the boilermaker sector. The working group included representatives from the Boilermaker Contractors’ Association (BCA) as well as: · Marty Albright – Alstom Power Canada Inc. · Blair Allin – International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 128 – Apprenticeship & Training · Darrell Bray – International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 128 and Local 555 · Dino Gaudreau – International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 128 · Andy Holder – International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 128 · Mike MacKinnon - TIW Steel Platework Inc · Scot McMahon – International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 128 · Stephen Sinclair – Babcock Special thanks to the Boilermakers Labour-Management Health & Safety Committee for their contributions to the creation of this manual. © Infrastructure Health and Safety Association, 2015 All rights reserved. This publication may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, or stored in any material form, without the express written permission of the copyright owner. April 2015 ISBN 978-1-894761-35-2 2 Boilermakers Manual Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2-5 Respiratory Protection 2-5 Air-Purifying Respirators 2-6 Supplied-Air Respirators Chapter 1 2-7 Modes of Operation 2-7 Fit Testing and Seal Checks ACT and REGULATIONS 2-7 Respirator Maintenance 1-1 Duties of workplace parties 2-9 Respirator Selection Guide 1-1 Constructor 1-1 Employer Chapter 3 1-2 Supervisor 1-2 Worker FALL PREVENTION 1-3 Jobsite Postings 3-1 Definitions and Terminology 1-3 JHSCs and Health Safety Representatives 3-1 Fall Protection Procedures and Equipment 1-3 Legislative Requirements 3-1 Fall Prevention Systems 1-4 Principle Functions 3-2 Access Systems 3-2 Guardrail Systems 1-4 Worker’s Rights 3-3 Travel Restraint Systems 1-4 Site Communication and Coordination 3-4 Fall Arrest Systems 3-5 Rescue Procedures Chapter 2 3-6 Falling Objects 3-6 Procedural Controls PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 3-6 Physical Controls EQUIPMENT Chapter 4 2-1 Eye Protection 2-1 Choosing Eye Protection TANK CONSTRUCTION 2-2 Care and Use 4-1 General Procedures 2-2 Contact Lenses 4-1 Tank Roof Construction 2-2 Head Protection 4-2 Knee Brace Scaffolding 2-3 Class E Hard Hats 4-4 Wind Girder Scaffolding 2-3 Care and Use 4-5 Example of Work Procedures 4-6 Alternative to Using Toeboards on 2-3 Foot Protection Knee Brace Scaffolding 2-3 Grade 1 Workboot 4-6 Safety Measures Required with Alternative Method 2-4 Hand Protection 2-4 Physical Hazards Chapter 5 2-4 Chemical Hazards 2-4 Radiation Hazards DUCT INSTALLATION 2-4 Sun Protection 5-1 Vertical Ladders 2-4 What Workers Can Do 5-1 Vertical Ladder Requirements 5-1 Horizontal Ducts 2-5 High-Visibility Clothing 5-2 Vertical Ducts 3 Boilermakers Manual Table of Contents Chapter 6 8-3 Return to Service 8-4 Lockout and Tag Removal Without STACK CONSTRUCTION Authorized Person and REPAIR 8-4 Contractor’s Personnel 6-1 General Procedures 8-4 Discontinued Use 6-1 Ladder Installation and Inspection 8-4 Planning 8-4 Lockout planning steps 6-1 Scaffold Platforms and Suspended Platforms 8-9 Lockout Devices 8-10 Summary Chapter 7 8-10 Example of a Lockout BOILER CONSTRUCTION 8-11 How the System Operates and MAINTENANCE Chapter 9 7-1 Suspended Access Equipment 7-1 Design CONFINED SPACES 7-1 Fall Protection 9-1 Confined Space Program 7-2 Suspension Lines 9-1 Recognizing a Confined Space 7-4 Common Types of SAE 9-1 Assessing the Hazards 7-4 Stage Equipped with Manual Traction Climber 9-3 Physical Hazards 7-4 Secondary Safety Device 9-3 Atmospheric Hazards 7-4 Stage Equipped with Powered Traction Climber 9-4 Controlling the Hazards 7-5 Stage Equipped with Powered Drum 9-7 Worker Training Hoist Climber 9-7 Entry Permit System 7-5 Multi-point Suspended Access Equipment 9-8 Record Keeping 9-8 Coordination Document Chapter 8 9-9 Sample Confined Space Entry Permit TAGGING and LOCKOUT Chapter 10 8-1 Zero Energy State 8-2 Lockout Procedure MUSCULOSKELETAL 8-2 Three Methods of Lockout DISORDERS 8-3 Individual Lockout 10-1 Musculoskeletal Hazards and 8-3 Group Lockout Controls: Boilermaker 8-3 Complex Group Lockout 24 Boilermakers Manual Table of Contents Chapter 11 Chapter 12 HEALTH HAZARDS WELDING 11-1 Asbestos 12-1 Welding Fumes and Gases 12-2 Avoiding toxic fumes and gases 11-1 Where Is Asbestos Found? 