SportsTurf

October 2012

SportsTurf provides current, practical and technical content on issues relevant to sports turf managers, including facilities managers. Most readers are athletic field managers from the professional level through parks and recreation, universities.

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equipment, and in leaving the building dur- ing emergency evacuations. Also:] • Notify your Emergency Coordinator and your neighbors for back up. • Notify the Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHSO). • Review MSDS and request additional advice from EHSO. material. according to information given in MSDS. • Wear chemical resistant gloves, safety glasses and/or a face shield. • Wear a coverall and/or apron. • Use appropriate respiratory protection if permitted to do so. • Work in pairs, never work alone. GENERAL SPILL • Locate the spill kit and other needed • Choose appropriate personal protection • Work inward from the spill perimeter until the spilled material is covered. • Scrape and sweep contaminated absorb- ing material into a dust pan, place in a sealed container. • Wet mop contaminated area if spilled material is not water sensitive. leak proof container. • Collect the spill clean up material in a • Label container with a hazardous waste label as to its content (i.e. spill cleanup mate- rial & spilled compound name) • Arrange with EHSO for pick up and ing conditions for their employees. There are many parts to this CFR; however I have tried to simplify: It shall be the responsibility of the em- CLEANUP PROCEDURES • Apply the absorbing or neutralizing ma- terial to the spill according to the hazardous characteristics of the spilled substance. appropriate disposal. Have a spill response action plan for these types of emergency and protocol for employ- ees to act in a safe and responsive way. Have spill kits readily available at gas and diesel pumps, pesticide storage lockers and within your shop maintenance area. SAFETY It is the responsibility of the sports turf manager and employer to provide safe work- ployer to initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part. Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers. The use of any machinery, tool, material, or equip- ment which is not in compliance with any applicable requirement of this part is prohib- ited. Such machine, tool, material, or equip- ment shall either be identified as unsafe by tagging or locking the controls to render them inoperable or shall be physi- cally removed from its place of operation, i.e. guards missing from mowers, weed eaters, edger's, grinders , etc. Any unsafe piece of machinery or parts missing shall be tagged and marked out of order. The employer shall permit only those employees qualified by training or experience to operate equipment www.stma.org SportsTurf 19

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