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HomeMy WebLinkAbout19_NCS000442_Spill Response Procedures_20210708Pesticide Spill Response Procedures Training Documentation 1. Review checklist for reporting incidents 2. Emergency phone numbers - contact phone numbers 3. Emergency spill kit- truck and shop 4. Spill management procedures: NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 5. Site -specific spill response: vector control shop Spill Response Training was conducted: Employees in attendance: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. S. 9. 10. Checklist for Reporting Incidents 1. Give name, job title and telephone number. 2. Describe incident (vehicle accident, spill only, fire, etc.). 3. Give specific location. 4. What pesticide, larvicide or hazardous material is involved. 5. Report injuries, exposures, contaminated people. 6. Report proximity to storm drains, bodies of water, streams, ditch, etc. 7. If this is a vehicle incident, give vehicle number and type of vehicle. 8. Report who is on scene and what actions are underway. CALL 911 FOR ANY VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING A FILLED FOGGING VEHICLE OR ANY SPILL THAT THREATENS PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT PUSH 1144 ENTER VECTOR SHOP ROLL -UP DOOR CODE 919-733-3556: North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. Get advice for spill cleanup and disposal of contaminated materials during business hours. 919-791-4200: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. If any spill enters a body of water, storm drain, stream or may contaminate ground water. 1-800-848-6946: Carolinas Poison Center Neal Watson, Community Code 252-467-4957: Office 252-343-3151: Cell 252-908-7758: Home Kelly L. Cook, Community Code 252-467-4955: Office 252-343-3149: Cell 252-567-9464: Home Fleet Maintenance (for vehicle incident): 252-467-4892: 8:30AM — 5:OOPM 252-467-4893: After hours 252-977-1025: On -call wrecker 1. Initiate the City of Rocky Mount Accident Reporting and/or the Adverse Incident Reporting procedures for a vehicle accident involving a filled fogger. 2. Initiate a 24-hour Adverse Incident Report if necessary. 3. Report to work to complete Adverse Incident Report if the incident occurred after hours and is not an emergency. Spill Management A spill is any accidental release of pesticide. As careful as people try to be, pesticide spills can and do occur. The spill may be minor, involving only a dribble from a container, or it may be major, involving large amounts of pesticide or pesticide -containing materials such as water, soil and/or absorbents. You must know how to respond correctly when a spill occurs. Stopping large leaks or spills is often not simple. If you cannot manage a spill by yourself- get help. Even a spill that appears to be minor can endanger you, other people, and the environment if not handled correctly. Never leave a spill unattended. The faster you can contain, absorb and dispose of a spill, the less chance there is to cause harm. Clean up most spills immediately. Even minor dribbles or spills should be cleaned up before the end of the work day to keep unprotected persons or animals from being exposed. CHEMTREC (Chemical Transportation Emergency Center) 1-800-424-9300 Emergencies Only For assistance/information Control, Contain and Cleanup Control the Spill Protect yourself. Put on appropriate personal protective equipment before coming in contact with the spill or breathing the fumes. If you don't know the chemical, it's toxicity or what type of PPE to wear- leave nothing to chance. Put on the foil apron, footwear, gloves, eye protection and a respirator. Stop the source. If a small container is leaking, place it into a larger chemical resistant container, such as a plastic drum or bag. If a spray tank is overflowing, stop the inflow and try to cap the tank. If a tank, hopper or container burst or has tipped over and is too heavy to be stood up, you will not be able to stop the source. Establish a boundary as quickly as possible. Protect others. Isolate the spill by keeping children, other unprotected people and animals well away from the spill area. If the spill is the result of a motor vehicle accident, there may be risk of fire or other chemicals from the vehicle mixing with the pesticide. Not knowing what that reaction could be, you may need to keep people back even further. Keep people upwind and do not allow smoking or the use of road flares. Stay at the site. Do not leave the spill site under any circumstances unless another knowledgeable and protected individual arrives on scene. Contain the Spill Confine the spill. As soon as the source of the leak is under control, move quickly to keep the spill in as small an area as possible. Create a boundary and do anything you can to keep the spill from spreading. For small spills, use containment snakes to surround the spill and keep it confined. For larger spills, use hand tools such as shovels, rakes or other tools to make a berm of soil, sod or other absorbent materials. Protect water sources. Keep the spill out of any body of water, pathway to water, storm drain, floor drain, ditch, etc. If there is a definite flow of the spill, redirect it or block it. Absorb liquids. Pesticide spills can be further contained by covering the entire spill with absorbent materials, such as spill pillows, fine sand, vermiculite, sawdust, clay, kitty litter, shredded newspaper or absorbent pads. Cover dry materials. Prevent dry, dusty pesticide spills, such as dust, powder or granules from becoming airborne by covering them with a sweeping compound or a plastic covering. You may use a very fine water mist, but water may activate the pesticide action. WARNING: Pesticides that are oxidizers, such as calcium hypochlorite, and some herbicides and dessicants which contain chlorites, should not be contained or absorbed with sawdust, shredded paper or sweeping compounds. Oxidizers combined with absorbing materials can become a fire hazard and are known to spontaneously combust. 