HAND PROTECTION PRACTICE 1.0 Scope and Applicability

1.1 This practice is applicable to all Canada Gas Perfor-mance Unit employees, contractors, sub-contractors and visitors to CGPU work sites.

1.2 The purpose of this practice is to ensure that all reasonable precautions will be taken to protect the safety of personnel who are or may be required to work with their hands.

1.3 The requirement set forth in this practice will act as the minimum requirements. Specific contractors,

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manufacturers or plants may have more stringent requirements. In event of any discrepancies, the more stringent requirements will prevail.

2.0 Purpose

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is intended to protect, shield or isolate personnel from chemical and physical hazards. This practice outlines the type of gloves that personnel must wear when performing jobs that expose the hands to absorption of harmful substances, cuts or lacerations, abrasions, punctures, chemical or thermal burns and harmful temperature extremes. Other types of PPE for hands include barrier creams, finger guards, thimbles, cots and palm pad mitts alone or in combination with Gloves.

This practice addresses the proper selection of gloves for activities. Selection of hand protection is based on evalu-ation of the task being performed, conditions present, and duration of exposure, potential hazards identified and performance characteristics of glove material.

3.0 Glove Selection

• General Purpose - Leather Palm Gloves For general construction work, not including any hot work (i.e. welding), chemical handling, sheet metal handling and electrical work, leather palm gloves will serve as the minimum requirement for all (BP Canada) employees, contractors, subcontractors and visitors on any (BP Canada) controlled sites. Leather palm gloves will provide protection against abrasions, scrapes and cuts associated with the day-to-day activities on construction sites. Drilling and Well Service activities are granted an exception to use cotton Green King gloves.

• Chemical Resistant - Neoprene/Nitrile Gloves/

Natural Rubber/Polyvinyl Alcohol PVA / Polyvi nyl Chloride PVC/Viton

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When working with chemicals, ensure that the applicable Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is available, has been read, understood and the protective measures as prescribed by the Manu-facturer is followed. Important things to keep in mind when selecting gloves are cuff style, length, lined vs. unlined, chemical compatibility and gauge. Additional information on the proper selection and use of chemical resistant gloves is available from the chemical manufacturer, glove manufacturer and occupational hygiene.

• Abrasion/Cut Resistant - Kevlar/Kevlar- Com-posite Gloves

In applications where the potential for cuts and abrasions to the hands are high, i.e. sheet metal handling and insulating, use of utility, banana, or lock blade knives, abrasion and cut resistant gloves shall be worn. (jack knife blades that do not use a lock blade mechanism are not allowed).

• Electrical Work - Rubber Gloves

Important to ensure the gloves being used has the correct voltage rating for the specific task.

• Heat/Temperature Resistant - Welding Gloves Important considerations when selecting welding

gloves are not only the heat protection it pro-vides, but also the dexterity and sensitivity that the gloves provide.

NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) - When working in areas where NORM could be present gloves should provide protection from physical hazards not chemical and most importantly must be disposable.

Other

Some specific tasks might require special and specific protection i.e. jack hammering, requires gel padded anti-vibration gloves.

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Table 1 gives examples of job tasks and the proper selection of gloves for that task

4.0 Tasks not normally requiring hand protec-tion

While this practice requires the use of hand protection while conducting work it is recognized that some job tasks must be performed without an individual wearing hand protection. Although a thorough evaluation of the types of hand protection available should be carried out prior to making this decision.

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Table 1 Glove Selection

Example Job Tasks / Work Activities Requiring Hand

Protection Leather

Chemical Resistant (per

Voltage Rated (per NFPA 70E)²

Abrasive Blasting ¥

Biological Substances – ¥

Chemical Handling (e.g., paints, solvents, additives, lubricants, engine oils, hydrocarbons,

& fuels)

¥

Compressor / Pump / Engine /

Crane – Maintenance ¥

Chipping, Chiseling, Grinding,

Hammering, Scraping ¥ or ¥

Electrical Work on Energized

Equipment ¥

Heaters / Reboilers – Lighting

of ¥

Housekeeping (moving equipment & debris) ¥

Ladders – Use of ¥

NORM – Exposure to ¥

Pigging - Launching /

Retrieving ¥ ¥ - If

retrieving Pipe / Tubing Handling,

Cutting, Threading ¥

Pressure Washing ¥ ¥ If using

chemical additives Process Equipment

Modifications – x Pressuring / de-pressuring

lines & line breaking x Inserting / removing blinds,

sight glasses, & gauges x Operating valves, orifice meters & controllers

¥

The justification is two fold. First the task being performed is considered low risk with respect to hand/finger injury potential. Second the task being performed requires micro/

precise movement of hands fingers and the use of gloves cause a loss of dexterity.

In order to comply with this practice, the minimum required hand protection defined in this practice must be worn by all employees, contractors and visitors to (CGPU) sites unless a properly performed and documented hazard assessment shows that hand injury hazards can be elimi-nated or controlled.

Examples of job tasks that may not require the use of gloves are listed in Table 2

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Table 1 Glove Selection

Example Job Tasks / Work Activities Requiring Hand

Protection Leather

Chemical Resistant (per

Cut Resistant (e.g., Kevlar®)

Voltage Rated (per NFPA 70E)² Respirable Fibers – Handling of ¥

Rigging ¥

Scaffolding – Erection and use

of ¥

Sharp Objects / Materials –

Exposure to ¥ or ¥

Tank Gauging ¥

Temperature Extremes –

Exposure to ¥ or ¥

Tool Use (non-powered and

powered) ¥

Welding / Cutting / Brazing ¥ Fitters

& Helpers ¥ Welders

Table 2: Example Job Tasks / Work Activities

Not Normally Requiring Hand Protection Specific Examples Activities conducted inside of living quarter,

control room and break room settings office work, eating, smoking, etc.

Working with small hardware and equipment ¼” bolts/nuts/screws/pins, tube fittings and ferrules, Teflon tape, wiring connections, adjusting programmable flow meters, etc.

Using fine instruments and electronics multi-meters, Pride Route meters, gas meters, cameras, two-way radios, computers etc.

Donning PPE hearing protection, fall protection, cleaning safety

glasses, SCBA's, respirators, etc.

5.0 Hazard Assessments

OH&S Regulations require that an employer shall ensure that a known hazard which cannot be readily controlled or eliminated and that has the potential for causing serious injury be identified and brought to the attention of workers who may be exposed to the hazard.

Hazard Assessments may be performed on tasks to deter-mine if hazards may be present that necessitates the use of specific hand protection.

For individual jobs the hazard assessment may be approved by the permit issuer.

For repetitive jobs the hazard assessment will be approved by the plant/facility supervisor.

Step 1 - Determine what specific job tasks hazards