Health, Safety and Environmental
Keeping our workers safe, our communities healthy and our natural resources protected is of utmost importance to NASSCO and we express this in everything we do. NASSCO’s Health and Safety Committee provides support to all other NASSCO Committees to ensure safety is always front and center, including Styrene Safety, Confined Space Entry, PPE and Traffic Control.
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Confined Space EntryEmployers must establish procedures and methods in accordance with OSHA for safe entry into confined spaces. Sanitary sewer manholes require a written confined space entry permit due to the hazardous characteristics.
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Fall ProtectionEmployers must set up the workplace to prevent employees from falling off of overhead platforms, elevated stations or into manholes. During confined space entry employers must ensure all equipment is in compliance with OSHA – tripod, self-retracting lanyards (SRL’s), harnesses etc.
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SAFETY RESOURCESNASSCO’s Safety Resources page includes previously highlighted content, articles, and other published information for reference.
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Styrene SafetyDedicated members of our Pipe Rehab Committee’s CIPP Safety Workgroup continue to investigate the safety of emissions in the Cured-in-Place Pipe process with independent research from institutions of higher learning.
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Vital Safety UpdatesNASSCO’s Health and Safety Committee is committed to keeping our industry as safe as possible. Check back monthly to view the latest information, tips and guidelines.
OSHA - Hydrogen Sulfide OSHA - Hydrogen Sulfide Fact Sheet OSHA - Hydrogen Sulfide Quick Card NASSCO - Hydrogen Sulfide Safety Summary See More
HAVE A HEALTH & SAFETY QUESTION OR CONCERN?
See our COVID-19 Resources
- Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace(link is external)
- Click here to read “CDC Information for Sanitation and Wastewater Workers on COVID-19(link is external).” This CDC web page also provides links to additional resources for sewer workers and others in the underground water collection and conveyance industry
- Protecting Wastwater Professionals From Covid-19 and Other Biological Hazards(link is external)
- Click here(link is external) to listen to Trenchless Technology’s lastest Podcast chat with Sheila Joy regarding how NASSCO is navigating COVID-19.
- EPA Urges States to Recognize Water/Wastewater Sector as Essential
- COVID-19 Guidance on Labor and Employment
- NASSCO’s Health and Safety Committee Recommendations
- Homeland Security’s Identification of Critical Infrastructure(link is external)
- CARES Act: Employer Payroll Tax Deferral
- Water Environment Federation Resource Page(link is external)
- Interested in learning about what key considerations you should be making during the coronavirus? Watch WEF’s latest video, ”Key Considerations in Responding to the Coronavirus(link is external)”, to hear first-hand from industry experts about the steps decision-makers, and operational staff on the frontlines should consider while delivering essential services that protect human health and the environment.
- NASTT COVID-19 Resource Center(link is external)
- COVID-19, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention