{"id":43608,"date":"2020-07-09T10:15:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T17:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/?page_id=43608"},"modified":"2022-11-29T15:38:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:38:47","slug":"sppm-revision-124","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/revisions\/sppm-revisions\/sppm-revision-124\/","title":{"rendered":"SPPM Revision 124"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h1>SPPM Revision #124<\/h1>\n<p><strong>July 10, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>This SPPM revision includes the following changes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 3 and Level 4 Safety, Health, and Security Committees and Meetings <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/safety-policies-procedures-manual\/sppm-2-12\/\">2.12<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This revision updates the requirements to provide flexibility, structure, responsibilities, membership, and functions for safety committees and meetings, as required by WAC 296-800-130, -13020, and -13025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respiratory Protection Program <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/safety-policies-procedures-manual\/sppm-2-62\/\">2.62<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This revision:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moves this section from SPPM Chapter 3: Shop\/Agriculture Workplace Safety (Section 3.24) to SPPM Chapter 2: General Workplace Safety. This move reflects that the University&#8217;s respiratory protection program applies to ALL employees.<\/li>\n<li>Updates campus EH&amp;S departments&#8217; responsibility regarding administration of the respiratory protection program.<\/li>\n<li>Updates the procedures for obtaining medical evaluation regarding employee use of respirators.<\/li>\n<li>Updates supervisor, employee, and campus EH&amp;S departments&#8217; responsibilities regarding activities related to the respiratory protection program.<\/li>\n<li>Adds contact information for the campus EH&amp;S offices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hearing Conservation <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/safety-policies-procedures-manual\/sppm-2-64\/\">2.64<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This revision:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moves this section from SPPM Chapter 3: Shop\/Agriculture Workplace Safety (Section 3.21) to SPPM Chapter 2: General Workplace Safety. This move reflects that the University&#8217;s hearing conservation policy and procedures applies to ALL employees.<\/li>\n<li>Clarifies the noise exposure threshold.<\/li>\n<li>Clarifies the methods available for obtaining copies of the hearing WAC regulations.<\/li>\n<li>Adds campus EH&amp;S contact information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Confined Spaces <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/safety-policies-procedures-manual\/sppm-2-68\/\">2.68<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This revision:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moves this section from SPPM Chapter 3: Shop\/Agriculture Workplace Safety (Section 3.32) to SPPM Chapter 2: General Workplace Safety. This move reflects that the University&#8217;s confined spaces policy and procedures applies to ALL employees.<\/li>\n<li>Clarifies the policy topics and indicates that each campus implements a campus-specific confined space program as part of the campus accident prevention program.<\/li>\n<li>Clarifies campus EH&amp;S and campus Facilities Services responsibilities regarding access to confined spaces.<\/li>\n<li>Adds campus EH&amp;S contact information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Compressed Gases and Gas Cylinders <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/index\/manuals\/safety-policies-procedures-manual\/sppm-2-80\/\">2.80<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This new section provides responsibilities and requirements for storing, using, and\/or handling compressed gases.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1061,"featured_media":0,"parent":23421,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1061"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43608"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56684,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43608\/revisions\/56684"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=43608"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/policies.wsu.edu\/prf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=43608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}