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APPENDIX F<br />

7. <strong>AIR</strong>, NOISE, AND OTHER MONITORING<br />

The SHSS will conduct monitoring to ensure that each site worker is adequately protected. Required<br />

monitoring will be defined in the SHSP. Site monitoring and sampling may include personal air sampling,<br />

real-time air monitoring, perimeter monitoring, radiation monitoring, noise monitoring, and heat stress<br />

monitoring.<br />

The SHSS shall have experience using the required monitoring or sampling equipment. The Safety<br />

Professional shall ensure that each SHSS is qualified to operate all assigned instruments. The SHSS shall<br />

ensure that each piece of equipment is properly maintained and calibrated.<br />

Personal sampling requirements will be defined in the SHSP, and will be based on potential airborne<br />

hazards and OSHA requirements. Personal sampling methods will be in accordance with NIOSH<br />

methods, OSHA instructions, or good industrial hygiene practice when established methods are not<br />

available or feasible. A laboratory accredited by the American Industrial Hygiene Association will<br />

conduct all laboratory analysis of industrial hygiene samples. Results will be compared to the ACGIH<br />

threshold values or OSHA-Permissible Exposure Limits, whichever is more stringent. Results will be<br />

communicated to employees in accordance with OSHA requirements. All exposure records will be kept<br />

in accordance with 29 CFR, Part 1910.20.<br />

Real-time air monitoring will be used, as appropriate, to identify and quantify airborne levels of<br />

hazardous substances and safety and health hazards in order to determine the appropriate level of<br />

employee protection needed onsite. Real-time monitoring may be necessary for airborne hazards such as<br />

flammable vapors, specific target compounds, organic vapors, and dust. Real-time monitoring<br />

requirements will be documented in the SHSP and based on the probability of encountering potential<br />

contaminants at each site. The Safety Professional will establish action levels and the action required if<br />

levels should be reached or exceeded.<br />

All instruments (both real-time and TWA) shall be calibrated according to the manufacturers’<br />

recommendations. All equipment shall be calibrated before and after use. A calibration log shall be kept<br />

to record all calibrations.<br />

The SHSP may specify the use of colorimetric tubes for direct reading of specific contaminants. The<br />

details will be discussed and action levels established.<br />

The need for radiation monitoring will be established in the SHSP. Radiation monitoring procedures,<br />

action levels, and record keeping will be in accordance with 10 CFR, Parts 20 and 29 CFR, Part<br />

1910.1096.<br />

Noise monitoring and hearing conservation requirements will be defined in the SHSP and implemented in<br />

accordance with 29 CFR, Part 1910.95.<br />

Heat stress monitoring is used in estimating work loads and establishing work/rest times, based on:<br />

WBGT instrumentation and calculations,<br />

monitoring physiological conditions and adjusting work/rest periods, or<br />

using personnel heat stress monitors.<br />

Kirtland AFB<br />

Base-Wide Health and Safety Plan F-53 April 2004

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