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Jay Industries, Inc.

Spill Procedures
Hazardous Waste
Safety and Health Plans
Job Hazard Analysis
Contractor Safety

Mission Statement

Jay Industries Inc. has developed a training program to train employees to clean up and/or properly handle hazardous wastes and spills, because they can pose significant safety and health risks to our workers, when not handled properly. 

General

Each plant has a detailed Emergency Response Plan. Drills are conducted annually.

Local response authorities are notified, as required.  Reports are forwarded to the Mansfield Fire Department documenting chemicals and quantities on site.  The Mansfield Fire Department routinely inspects each plant on a regular basis. 

Organizational Structure

The Shift Supervisor has the responsibility and authority to direct all spill clean ups and hazardous waste operations, under the direction of Management, as needed.

Top Management, or their designees, have the responsibility for implementing the Jay Plastics Contingency Plan, as needed.

The EHS Manager has the responsibility and authority to develop and implement Environmental, Health and Safety plans, and to verify compliance. 

Trained employees are responsible to assume spill response duties and to handle and dispose of hazardous waste properly.

Jay Industries organizational structure is reviewed and updated as necessary to reflect the current status of Hazardous Waste operations. 

Spill Responder Training Program

As part of the spill responder program, Jay Industries has a program to inform workers performing hazardous waste or emergency response operations of the level and degree of exposure they are likely to encounter.

Jay Industries has technologies in place that provide worker protection in hazardous waste operations and spill/leak cleanup. Examples include PPE, absorbents, neutralizers, etc.

Training makes workers aware of the potential hazards they may encounter and provides the necessary knowledge and skills to perform their work with minimal risk to their safety and health. 

Both supervisors and workers are trained to: 

*   Recognize hazards and to prevent them; 
*	  Select, care for and use Personal Protective Equipment, as required;
*   Select, care for, and use respirators properly (where required); 
*   Understand engineering controls and their use; 
*   Use proper decontamination procedures; 
*   Understand the Emergency Response Plan, Spill Containment Plan, and any other requirements and appropriate work practices.
	*  Know the meeting area in case of evacuations;
*  Supervisors are required to know the names of personnel in the plant on the shift daily, in order to account for all in case of an evacuation;

The EHS Department conducts RCRA Training, Spill Training, Storm Water Training, Contingency Plan Training, and other courses, as needed.  Employees to be trained are determined by the following criteria:

•	Job assignment
•	Degree of responsibilities

Training begins with new employees at the time of their initial assignment, when they receive new employee orientation and on the job training.  Training is documented and retained in the personnel file.  

Employees at hazardous waste sites receive training to the level required by their job function and responsibility prior to performing any hazardous waste operation. Employee training requirements are defined by the nature of the work they are performing.

All emergency action team members and spill responders receive training and refresher training sufficient to maintain or demonstrate competency. 

The spill containment program includes portable spill kits and large spill kits in areas where there is risk of a spill.  These kits are inventoried and checked monthly by the EHS Department.

Safety and Health Plans

Site Specific Safety and Health Plans are under development as aids to identifying, eliminating or effectively controlling anticipated safety and health hazards at each phase of plant operations, and they include the requirements and procedures for employee protection. 

Job Hazard Analysis documents are under development for each site task and operation in each plant. 

Personal protective equipment is used by employees for some tasks and operations.  

Personal and facility air monitoring is conducted, as needed.  Results of air monitoring testing are posted on company bulletin boards.     

Contractor Safety

Contractors working at our facility need to be protected from hazards that may be on our premises. 

Contractors and subcontractors are used to perform work in areas that conduct hazardous waste operations.  They have been informed of Emergency response procedures and any potential fire, explosion, health, safety, or other hazards of the operation, as well as other information.

The written Contractor Safety and Health Program is available to any contractor or company that works within the hazardous waste operation area.  For additional information, see the Contractor Safety Packet.

Revision log:

05/05/08	New policy
06/19/09	Reviewed and updated
05/07/10	Reviewed and updated
07/02/11 	Reviewed and updated
11/18/15	Major changes/Marijan Grogoza