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Ames Procedural
Requirements

APR 8715.1

Effective Date: July 16, 2012
Expiration Date: July 16, 2017

COMPLIANCE IS MANDATORY


Ames Health and Safety Procedural Requirements

Chapter 6: Work Alone

6.1 Responsibilities

6.1.1 Safety, Health and Medical Services Division
6.1.2 Supervisors
6.1.3 Employees

6.2 Working Alone


6.1 Responsibilities

6.1.1 Safety, Health and Medical Services Division

Periodically review and revise this chapter as appropriate.

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6.1.2 Supervisors

Identify hazardous conditions (as defined in this chapter) that should not be performed by one employee.

Ensure personnel are trained to identify hazards and recognize which activities should not be performed alone.

Ensure a qualified "buddy" or team is assigned to work with an employee who is required not to work alone.

May place additional limitations on working alone if in their judgment the work situation constitutes an undue risk to the employee's safety.

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6.1.3 Employees

Report any work alone hazardous conditions to your supervisor as defined by this chapter.

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6.2 Working Alone

A person who is performing his/her work while out of audio or visual contact with a co-worker is considered to be working alone. For safety reasons, working alone is not permitted under the hazardous conditions listed below.

Electrical work on high voltage equipment over 600 volts regardless of whether or not it is energized.

Work on high-pressure equipment (pressures above 15 psig, excluding shop air or instrument supply air up to 140 psig in lines not exceeding one half inch diameter).

Work in chemical laboratories during hazardous chemical operations.

Activities involving the handling or use of explosives.

Work involving machine tools (as in machine shops) and moving equipment.

Work involving the use of Class IV lasers, radioisotopes, and radiation equipment.

Work in permit-required confined spaces. See chapter 26 for confined space definitions and requirements.

Work with cryogenic materials or containers.

Work (electrical) on energized equipment of 50 volts or greater.

Any work by a mobility-impaired individual in location where he/she would require assistance in the event of an emergency. Emergency evacuation chairs may be useful in transporting mobility-impaired individuals down from upper floors of a building when evacuation is required. If such a chair is purchased, it is the responsibility of the organization to provide for trained employees who will be available in the event its use is needed in an emergency.

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