0 Cleanup the Spill Final duties. After the spill has been contained, you must clean up all the materials and decontaminate the site and any equipment effected by the spill. Clean up the spill. For spilled liquid pesticides, sweep up the absorbent materials and place it into a heavy duty plastic bag or drum. Continue to add absorbent material until the spilled liquid is soaked up and removed. Spills of dry pesticides should be swept up for reuse, if possible. Avoid contaminating the spilled materials with soil or other debris so that it may be used in the usual application equipment and won't clog nozzles or hopper openings. However, if the spilled material has become wet or full of debris, it must be swept up and placed in a heavy duty plastic bag or drum for disposal. Decontaminate the spill site. Once as much of the spilled material as possible is collected, decontaminate the spill site as well as you can. Do not hose down with water. If the surface of the spill area is non -porous, such as sealed concrete, glazed ceramic, no -wax sheet flooring, etc. use water or the chemical listed on the label to dilute the pesticide and a strong detergent to remove the residue of the spill. Do not allow any of the wash solution to run off- this must be contained and cleaned up as well. Use fresh absorbent material over the wash solution, sweep it up and place in a plastic bag or drum for disposal. If the spill surface is porous, such as carpet, soil, unsealed hardwoods, etc., the surface may have to be removed and disposed of as an excess pesticide. However, it may be neutralized. Neutralize the spill site. Some pesticide labels may provide instructions for neutralizing a spill site. Sometimes an authority, such as Chemtrec, may have instructions for neutralizing a site. Follow these instructions carefully. Neutralizing a spill site often consists of mixing a full-strength bleach with hydrated lime and working this mixture into the spill with a coarse broom. Fresh absorbent material is then spread over the site to soak up the neutralizing liquid. This material is then swept up and placed in a plastic bag or drum for disposal. You may need to repeat the process several times to ensure the site is fully neutralized. Soil is sometimes neutralized by removing and disposing of the top 2-3 inches and neutralizing the remaining soil. You may be instructed to mix activated charcoal into the soil or cover the spill site with 2 or more inches of lime and cover the lime with fresh topsoil. Decontaminate equipment. Clean any vehicles, equipment and PPE that were contaminated by the spill or during the containment and cleanup process. Use a strong mixture of chlorine bleach, dishwasher detergent and water to clean the vehicles and equipment. Wash PPE thoroughly, following manufacturer's instructions. Remember that porous materials, such as brooms, leather shoes and clothing cannot be cleaned effectively if they are thoroughly saturated with pesticide. They should be disposed of as excess pesticide. Decontaminate yourself. As soon as you are finished with the spill and equipment cleanup, wash yourself thoroughly with detergent and water. Wash any part of your skin that might have been exposed and always wash your face, neck, hands and forearms. Spill follow-up. For all large spills and any spills that occur off -property, keep notes of times, actions and draw a simple map or take pictures of the area. Make note of whom you spoke with and report the spill as soon as possible after containment or clean-up efforts are underway. Spill assistance. Chemtrec (Chemical Transportation Emergency Center) is a public service. Located in Washington, DC, it is staffed 24/7 by competent, trained people who are able to advise you on managing chemical emergencies. 1-800-424-9300 Emergencies Only When you contact Chemtrec or any other resource, have the product label on hand. Many pesticide labels list an emergency phone number that will give you direct access to the manufacturer and people who know how to handle that product in a spill. If a spill occurs on the interstate, contact the highway patrol immediately. Likewise, call the county sheriff or local PD, depending on where the incident occurred. If you suspect that a large spill is flammable, call the fire department for assistance, but do not allow them to hose down the spill unless a second reliable source directs them to. Spill kits. Spill kits are located in each of the fogging vehicles during the season. These kits will be inventoried on a regular basis before the season and any time they are used and items need to be replenished. Larger spill kits are kept in the vector shop in unobstructed locations for easy access. Site -Specific Precautions Vector Control Shop 1. There is a storm drain directly outside the southwest wall of the building. Every effort must be made to prevent any chemicals from entering this drain. 2. Spill kits are located on either side of the roll up door inside the shop. The first snakes to be placed are along the southwest wall of the shop to prevent any flow direction toward the storm drain. 3. If you need help to contain the spill after hours, dial 911 for the fire department immediately. 4.Open the roll up door ASAP. 5. The slope of the concrete floor of the shop is toward the roll up door. Contain as much of the spill as possible to the concrete. Create a berm with snakes or absorbent material to keep the spill from contaminating equipment and items stored toward the back wall of the building. 6. Call 911 Fire Department/Haz Mat to report any spill in excess of 5 gallons. 7.Once the spill has been contained and the source contained or stopped, call Neal Watson and Kelly L. Cook. ** IF YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE SITUATION THAT REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, DO NOT STOP TO MAKE A PHONE CALL"