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Hydrogen Sulfide Awareness - Student Handout
Introduction NOTES
Course Outline
Learning Objectives
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Hydrogen Sulfide Awareness - Student Handout
Administrative controls
Changes in work procedures such as written safety
policies, rules, supervision, schedules, and training
with the goal of reducing the duration, frequency, and
severity of exposure to hazardous chemicals or
situations.
Anaerobic respiration
Metabolization of sugars in the absence of oxygen.
Humans, by comparison, use aerobic respiration to
metabolize sugars, and must breathe.
Buddy System
A worker using the buddy system has another
worker assigned to watch over them while they enter
a hazardous area.
Contingency Plan
A written, systematic analysis of the hazards related
to an operation or worksite and the methods used to
reduce those hazards to an acceptable level.
Cumulative effects
Effects that result from repeated exposure to a
harmful substance.
Engineering controls
Controls placed on the working environment that
limit the possibility of exposure to hazards.
Hydrogen sulfide
A highly toxic and flammable gas that forms as a
result of microbes breaking down organic material in
areas with little or no oxygen. The gas is colorless
and smells like rotten eggs at low concentrations; the
gas deadens the sense of smell at higher
concentrations. Often referred to as H2S.
Long-term effects
Effects that result from long exposures to a harmful
substance, usually over the course of a single day.
SCBA
Self-contained breathing apparatus.
Short-term effects
Effects that result from brief exposure to a harmful
substance