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absolute necessity for anybody doing this work—and especially critical in urban settings
with their additional array of hazards.
The following items represent the minimum level of health and safety planning required
before fieldwork begins:
• List of activities or scope of work to be conducted.
• List of emergency contact names, titles, and contact information.
• Identification of potential risks (excluding chemical exposure) including
• Potential physical hazards
• Confined space entry
• Overhead hazards
• Traffic hazards
• Weather
• Other natural and anthropogenic hazards
• List of chemicals that may be present.
• MSDS for every chemical potentially encountered during on-site activities.
• Review medical procedures for each chemical potentially encountered during on-
site activities to ensure that proper safety equipment is onsite and readily available.
• Map showing nearest medical treatment facility with directions.
• List of appropriate personal protective clothing.
• List of other clothing requirements such as hard hat, steel toed shoes, gloves,
reflective safety vests, and hearing protection.
• Review safety procedures for nonroutine activities.
• Review buddy system requirements, if appropriate.
• Review emergency hand signals, if required.
• Check safety equipment to ensure it has been properly decontaminated and in
working order.
• Contingency plans in case an incident occurs.
• Update the health and safety plan as appropriate, as new information is obtained.
Specific health and safety equipment may be required when conducting Phase II
investigations. The following list also contains quality control and quality assurance
considerations:
• Hard hat
• Steel toed boots
• Specialized gloves
• Hearing protection
• Safety glasses
• Reflective vests, if appropriate
• Face protection, when appropriate
• Boot covers, when appropriate
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