(A) Director of Administrative Services. The Director of Administrative Services is responsible for the safety and health of all city personnel.
(B) (1) Safety Department Chairperson/Training Officer. The Safety Department Chairperson/Training Officer is directly responsible to the Director of Administrative Services for the City of Bedford Respiratory Protection Program and has full authority to make necessary decisions to ensure the success of this program. This authority includes approving equipment purchases necessary to implement and operate the program. The Safety Department Chairperson/Training Officer will develop and maintain written detailed instructions covering each of the required elements of this plan and can suggest amendments to this plan. The Director of Administrative Services has expressly authorized the Safety Department Chairperson/Training Officer to halt any operation or activity within the City of Bedford geographical areas of responsibility where there is danger of serious personal injury or illness. This authority includes activities with respiratory hazards. Director of Administrative Services and the Safety Department Chairperson/Training Officer will provide technical assistance as required and requested to assist individual departments in determining the need for respirators, selection of approved/certified respirators, and scheduling of training and quantitative fit testing.
(2) At the time of writing of this Respiratory Protection Program, Misty Adams is the Director of Administrative Services and is specifically named as the Program Administrator as required under 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(3).
(C) Supervisory personnel. Supervisory personnel are responsible for ensuring that respirators are available as needed, that personnel assigned to or visiting their areas of responsibility wear respirators as required, for scheduling the inspection of respirators on a regular basis, and for providing the Director of Administrative Services with a list of personnel who require initial and annual training or fitting. Additionally, supervisory personnel are responsible for assuring that employees who desire to use respirators for their individual comfort or convenience at times when and in places where respirators are not required contact the Program Administrator and comply with Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134, (Non-Mandatory) Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard (as attached to Ord. 38-2005, passed 10-11-05).
(D) Each individual. Each individual is responsible for using the respirator provided to her or him in accordance with instructions and training, for cleaning, disinfecting, inspecting, and storing his or her respirator, and for reporting any respirator malfunction to her or his supervisor. Each individual choosing to use a respirator for personal comfort or convenience at times when and in places where respirators are not required must so inform her or his immediate supervisor and must contact the Program Administrator and comply with Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134, (Non-Mandatory) Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard (as attached to Ord. 38-2005, passed 10-11-05).
(Ord. 38-2005, passed 10-11-05)