11-1 How Can You Be Exposed to It? 12-2 Electrical Shock and Burns 12-3 Precautions 11-2 Safe Practices 12-3 Fires and Burns 11-2 Certification of Asbestos Removal (Abatement) Workers 12-4 Compressed Gases 11-2 Resources 12-5 Protective Clothing 12-5 Safe Welding Techniques 11-2 Refractory Ceramic Fibres 12-6 Lens Shade Selection Guide 11-2 What are the health effects of RCF? 11-3 Preventing Exposure to RCF Chapter 13 11-3 Respiratory Protection 11-3 Eye Protection EMERGENCY 11-3 Protective Clothing PREPAREDNESS 11-4 Health Hazards at Client Facilities 13-1 Emergency Response Plan and Procedures 11-5 Chemical Hazards Encountered in Industrial Facilities 13-1 Hazard identification/Assessment 11-7 Site Orientation 13-1 Emergency Resources 13-1 Communication Systems 11-8 Noise 13-1 Administration of the Plan 11-9 Proper Fit 13-1 Emergency Response 11-9 When to Use It Procedure 11-9 Comfort 13-1 Communication of the Procedure 11-9 Silica 13-1 Fire and Hot Work 11-9 Safe Practices 13-2 Emergency Procedures for Fall Rescue 11-10 Lead 13-3 Sample Fall Rescue Procedures 11-10 Safe Practices 13-4 Emergency Response Planning Checklist RESOURCESS 5 Boilermakers Manual Table of Contents APPENDICES APPENDIX A Occupational Health Risks: Boilermakers (W103) APPENDIX B Boilermaker Exposure Incident Reporting (BEIR) Form APPENDIX C WSIB Construction Exposure Incident Reporting (CEIR) Program 26 Boilermakers Manual CHAPTER 1 Rights and responsibilitiesAct and Regulations CHAPTER 1—Act and Regulations Each workplace party has certain responsibilities (c) the measures and procedures prescribed that contribute to a safe and healthy workplace. are carried out in the workplace; Before beginning work, it is important for (d) the equipment, materials and protective everyone to know and understand their rights devices provided by the employer are used and responsibilities. This chapter outlines the as prescribed; and various responsibilities and rights that are listed (e) a building, structure, or any part thereof, or any in Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety other part of a workplace, whether temporary Act (OHSA) and applicable regulations. It also or permanent, is capable of supporting any lists the documents that must be posted in an loads that may be applied to it, accessible location at all jobsites. (i) as determined by the applicable Duties of workplace parties design requirements established under the version of the Building Code that was in force at the time An essential part of Ontario’s Health and Safety of its construction, legislation is the importance of having a strong “Internal Responsibility System” (IRS) where (ii) in accordance with such other everyone in the workplace takes responsibility requirements as may be prescribed, or for health and safety. (iii) in accordance with good engineering The Occupational Health and Safety Act sets out practice, if subclauses (i) and (ii) do specific duties for each workplace party. The not apply. following sections of the Act define those duties. Additional responsibilities can be found in the Regulations for Construction Projects (213/91). (2) Without limiting the strict duty imposed by subsection (1), an employer shall, Constructor (a) provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker to protect the 23. (1) A constructor shall ensure, on a project health or safety of the worker; undertaken by the constructor that, (b) in a medical emergency for the purpose (a) the measures and procedures prescribed of diagnosis or treatment, provide, upon by this Act and the regulations are carried request, information in the possession out on the project; of the employer, including confidential business information, to a legally qualified (b) every employer and every worker medical practitioner and to such other performing work on the project complies persons as may be prescribed; with this Act and the regulations; and (c) when appointing a supervisor, appoint a (c) the health and safety of workers on the competent person; project is protected.