Hi Top 8 Recommendations For Keeping Your Cooling Tower Clean.!

Hi Top 8 Recommendations For Keeping Your Cooling Tower Clean.!

It’s time to start thinking about cooling tower maintenance again. The top two reasons we bring up this topic at least yearly is because a dirty cooling tower; 

1) affects system performance and 2) can affect occupant health.

We often discuss the seriousness of Legionnaires’ disease, and a cooling tower’s role in the transmission of Legionella pneumophila, the bacteria that causes the disease.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recommends visual inspection and regular maintenance as the best ways to control the growth of organisms in a cooling tower. 

The organization discourages the use of water quality measurements (total bacterial counts, total dissolved solids and pH) to monitor Legionnaires’ disease bacteria (LDB) levels.

Here are more of OSHA’s top recommendations for keeping your facility’s cooling tower clean and free of LDB:

1. Use chemical biocides to control microorganisms.
2. Keep sump water around 68°F or lower.
3. Inspect the cooling tower equipment monthly.
4. Clean and disinfect your facility’s cooling tower quarterly or twice a year if the unit is not in operation year-round. It’s important to clean it at the beginning of each cooling season and after it’s shut down in the fall.
5. Systems with high levels of LDB may require more cleaning.
6. Clean and disinfect systems any time they are out of service for an extended time.
7. Clean and disinfect new systems to remove any construction material residue.
8. Keep detailed records showing all dates and details of operations and maintenance, a description of the operating system, and procedures for operation and maintenance including the use of any corrosion inhibitors, biocides, or other chemicals.

You can read the complete list of cooling tower maintenance recommendations from OSHA here.

- "The process of cleaning your facility’s cooling tower used to require a total shut down, but that’s no longer the case. All cleaning may be completed while the tower is still online."

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Hi Scope; - "OSHA schedules meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health."

Hi Scope; - "OSHA schedules meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health."

WASHINGTON -- The Occupational Safety  & Health Administration will hold a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health May 7-8, 2014, in Washington, D.C. Work groups will meet May 7 and the full committee will meet May 8.

ACCSH(Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health),established under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the Occupational & Safety and Health Act of 1970, advises the secretary of labor and assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health on construction standards and policy matters.

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The full committee agenda includes remarks from Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, updates on rulemaking projects from OSHA's Directorate of Construction, discussion on the proposed rule on Beryllium: Alternatives for Construction and on updates to OSHA's standard on eye and face protection in construction and proposed amendments and corrections to OSHA's Cranes & Derrick standards. 

In addition, the committee will discuss items from the proposed Standards Improvement Project IV and a presentation on 29 CFR 1926, Subpart V, Power Transmission and Distribution.

Work groups and the full committee will meet in Room N-3437 A-C, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20210.The following work groups will meet May 7: Health Hazards, Emerging Issues, and Prevention through Design from 10 a.m. - noon; Temporary Workers from 1-3 p.m.; and Training and Outreach from 3:15-5:15 p.m. 

The full committee meeting will be held from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., May 8. All meetings are open to the public.

Comments and requests to speak may be submitted electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. 

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Comments may also be submitted via mail or facsimile. 

See the Federal register notice for details by clicking the link here.

Comments and requests to speak must be submitted by April 18, 2014.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. 

OSHA's role is to ensure these conditions for America's working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. 

For more information, visit www.osha.gov.

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OSHA Adds New Chapter On NOISE to Technical Manual

Being Informed is Being Prepared.

OSHA just added and published a new chapter addressing noise to the OSHA Technical Manual.

This new chapter provides technical information and guidance to help Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) evaluate Noise hazards in the workplace. The content is based on currently available research publications, OSHA standards, and consensus standards.

Visit the Occupational Health & Safety Administration of law & regulations page of the United States Department Of Labor. Click here to visit OSHA website and access site documents & search list of OSHA standards. 

The New Noise Chapter is downloadable by clicking this link here.  You may also wish to download the OSHA inspection fact sheet by clicking here. View OSHA technical manual text & links by clicking here. 

Selective Recommend Documents made available to view &/or download below from OHSA site; 

View & Save The OSHA Field Technical Manual PDF below.
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You might also want to view or download  the copy of the OSHA Employers Rights And Responsibilities Handbook PDF.
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This New Noise chapter provides technical information and guidance to help Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) evaluate Noise hazards in the workplace.

The content is based on currently available research publications, OSHA standards, and consensus standards.

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The chapter is divided into six main sections:

Introduction and background information about noise and noise regulations and an overview of noise controls.

• Worksite noise evaluations, including noise measurement equipment, noise evaluation procedures, and noise sampling.
• Investigative guidelines (including methods for planning the investigation) and outlines a strategy for conducting noise evaluations.
•  Noise hazard abatement and control, including engineering and administrative controls, hearing protection, noise conservation programs, cost comparisons between noise hazard abatement options, and case studies.
• References used to produce this chapter and resources for obtaining additional information.
• Appendices provide a glossary of terms, sample calculations, and expanded discussion of certain topics introduced in the chapter.